00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 7(RES)                                                                                           
01 "An Act reducing certain resident sport fishing, hunting, and trapping license fees,                                    
02 increasing certain nonresident sport fishing license and tag fees, and relating to                                      
03 nonresident sport fishing and hunting licenses and tags; and providing for an                                           
04 effective date."                                                                                                        
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.340(a)(3) is amended to read:                                                                 
07   (3)  Resident hunting and trapping license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 [40]                                   
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.05.340(a)(5) is amended to read:                                                                    
09   (5)  Resident hunting and sport fishing license. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 [40]                                   
10    * Sec. 3.  AS 16.05.340(a)(6) is amended to read:                                                                    
11   (6)  Resident hunting, trapping, and sport fishing license . . . . . . .50 [55];                                   
12   (A)  however, the fee is $5 for an applicant who                                                                    
13   (i)  is receiving or has received assistance during the                                                            
14 preceding six months under any state or federal welfare program to aid                                                  
01 the indigent; [,] or                                                                                                  
02   (ii)  has an annual family gross income of less than                                                               
03 $8,200 for the year preceding application;                                                                              
04   (B)  a person paying $5 for a resident hunting, trapping, and                                                       
05 sport fishing license must provide proof of eligibility under this paragraph                                            
06 when requested by the department [DEPARTMENTS].                                                                       
07    * Sec. 4.  AS 16.05.340(a)(7) is amended to read:                                                                    
08   (7)  Nonresident [SPECIAL] sport fishing license - valid for the period                                              
09 inscribed on the license                                                                                                
10   (A)  For 14-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$60                                   
11   (B)  For seven-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40                                   
12   (C)  [$30  (B)]  For three-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 [15]                                   
13   (D) [(C)]  For one-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10                                   
14    * Sec. 5.  AS 16.05.340(a)(15) is amended to read:                                                                   
15   (15)  Nonresident big game tags                                                                                      
16 A nonresident may not take a big game animal without previously purchasing a                                          
17 numbered, nontransferable, appropriate tag, issued under this paragraph.  The                                           
18 tag must be affixed to the animal immediately upon capture and must remain                                              
19 affixed until the animal is prepared for storage, consumed, or exported.  A tag                                         
20 issued but not used for an animal may be used to satisfy the tagging requirement                                        
21 for an animal of any other species for which the tag fee is of equal or less value.                                    
22   (A) Bear, black, each  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225                                   
23   (B) Bear, brown or grizzly, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500                                   
24   (C)  Bison, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450                                   
25   (D)  Caribou, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325                                   
26   (E)  Deer, each  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150                                   
27   (F)  Elk, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300                                   
28   (G)  Goat, each  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300                                   
29   (H)  Moose, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400                                   
30   (I)  Sheep, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425                                   
31   (J)  Wolf, each  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175                                   
01   (K)  Wolverine, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175                                   
02   (L)  Musk oxen, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,100                                   
03    * Sec. 6.  AS 16.05.340(a)(24) is amended to read:                                                                   
04   (24)  Nonresident anadromous king salmon tag - valid for the period                                                  
05 inscribed on the tag                                                                                                    
06   (A)  for a one-day tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10                                   
07   (B)  for a three-day tag  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 [15]                                   
08   (C)  for a seven-day tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40                                   
09   (D)  for a 14-day [OR ANNUAL] tag  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 [35.]                                   
10 A nonresident may not engage in sport fishing for anadromous king salmon without                                       
11 having a valid anadromous king salmon tag in the person's actual possession, unless                                     
12 that person is under the age of 16.                                                                                     
13 Members [HOWEVER, MEMBERS] of the military service on active duty who are                                            
14 permanently stationed in the state, and their dependents, who do not qualify as                                         
15 residents under AS 16.05.940, may obtain an annual nonresident military anadromous                                      
16 king salmon tag for $20.                                                                                                
17    * Sec. 7.  AS 16.05.350(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
18  (a)  Licenses, permits, and tags required under AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.430,                                             
19 except biennial licenses, triennial licenses, the nonresident [SPECIAL] sport fishing                                  
20 licenses [LICENSE], the resident trapping license, the [ONE, THREE, OR 14-DAY]                                         
21 nonresident anadromous king salmon tags [TAG], the waterfowl conservation tag, and                                    
22 permits having a different specified expiration date, expire at the close of December                                   
23 31 following issuance.                                                                                                  
24    * Sec. 8.  AS 16.05.340(a)(8) and 16.05.340(a)(10) are repealed.                                                     
25    * Sec. 9.  This Act takes effect January 1, 1998.