00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 134(RES)                                                                    
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. One member shall be appointed whose predominant use of game                                         
11 resources is nonconsumptive and who is actively engaged in wildlife conservation.                                   
12 The knowledge and personal experience of the membership of the board, taken                                         
13 as a whole, shall directly reflect all of the uses of game in the state by residents,                               
14 including sport and subsistence hunting and trapping, tourism, wildlife viewing,                                    
15 and scientific study. The appointed members shall be residents of the state and shall                               
01       be appointed without regard to political affiliation or geographical location of                                  
02       residence. The commissioner is not a member of the Board of Game, but shall be ex                                 
03       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.