00                      CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 77(RES)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to big game hunting with children."                                                                    
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 16.05.255(i) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (i)  For the purpose of encouraging adults to take children hunting, the board                               
05       shall establish annual hunting seasons in appropriate areas of the state for big game,                            
06       other than bison and musk ox [, THAT ARE OPEN BEFORE SCHOOLS START IN                                             
07       THE FALL AND BEFORE REGULAR HUNTING SEASONS BEGIN]. Only a                                                        
08       resident child accompanied by a resident adult or a child accompanied by the child's                              
09       resident parent, resident stepparent, or resident legal guardian may take big game in an                          
10       area where a season established under this subsection is in effect. The adult, parent,                            
11       stepparent, or legal guardian who accompanies the child may only assist the child in                              
12       taking big game. A big game animal taken under this subsection, except for a Sitka                            
13       blacktail deer when the harvest limit for the deer is one for each person, must be                            
14       counted against the bag limits of both the child and the adult, parent, stepparent, or                            
15       legal guardian who accompanies the child. In this subsection,                                                     

01                 (1)  "adult" means an individual who is 21 years of age or older;                                       
02                 (2)  "child" means an individual who is not more than 17 years of age                                   
03       and not younger than eight years of age.