00                             SENATE BILL NO. 233                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to the duties of the commissioner of fish and game and to the interest                                 
02 of the Board of Game in public safety as it relates to game."                                                           
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 16.05.050 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                            
05                 (20)  to remove a game carcass when notified that game has been taken                                   
06       by the police department of a municipality under AS 16.05.255(d)(2).                                              
07    * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.255(d) is amended to read:                                                                      
08            (d)  Regulations adopted under (a) of this section must provide that, consistent                             
09       with the provisions of                                                                                            
10                 (1)  AS 16.05.258, the taking of moose, deer, elk, and caribou by                                   
11       residents for personal or family consumption has preference over taking by                                        
12       nonresidents; and                                                                                             
13                 (2)  (a)(11) of this section, the taking of game resources to ensure                                
14       public safety has priority over other management purposes in a municipality of                                
01       the state with a population of more than 100,000; to carry out the provisions of                              
02       this paragraph, the board shall authorize the police department of the                                        
03       municipality to take game when the taking serves to protect human life from                                   
04       immediate harm from the game.