2008-04-12                     House Journal                      Page 2939
                      SECOND READING OF SENATE BILLS                                                                         
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SB 306                                                                                                                        
The following was read the second time:                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     SENATE BILL NO. 306                                                                                                        
     "An Act relating to the adoption of conservation, development,                                                             
     and utilization regulations by the Board of Game to address                                                                
     concerns relating to public assets."                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
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 RLS RPT 2DP 5NR                                                     2928                                                       
 FN1: ZERO(LAW)                                                      2928                                                       
 FN2: ZERO(DFG)                                                      2928                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Gara:                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, line 2, following "assets" (title amendment):                                                                         
     Insert "; and relating to access along fishing waterways"                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Page 1, following line 7:                                                                                                       
     Insert a new bill section to read:                                                                                         
   "* Sec. 2. AS 38.50 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                          
         Sec. 38.50.015. Access along fishing waterways. (a) The                                                              
     commissioner and the commissioner of fish and game jointly shall                                                           
     prepare and maintain a list that identifies land to or along fishing                                                       
     waterways where public access is or may in the future be impeded                                                           
     by private land ownership. The list must include at least two and                                                          
     not more than five meander miles along fishing waterways, and                                                              
     may identify land to be used for public access for fishing, hunting,                                                       
     or other recreational purposes. The list shall be prepared before                                                          
     December 1 of each year, except that the commissioner and the                                                              
     commissioner of fish and game are not required to prepare a new                                                            
     list if the existing list contains at least two meander miles of                                                           
     private land along fishing waterways.                                                                                      
         (b)  Before February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the                                                                  
     commissioner, with the concurrence of the commissioner of fish                                                             
     and game, shall submit to the legislature a plan to acquire by