00 SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 239(RES)                                                                            
01 "An Act relating to raffles and auctions of certain permits to take big game;                                           
02 and providing for an effective date."                                                                                   
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.343 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                        
05  Sec. 16.05.343.  AUCTIONS OR RAFFLES FOR BIG GAME HARVEST                                                             
06 PERMITS.  (a)  The department, subject to regulations adopted by the Board of Game,                                     
07 may issue one bison harvest permit each year for a bison from the Delta bison herd                                      
08 through a competitive auction or raffle.  Notwithstanding AS 36.30, the department                                      
09 may authorize a qualified organization to conduct the auction or raffle on behalf of the                                
10 department.  If the auction or raffle is conducted by a qualified organization, the                                     
11 organization may retain an amount from the gross proceeds of the auction or raffle                                      
12 equal to the administrative cost of the auction or raffle plus (1) an amount not to                                     
13 exceed 50 percent of the net proceeds, which the qualified organization shall use to                                    
14 promote fish and game law enforcement, and (2) an amount not to exceed 10 percent                                       
01 of the net proceeds, which the qualified organization may use for the purposes for                                      
02 which the organization was established.  All remaining proceeds from the auction or                                     
03 raffle of the bison harvest permit whether conducted by the department or as otherwise                                  
04 authorized by the department shall be deposited in the fish and game fund under                                         
05 AS 16.05.100.  The exercise of a privilege conferred by a bison harvest permit issued                                   
06 under this subsection is subject to laws relating to the time, place, and manner of                                     
07 taking bison from the Delta bison herd.  In this subsection, "qualified organization"                                   
08 means a nonprofit corporation established to promote fish and game law enforcement                                      
09 or an organization established to promote management of hunted game species and                                         
10 ethical use of game populations for hunting, that complies with applicable laws                                         
11 governing activities under this section.                                                                                
12  (b)  The department, subject to regulations adopted by the commissioner, may                                          
13 issue, through a competitive auction or raffle, up to two harvest permits each year for                                 
14 each of the following big game species: Dall sheep, bison, musk ox, brown or grizzly                                    
15 bear, moose, caribou, and wolf.  Notwithstanding AS 36.30, the department may                                           
16 authorize a qualified organization to conduct the auction or raffle on behalf of the                                    
17 department.  If the department does authorize a qualified organization to conduct an                                    
18 auction or raffle for a big game species, the department shall make available to a                                      
19 qualified organization based in the state at least one harvest permit for that species.                                 
20 If the auction or raffle is conducted by a qualified organization, the organization may                                 
21 retain an amount from the gross proceeds of the auction or raffle equal to the                                          
22 administrative cost of the auction or raffle plus an amount not to exceed 10 percent                                    
23 of the net proceeds.  The proceeds from the auction or raffle of a big game harvest                                     
24 permit may not be used to make a contribution to any candidate for political office or                                  
25 to any organization supporting or opposing ballot propositions or to pay expenses                                       
26 associated with lobbying the legislature or administration.  All proceeds from the                                      
27 auction or raffle of the big game harvest permit less the amount that is retained by a                                  
28 qualified organization under this subsection shall be deposited in the fish and game                                    
29 fund under AS 16.05.100.  A person who is issued a big game harvest permit under                                        
30 this subsection shall receive upon the person's request a complimentary hunting license                                 
31 and a big game tag for the big game species for which the big game harvest permit                                       
01 is issued.  A hunting license issued under this subsection must bear the inscription                                    
02 "Governor's license" or a similar designation.  A person who receives a big game                                        
03 harvest permit, hunting license, or big game tag under this subsection may exercise the                                 
04 privileges conveyed by the permit, license, or tag only in accordance with applicable                                   
05 law.  In this subsection, "qualified organization" means a nonprofit organization that                                  
06 is established to promote management of hunted game species and ethical use of game                                     
07 populations for hunting and that complies with applicable laws governing activities                                     
08 under this subsection.                                                                                                  
09  (c)  Activities conducted by the department, or on behalf of the department,                                          
10 under this section are not subject to AS 05.15.                                                                         
11    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).