SB 57: "An Act relating to hunting in marine park units of the Alaska state park system, amending the area within designated marine park units of the Alaska state park system, and adding marine park units to the Alaska state park system."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 57 01 "An Act relating to hunting in marine park units of the Alaska state park system, 02 amending the area within designated marine park units of the Alaska state park system, 03 and adding marine park units to the Alaska state park system." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section 06 to read: 07 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. (a) The legislature 08 finds that 09 (1) marine parks promote and support recreation and tourism in the state by 10 maintaining fish and wildlife resources and lawful existing uses of these resources and by 11 protecting their natural, cultural, and scenic values; and 12 (2) by combining upland with the surrounding water, tideland, and submerged 13 land into a marine park, the state is able to ensure public anchorages and recreational beaches 14 will be managed as one unit with consistent development and regulations.
01 (b) It is the purpose of secs. 3 and 4 of this Act to expand the marine park system in 02 Lynn Canal within the City and Borough of Juneau by the inclusion of the islands selected 03 under the Alaska Statehood Act from the Tongass National Forest for the purpose of 04 community recreation that have been tentatively approved or patented to the state. 05 * Sec. 2. AS 41.21.302(d) is amended to read: 06 (d) The commissioner may not prohibit hunting within a marine park unit 07 of the Alaska state park system. The commissioner may not restrict the exercise of 08 fishing, hunting, or trapping rights permitted under law or under a regulation of the 09 Board of Fisheries or the Board of Game within a marine park unit of the Alaska state 10 park system. 11 * Sec. 3. AS 41.21.304(11) is amended to read: 12 (11) Shelter Island: the following described parcels excluding 13 submerged land seaward of the 20 fathom bathymetric line: 14 Township 39 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 15 Section 29: All 16 Section 31: All 17 Section 32: All 18 Section 33: All 19 Township 40 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 20 Section 5: NW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, S1/2 21 Section 6 22 Section 8 23 Section 9: W1/2; 24 * Sec. 4. AS 41.21.304 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 25 (34) Juneau Area Islands: Aaron, Battleship, Benjamin, Bird, Coghlan, 26 Cohen, Gull, Indian, Lincoln, Little, North, Portland, Ralston, and Suedla Islands: the 27 following described parcels excluding submerged land seaward of the 20 fathom 28 bathymetric line: 29 Township 38 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian 30 Section 13 31 Section 24: E1/2NE1/4
01 Section 32: E1/2 02 Section 33: SW1/4 03 Township 38 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 04 Section 18: SW1/4 05 Section 19 06 Section 20: W1/2SW1/4 07 Section 29: NW1/4NW1/4 08 Section 30: N1/2 09 Township 39 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian 10 Section 4 11 Section 9 12 Section 10 13 Section 11 14 Section 13: E1/2 15 Section 14 16 Section 15 17 Section 16: E1/2 18 Section 22: N1/2 19 Section 23 20 Section 24 21 Township 39 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 22 Section 8: SE1/4 23 Section 9: SW1/4 24 Section 16 25 Section 17: NE1/4 26 Section 18: S1/2 27 Section 19 28 Section 20: SW1/2 29 Section 30: except for USS 354 30 Section 34: S1/2 31 Township 40 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian
01 Section 1: W1/2NW1/4 02 Section 3: NE1/4 03 Section 4 04 Section 5 05 Section 9 06 Section 10 07 Section 15 08 Section 16 09 Section 17: NE1/4 10 Section 36: SE1/4SE1/4 11 Township 40 South, Range 65 East, Copper River Meridian 12 Section 28: SW1/4 13 Section 31: SW1/4SW1/4 14 Section 32: E1/2 15 Section 33: W1/2 16 Section 34: W1/2E1/2, W1/2 17 Township 41 South, Range 65 East, Copper River Meridian 18 Section 1: NE1/4 19 Section 2: W1/2NW1/4, SE1/4 20 Section 3: NE1/4 21 Section 11 22 Township 41 South, Range 66 East, Copper River Meridian 23 Section 5: NW1/2NW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4NE1/4 24 Section 6: NW1/4.