00                       CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 32(CRA)                                                                    
01 "An Act stating that a feasibility study for the development and operation of a                                         
02 hydroelectric site at Chikuminuk Lake is not an incompatible use in the Wood-Tikchik                                    
03 State Park; relating to the Wood-Tikchik State Park management plan and the                                             
04 amendment of the plan to allow for a feasibility study for the development and operation                                
05 of a hydroelectric site at Chikuminuk Lake; relating to the enforcement of provisions in                                
06 the Wood-Tikchik State Park management plan and regulations relating to the Wood-                                       
07 Tikchik State Park that are inconsistent with a feasibility study for the development and                               
08 operation of a hydroelectric site at Chikuminuk Lake; and providing for an effective                                    
09 date."                                                                                                                  
10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
11    * Section 1. AS 41.21.167 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
12            (e)  Performance of a feasibility study for the development and operation of a                               
01       hydroelectric site at Chikuminuk Lake is not considered an incompatible use.                                      
02    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
03 read:                                                                                                                   
04       TRANSITION: WOOD-TIKCHIK STATE PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN AND                                                           
05 REGULATIONS; ENFORCEMENT. To allow for a feasibility study for the development and                                      
06 operation of a hydroelectric site at Chikuminuk Lake, the Department of Natural Resources                               
07            (1)  shall amend the Wood-Tikchik State Park Management Plan, dated                                          
08 October 2002, and regulations applicable to the Wood-Tikchik State Park to conform to                                   
09 AS 41.21.167(e), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act; and                                                                     
10            (2)  may not enforce or implement provisions in the Wood-Tikchik State Park                                  
11 Management Plan, dated October 2002, and regulations applicable to the Wood-Tikchik State                               
12 Park that are inconsistent with AS 41.21.167(e), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act.                                         
13    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).