HB 319: "An Act relating to game management; relating to a hunting license surcharge and related revenue; and relating to regulations of the Board of Game."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 319 01 "An Act relating to game management; relating to a hunting license surcharge and 02 related revenue; and relating to regulations of the Board of Game." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 16.05.340(a)(15) is amended to read: 05 (15) Nonresident big game tags 06 A nonresident may not take a big game animal without previously purchasing a 07 numbered, nontransferable, appropriate tag, issued under this paragraph. The tag must 08 be affixed to the animal before leaving the kill site and must remain affixed until the 09 animal is prepared for storage, consumed, or exported. A tag issued but not used for an 10 animal may be used to satisfy the tagging requirement for an animal of any other 11 species for which the tag fee is of equal or less value. 12 (A) Bear, black, each ..................... 450 13 (B) Bear, brown or grizzly, each ............ 1,000 14 (C) Bison, each ......................... 900
01 (D) Caribou, each ....................... 650 02 (E) Deer, each ......................... 300 03 (F) Elk, each .......................... 600 04 (G) Goat, each ......................... 600 05 (H) Moose, each ........................ 800 06 (I) Sheep, each ......................... 850 07 (J) Wolf, each ........................... 60 08 [A NONRESIDENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A NONRESIDENT 09 WOLF TAG TO TAKE A WOLF IN A GAME MANAGEMENT UNIT IF 10 THE BOARD OF GAME HAS ADOPTED AN INTENSIVE 11 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM UNDER AS 16.05.255(e) FOR ALL OR A 12 PORTION OF THE GAME MANAGEMENT UNIT.] 13 (K) Wolverine, each ..................... 350 14 (L) Musk oxen, each ................... 2,200 15 * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.340(a)(21) is amended to read: 16 (21) Nonresident alien big game tags 17 (A) Bear, black, each ..................... 600 18 (B) Bear, brown or grizzly, each ............ 1,300 19 (C) Bison, each ........................ 1,300 20 (D) Caribou, each ....................... 850 21 (E) Deer, each ......................... 400 22 (F) Elk, each .......................... 800 23 (G) Goat, each ......................... 800 24 (H) Moose, each ...................... 1,000 25 (I) Musk oxen, each .................... 3,000 26 (J) Sheep, each ....................... 1,100 27 (K) Wolf, each .......................... 100 28 [A NONRESIDENT ALIEN IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A 29 NONRESIDENT ALIEN WOLF TAG TO TAKE A WOLF IN A GAME 30 MANAGEMENT UNIT IF THE BOARD OF GAME HAS ADOPTED AN 31 INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM UNDER AS 16.05.255(e) FOR
01 ALL OR A PORTION OF THE GAME MANAGEMENT UNIT.] 02 (L) Wolverine, each ..................... 500 03 * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.783(a) is amended to read: 04 (a) A person may not shoot or assist in shooting a free-ranging wolf or 05 wolverine the same day that a person has been airborne. However, the Board of Game 06 may authorize a predator control program as part of a game management plan that 07 involves airborne or same day airborne shooting if the board has determined based on 08 information provided by the department 09 [(1) IN REGARD TO AN IDENTIFIED BIG GAME PREY 10 POPULATION UNDER AS 16.05.255(g) THAT OBJECTIVES SET BY THE 11 BOARD FOR THE POPULATION HAVE NOT BEEN ACHIEVED AND THAT 12 PREDATION IS AN IMPORTANT CAUSE FOR THE FAILURE TO ACHIEVE 13 THE OBJECTIVES SET BY THE BOARD, AND THAT A REDUCTION OF 14 PREDATION CAN REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO AID IN THE 15 ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES; OR 16 (2)] that a disease or parasite of a predator population 17 (1) [(A)] is threatening the normal biological condition of the predator 18 population; or 19 (2) [(B)] if left untreated, would spread to other populations. 20 * Sec. 4. AS 08.54.750(e); AS 16.05.050(b)(1), 16.05.130(g), 16.05.255(e), 16.05.255(f), 21 16.05.255(g), 16.05.255(k), and 16.05.340(k) are repealed.