00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 127(TRA)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to emergency equipment to be carried on aircraft."                                                     
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 02.35.110(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (a)  An airman may not make a flight inside the state with an aircraft unless                                
05       emergency equipment is carried as follows:                                                                        
06                 (1)  the following minimum equipment must be carried during the                                         
07       summer months:                                                                                                    
08                      (A)  food for each occupant sufficient to sustain life for two                                     
09            weeks;                                                                                                       
10                      (B)  one axe or hatchet;                                                                           
11                      (C)  one first aid kit;                                                                            
12                      (D)  one pistol, revolver, shotgun, or rifle, and ammunition for                                   
13            the pistol, revolver, shotgun, or rifle; this subparagraph does not apply to                             
14            a flight between an airport in the state and an airport in Canada, without                               
15            regard to intermediate stops en route, if a flight plan for the flight was                               
01            filed and activated under applicable federal regulations [SAME];                                         
02                      (E)  [ONE SMALL GILL NET, AND] an assortment of tackle                                             
03            such as hooks, flies, lines, and sinkers [, ETC.];                                                       
04                      (F)  one knife;                                                                                    
05                      (G)  fire starter [TWO SMALL BOXES OF MATCHES];                                                
06                      (H)  one mosquito headnet for each occupant;                                                       
07                      (I)  two small signaling devices such as colored smoke bombs,                                      
08            railroad fuses, or Very pistol shells, in sealed metal containers;                                           
09                 (2)  in addition to the equipment required under (1) of this subsection                             
10       [SECTION], the following must be carried as minimum equipment from October 15 to                                  
11       April 1 of each year:                                                                                             
12                      (A)  one pair of snowshoes;                                                                        
13                      (B)  one sleeping bag;                                                                             
14                      (C)  one wool blanket or equivalent for each occupant over                                     
15            four.