00 HOUSE BILL NO. 32                                                                                                       
01 "An Act relating to big game hunting by nonresident members of the military                                             
02 service; and providing for an effective date."                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.340(d) is amended to read:                                                                    
05  (d)  Members of the military service on active duty who are permanently                                               
06 stationed in the state, and their dependents, who do not qualify as residents under                                     
07 AS 16.05.940, may obtain special nonresident military hunting [SMALL GAME] and                                        
08 sport fishing licenses at the rates for resident hunting and sport fishing licenses.  A                                
09 person who obtains a special nonresident military hunting license under this                                            
10 subsection [, BUT] may not take a big game animal for which a tag is required                                         
11 under (a)(16) of this section without previously purchasing a [REGULAR                                                 
12 NONRESIDENT HUNTING LICENSE AND A] numbered, nontransferable                                                            
13 appropriate tag, issued at the resident [ONE-HALF OF THE NONRESIDENT] rate,                                           
14 under (a)(16) [(a)(15)] of this section.                                                                              
01    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.05.407(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
02  (a)  It is unlawful for a nonresident to hunt, pursue, or take brown bear, grizzly                                    
03 bear, mountain goat, or sheep in this state [,] unless the nonresident is                                              
04   (1)  a member of the military service on active duty who is                                                          
05 permanently stationed in the state or a dependent of a member of the military                                           
06 service on active duty who is permanently stationed in the state; or                                                    
07   (2)  personally accompanied by                                                                                      
08   (A) [(1)]  a person who is licensed as a registered guide, master                                                 
09 guide, class-A assistant guide, or an assistant guide under AS 08.54; or                                                
10   (B) [(2)]  a resident over 19 years of age who is                                                                 
11   (i) [(A)]  the spouse of the nonresident; or                                                                     
12   (ii) [(B)]  related to the nonresident, within and including                                                     
13 the second degree of kindred, by marriage or blood.                                                                     
14    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 1998.