00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 172                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the composition of the Board of Game."                                                              
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 16.05.221(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
04            (b)  For purposes of the conservation and development of the game resources                                  
05       of the state, there is created a Board of Game composed of seven members appointed                                
06       by the governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the                                      
07       legislature in joint session. The governor shall appoint each member on the basis of                              
08       interest in public affairs, good judgment, knowledge, and ability in the field of action                          
09       of the board, and with a view to providing diversity of interest and points of view in                            
10       the membership. At least one member shall be appointed whose predominant use                                  
11       of game resources is nonconsumptive, such as tourism, wildlife viewing, or                                    
12       scientific study. The knowledge and personal experience of the membership of                                  
13       the board, taken as a whole, shall directly reflect all of the uses of game in the                            
14       state by residents, including sport and subsistence hunting and trapping, tourism,                            
15       wildlife viewing, and scientific study. The appointed members shall be residents of                           
01       the state and shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation or geographical                          
02       location of residence. The commissioner is not a member of the Board of Game, but                                 
03       shall be ex officio secretary.                                                                                    
04    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
05 read:                                                                                                                   
06       APPLICABILITY. The terms of the members of the Board of Game who are serving                                      
07 on the effective date of this Act are not affected by the amendment to AS 16.05.221(b) in sec.                          
08 1 of this Act.