00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 159                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to dangerous reptiles."                                                                                
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.921(b) is amended to read:                                                                  
04            (b)  A permit required under (a) or (c) of this section may be granted only if, in                       
05       the determination of the commissioner, the applicant demonstrates a valid educational                             
06       purpose for seeking the permit.  A valid educational purpose includes display in                                  
07       educational institutions and in zoos.                                                                             
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.05.921 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                             
09            (c)  A person may not breed, sell, barter, or offer to sell or barter a dangerous                            
10       nonvenomous reptile, except in accordance with the terms of a permit issued under (b)                             
11       of this section.  In this subsection, "dangerous nonvenomous reptile" means a reptile,                            
12       including hybrids, that is either                                                                                 
13                 (1)  designated by regulation by the commissioner as dangerous to                                       
14       human beings due to its inherent nature; or                                                                       
15                 (2)  a species of reptile of the                                                                        
01                      (A)  family Varanidae that is commonly called a water monitor                                      
02            or crocodile monitor;                                                                                        
03                      (B)  family Iguanidae that is commonly called a green iguana or                                    
04            rock iguana;                                                                                                 
05                      (C)  family Boidae or Pythonidae that has the potential of                                         
06            exceeding eight feet in length as an adult; or                                                               
07                      (D)  order Crocodilia.