00 Enrolled HB 176                                                                                                         
01 Creating the Fort Rousseau Causeway State Historical Park.                                                              
02                           _______________                                                                               
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                 The following lots located within United States Survey 3926:                                            
10                 Section 2: That portion of Lot 86 within Section 2                                                      
11                   That portion of Lot 86A within Section 2                                                              
12                   That portion of Lot 90 within Section 2                                                               
13                   Lot 91                                                                                                
14                   Lot 92                                                                                                
15                 Section 3: E1/2SE1/4NW1/4NE1/4NW1/4                                                                     
16                   E1/2NE1/4SW1/4NE1/4NW1/4                                                                              
17                   NW1/4SE1/4NE1/4NW1/4                                                                                  
18                   SW1/4NE1/4NE1/4NW1/4                                                                                  
19                   Lot 74                                                                                                
20                   Lot 75                                                                                                
21                   Lot 75A                                                                                               
22                   Lot 76                                                                                                
23                   That portion of Lot 77 within Section 3                                                               
24                   Lot 78                                                                                                
25                   Lot 78A                                                                                               
26                   Lot 79                                                                                                
27                   Lot 80                                                                                                
28                   Lot 80A                                                                                               
29                   Lot 81                                                                                                
30                   Lot 81A                                                                                               
31                   Lot 82                                                                                                
01                   Lot 82A                                                                                               
02                   That portion of Lot 83 within Section 3                                                               
03                   Lot 84                                                                                                
04                   Lot 84A                                                                                               
05                   Lot 85                                                                                                
06                   Lot 85A                                                                                               
07                   That portion of Lot 86 within Section 3                                                               
08                   That portion of Lot 86A within Section 3                                                              
09                   Lot 87                                                                                                
10                   Lot 88                                                                                                
11                   Lot 89                                                                                                
12                   That portion of Lot 90 within Section 3                                                               
13                 Section 4: That portion of Lot 77 within Section 4                                                      
14                   That portion of Lot 83 within Section 4.                                                              
15            Sec. 41.21.192. Designation of management responsibility. The state-owned                                  
16       land and water described in AS 41.21.191 is assigned to the department for control,                               
17       maintenance, and development consistent with the purposes and provisions of                                       
18       AS 41.21.190 - 41.21.194.                                                                                         
19            Sec. 41.21.193. Incompatible uses. The commissioner may designate by                                       
20       regulation incompatible uses within the land and water of the Fort Rousseau                                       
21       Causeway State Historical Park.                                                                                   
22            Sec. 41.21.194. Additions to park. Land and water outside of the boundaries                                
23       established under AS 41.21.191 may be added to the Fort Rousseau Causeway State                                   
24       Historical Park only by an act of the legislature.