00 SENATE BILL NO. 18                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to money received by the court system as the result of fish and                                        
02 game violations; and providing for an effective date."                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 22.35 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05  Sec. 22.35.030.  Money received for fish and game violations.  (a)  The court                                       
06 system shall deposit fines, day fines, restitution, proceeds of the sale of forfeited                                   
07 equipment that was used in the violation of a fish or game law, proceeds of the sale                                    
08 of unlawfully taken fish or game that is forfeited to the state, and similar payments                                   
09 received by the courts as the result of violations of fish and game laws under AS 16.05                                 
10 - AS 16.35 into the fish and game law enforcement account unless the payment is                                         
11 deposited into the fish and game fund under AS 16.05.110(a)(3).  The court system                                       
12 shall maintain an accounting of, and annually provide a report to the legislature                                       
13 regarding, the amount of money received by the courts as the result of violations of                                    
14 fish and game laws under AS 16.05 - AS 16.35.                                                                           
01  (b)   The fish and game law enforcement account is established in the general                                         
02 fund.  The legislature may appropriate money in the account for fish and game law                                       
03 enforcement activities, including grants to nonprofit corporations established to                                       
04 promote fish and game law enforcement, and for other public purposes.                                                   
05    * Sec. 2.   This Act takes effect July 1, 1999.