00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 187                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to game management of bison."                                                                          
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 16.20.310(a) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (a)  The commissioner shall develop and may amend a game management plan                                     
05       for bison in the area described in AS 16.20.300. After holding public hearings in                                 
06       accordance with AS 44.62.310 - 44.62.319 (Open Meetings Act), the commissioner                                    
07       shall implement the game management plan. In developing and amending a game                                   
08       management plan, the commissioner shall also take into consideration studies                                  
09       and suggestions from working groups or task forces related to the game                                        
10       management plan.                                                                                              
11    * Sec. 2. AS 16.20.310(b) is amended to read:                                                                      
12            (b)  The game management plan must include, but is not limited to                                            
13                 (1)  planting grains for bison and planting other wildlife forage;                                      
14                 (2)  altering existing plant cover to create additional range and year-                                 
15       round habitat for bison and other animal species in the area;                                                     
01                 (3)  tilling to produce forage;                                                                     
02                 (4)  designing, developing, and building diversionary or temporary                                  
03       fencing, holding pens, and other apparatus to prevent the movement of bison into                              
04       agricultural areas.