00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 137(RES)                                                                    
01 "An Act amending the requirements for the identification card needed for sport fishing,                                 
02 hunting, and trapping without a license by residents who are 60 years of age or more."                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 16.05.400(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (b)  A sport fishing, hunting, or trapping license is not required of a resident                             
06       who is 60 years of age or more. A resident who is 60 years of age or more is                                  
07       required to possess a valid identification card to engage in sport fishing, hunting,                          
08       or trapping without a license, as follows:                                                                    
09                 (1)  the [THE] commissioner shall issue a permanent identification                                  
10       card without charge to a person [PERSONS] who, on or before December 31, 2007,                            
11       qualifies [QUALIFY] by age and residence and who completes [COMPLETE] the                                 
12       forms required by the commissioner for implementation of this paragraph; a                                    
13       [SUBSECTION. A] person who is issued a permanent identification card under this                                   
14       paragraph [SUBSECTION] shall have it in possession while sport fishing, hunting,                              
01       or trapping;                                                                                                  
02                 (2)  the commissioner shall issue a temporary identification card                                   
03       without charge to a person who, on or after January 1, 2008, qualifies by age and                             
04       residence and who completes the forms required by the commissioner for                                        
05       implementation of this paragraph; to obtain or renew a valid temporary                                        
06       identification card issued under this paragraph, the person must have lawfully                                
07       received a permanent fund dividend during the most recent dividend disbursal or                               
08       must present evidence satisfactory to the department that the person was in the                               
09       state for at least 185 days during the previous calendar year; a person who is                                
10       issued a temporary identification card under this paragraph shall have it in                                  
11       possession while sport fishing, hunting, or trapping; the temporary identification                            
12       card must be renewed every three years.                                                                       
13    * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.405(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
14            (b)  Notwithstanding AS 16.05.420(c), a resident holding a valid resident                                    
15       hunting license may take game on behalf of a person who is blind, a person with                                   
16       physical disabilities, or a person who is 65 years of age or older if the resident                                
17       possesses on the resident's person                                                                                
18                 (1)  a document signed by the person on whose behalf the game is                                        
19       taken, stating that the resident possesses the person's hunting license or valid                              
20       [PERMANENT] identification card in order to take game on behalf of that person; and                               
21                 (2)  the person's                                                                                       
22                      (A)  resident hunting license issued under AS 16.05.403 or                                         
23            valid [PERMANENT] identification card issued under AS 16.05.400(b); and                                  
24                      (B)  harvest ticket, tag, stamp, or other document required by                                     
25            law as a condition of taking the game being hunted.                                                          
26    * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.405(c) is amended to read:                                                                      
27            (c)  Notwithstanding AS 16.05.420(c), a resident holding a valid                                             
28       noncommercial fishing license may take fish on behalf of a person who is blind, a                                 
29       person with physical disabilities, or a person who is 65 years of age or older if the                             
30       resident possesses on the resident's person                                                                       
31                 (1)  a document signed by the person on whose behalf the fish is taken,                                 
01       stating that the resident possesses the person's sport fishing license, subsistence fishing                       
02       permit, personal use fishing permit, or valid [PERMANENT] identification card in                              
03       order to take fish on behalf of that person;                                                                      
04                 (2)  the person's                                                                                       
05                      (A)  resident sport fishing license issued under AS 16.05.403 or                                   
06            valid [PERMANENT] identification card issued under AS 16.05.400(b);                                      
07                      (B)  resident subsistence fishing permit issued under                                              
08            AS 16.05.403; or                                                                                             
09                      (C)  resident personal use fishing permit issued under                                             
10            AS 16.05.403; and                                                                                            
11                 (3)  all other documents issued to the person that are required by law as                               
12       a condition of taking the fish being pursued.