00 HOUSE BILL NO. 91 01 "An Act amending the area within designated marine park units of the Alaska 02 state park system, and adding marine park units to the Alaska state park 03 system." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. (a) The 06 legislature finds that 07 (1) marine parks promote and support recreation and tourism in the state by 08 maintaining fish and wildlife resources and lawful existing uses of these resources and by 09 protecting their natural, cultural, and scenic values; and 10 (2) by combining upland with the surrounding water, tideland, and submerged 11 land into a marine park, the state is able to ensure public anchorages and recreational beaches 12 will be managed as one unit with consistent development and regulations. 13 (b) It is the purpose of this Act to expand the marine park system in Lynn Canal 14 within the City and Borough of Juneau by the inclusion of the islands selected under the 01 Alaska Statehood Act from the Tongass National Forest for the purpose of community 02 recreation that have been tentatively approved or patented to the state. 03 * Sec. 2. AS 41.21.304(11) is amended to read: 04  (11) Shelter Island: the following described parcels excluding 05 submerged land seaward of the 20 fathom bathymetric line: 06  Township 39 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 07  Section 29: All 08 Section 31: All 09  Section 32: All 10  Section 33: All 11   Township 40 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 12  Section 5: NW1/4NE1/4, S1/2NE1/4, NW1/4, S1/2 13  Section 6 14  Section 8 15  Section 9: W1/2; 16 * Sec. 3. AS 41.21.304 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 17  (34) Juneau Channel Islands: the following described parcels excluding 18 submerged land seaward of the 20 fathom bathymetric line: 19  Township 38 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian 20  Section 13 21  Section 32: E1/2 22  Section 33: SW1/4 23  Township 38 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 24  Section 18: SW1/4 25  Section 19 26  Section 20: W1/2SW1/4 27  Section 29: NW1/4NW1/4 28  Section 30: N1/2 29  Township 39 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian 30  Section 4 31  Section 9 01  Section 10 02  Section 11 03  Section 13: SW1/4SW1/4 04  Section 14 05  Section 15 06  Section 16: E1/2 07  Section 22: N1/2 08  Section 23 09  Section 24: W1/2 10  Township 39 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 11  Section 8: SE1/4 12  Section 9: SW1/4 13  Section 16 14  Section 17: NE1/4 15  Section 34: S1/2 16  Township 40 South, Range 64 East, Copper River Meridian 17  Section 1: W1/2NW1/4 18  Section 3: NE1/4 19  Section 36: SE1/4SE1/4 20  Township 40 South, Range 65 East, Copper River Meridian 21  Section 28: SW1/4 22  Section 31: SW1/4SW1/4 23  Section 32: E1/2 24  Section 33: W1/2 25  Section 34: W1/2E1/2, W1/2 26  Township 41 South, Range 65 East, Copper River Meridian 27  Section 1: NE1/4 28  Section 2: W1/2NW1/4, SE1/4 29  Section 3: NE1/4 30  Section 11 31  Township 41 South, Range 66 East, Copper River Meridian 01  Section 5: N1/2NW1/4, NW1/4NW1/4NE1/4 02  Section 6: NW1/4.