00 SENATE BILL NO. 241                                                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to the accounting for and appropriations of the dive fishery                                           
02 management assessment; and providing for an effective date."                                                            
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 37.05.146(b)(4) is amended by adding a new subparagraph to read:                                  
05   (X)  dive fishery management assessment receipts                                                                    
06 (AS 43.76.150);                                                                                                         
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 43.76.190(d) is amended to read:                                                                     
08  (d)  The dive fishery management assessment collected under this section shall                                        
09 be deposited in the  state treasury  [GENERAL FUND].   Under AS 37.05.146(b),                                        
10 assessment receipts shall be accounted for separately, and appropriations from the                                      
11 account are not made from the unrestricted general fund.                                                               
12    * Sec. 3.   AS 43.76.200(a) is amended to read:                                                                    
13  (a)  The legislature may make appropriations of revenue collected under                                               
14 AS 43.76.190 to the Department of Fish and Game for funding of the qualified                                            
01 regional dive fishery development association in the administrative area in which the                                   
02 assessment was collected.   Appropriations under this section are not made from                                        
03 the unrestricted general fund.   Funds received under this section by a qualified                                      
04 regional dive fishery development association may be expended in accordance with the                                    
05 annual operating plan developed under (b) of this section.                                                              
06    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2000.