00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 220                                                                          
01 "An Act prohibiting computer-assisted remote hunting."                                                                  
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 16.05 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04            Sec. 16.05.797. Computer-assisted remote hunting prohibited. (a) A person                                  
05       may not engage in computer-assisted remote hunting or provide or operate a facility                               
06       for computer-assisted remote hunting in the state. This subsection applies to any                                 
07       person engaged in computer-assisted remote hunting if the game or any device,                                     
08       equipment, or software used for computer-assisted remote hunting is located in the                                
09       state.                                                                                                            
10            (b)  A person who violates (a) of this section is guilty of a class A                                        
11       misdemeanor and is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine of not more than $500 for                               
12       each offense. If a violation is continuing in nature, each day the violation continues                            
13       constitutes a separate offense.                                                                                   
14            (c)  This section does not apply to a person with physical disabilities using                                
15       equipment or devices designed to assist with the disability while engaged in the act of                           

01       hunting.                                                                                                          
02            (d)  In this section,                                                                                        
03                 (1)  "computer-assisted remote hunting" means the use of a computer or                                  
04       any other device, equipment, or software to remotely control the aiming and discharge                             
05       of a firearm, bow and arrow, or any other weapon used to hunt any game bird, game                                 
06       animal, or fur-bearing animal while not in the physical presence of the animal;                                   
07                 (2)  "facility" means real property and improvements on the real                                        
08       property associated with computer-assisted remote hunting.