00Enrolled HB 220                                                                                                         
01 Prohibiting computer-assisted remote hunting.                                                                           
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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)  This section does not apply to a person with physical disabilities using                                
11       equipment or devices designed to assist with the disability while present in the field                            
12       and meaningfully participating in the act of hunting under regulations adopted by the                             
13       Board of Game.                                                                                                    
14            (c)  In this section,                                                                                        
15                 (1)  "computer-assisted remote hunting" means the use of a computer or                                  

01       any other device, equipment, or software to remotely control the aiming and discharge                             
02       of a firearm, bow and arrow, or any other weapon used to hunt any game bird, game                                 
03       animal, or fur-bearing animal while not in the physical presence of the animal;                                   
04                 (2)  "facility" means real property and improvements on the real                                        
05       property associated with computer-assisted remote hunting.                                                        
06            (d)  A person who violates (a) of this section is, upon conviction, guilty of a                              
07       class A misdemeanor. If a violation is continuing in nature, each day the violation                               
08       continues constitutes a separate offense.