00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 176                                                                          
01 "An Act creating the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park."                                                     
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                          
04 to read:                                                                                                                
05       LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that                                                                  
06            (1)  state parks promote and support public use of natural, scenic, and cultural                             
07 resources through the protection and management of those resources; and                                                 
08            (2)  the establishment of the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park as                                
09 a state park with consistent protection and regulation is in the best interest of the people of the                     
10 state.                                                                                                                  
11    * Sec. 2. AS 41.21 is amended by adding new sections to article 2 to read:                                         
12            Sec. 41.21.190. Purpose of AS 41.21.190 - 41.21.194. The purpose of                                        
13       AS 41.21.190 - 41.21.194 is to establish, subject to valid existing rights, the state-                            
14       owned or acquired land and water described in AS 41.21.191 as the Fort Rousseau                                   
15       Causeway State Historical Park. The primary purposes of establishing the land and                                 
01       water areas described in AS 41.21.191 as the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical                              
02       Park are to promote, support, and preserve public use by maintaining and protecting                               
03       the area's fish and wildlife habitat, cultural resources, and scenic values.                                      
04            Sec. 41.21.191. Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park established.                                  
05       The upland, shoreland, tideland, and water overlying the land owned or acquired by                                
06       the state within the following described parcels are established as the Fort Rousseau                             
07       Causeway State Historical Park:                                                                                   
08               Township 56 South, Range 63 East, Copper River Meridian described as:                                     
09                 Section 2: That portion of Lot 86 within Section 2                                                      
10                   That portion of Lot 86A within Section 2                                                              
11                 Section 3: E1/2SE1/4NW1/4NE1/4NW1/4                                                                     
12                   E1/2NE1/4SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4                                                                              
13                   NW1/4SE1/4NE1/4NW1/4                                                                                  
14                   SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4NW1/4                                                                                  
15                   Lot 74                                                                                                
16                   Lot 75                                                                                                
17                   Lot 75A                                                                                               
18                   Lot 76                                                                                                
19                   That portion of Lot 77 within Section 3                                                               
20                   Lot 78                                                                                                
21                   Lot 78A                                                                                               
22                   Lot 79                                                                                                
23                   Lot 80                                                                                                
24                   Lot 80A                                                                                               
25                   Lot 81                                                                                                
26                   Lot 81A                                                                                               
27                   Lot 82                                                                                                
28                   Lot 82A                                                                                               
29                   That portion of Lot 83 within Section 3                                                               
30                   Lot 84                                                                                                
31                   Lot 84A                                                                                               
01                   Lot 85                                                                                                
02                   Lot 85A                                                                                               
03                   That portion of Lot 86 within Section 3                                                               
04                   That portion of Lot 86A within Section 3                                                              
05                   Lot 87                                                                                                
06                   Lot 88                                                                                                
07                   Lot 89                                                                                                
08                   Lot 90                                                                                                
09                   Lot 91                                                                                                
10                   Lot 92                                                                                                
11                 Section 4: That portion of Lot 77 within Section 4                                                      
12                   That portion of Lot 83 within Section 4                                                               
13            Sec. 41.21.192. Designation of management responsibility. The state-owned                                  
14       land and water described in AS 41.21.191 is assigned to the department for control,                               
15       maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of                                       
16       AS 41.21.190 - 41.21.194.                                                                                         
17            Sec. 41.21.193. Incompatible uses. The commissioner may designate by                                       
18       regulation incompatible uses within the land and water of the Fort Rousseau                                       
19       Causeway State Historical Park.                                                                                   
20            Sec. 41.21.194. Additions to park. Land and water outside of the boundaries                                
21       established under AS 41.21.191 may be added to the Fort Rousseau Causeway State                                   
22       Historical Park only by an act of the legislature.