00                             SENATE BILL NO. 78                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses for certain nonresident                                     
02 postsecondary students; and providing for an effective date."                                                           
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 16.05.340(k) is amended to read:                                                                   
05 (k)  In addition to the fees for a hunting license set out in (a), [AND] (d), and                               
06 (l) of this section, each person who purchases a hunting license shall pay an intensive                           
07 management surcharge as set out in this subsection for the purpose of providing                                         
08 funding for the intensive management of the state's game populations under                                              
09 AS 16.05.255(e). A person who is eligible for a $5 resident hunting, trapping, and                                      
10 sport fishing license under (a)(6) of this section or a free license under AS 16.05.341 is                              
11 exempt from payment of the surcharge imposed under this subsection. The amount of                                       
12 the surcharge attached to each hunting license must be clearly disclosed on the license.                                
13 Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the intensive management surcharge                                     
14       for each                                                                                                          
01                 (1)  resident hunting license available under this section is $10; and                                  
02                 (2)  nonresident hunting license available under this section is $30.                                   
03    * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.340 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                            
04 (l)  An individual who is enrolled as a half-time student or full-time student at                                       
05 a postsecondary institution described under AS 14.43.830(a) who does not qualify as a                                   
06 resident under AS 16.05.415 may obtain a special nonresident postsecondary student                                      
07 sport fishing, hunting, hunting and trapping, trapping, or hunting, trapping, and sport                                 
08 fishing license by paying the fee provided in (a)(1) - (6) of this section for a resident                               
09 who has an annual family or household income above the most recent poverty                                              
10       guidelines for the state set by the United States Department of Health and Human                                  
11       Services. In this subsection, "half-time student" and "full-time student" have the                                
12       meanings given in AS 14.43.160.                                                                                   
13    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
14 read:                                                                                                                   
15 TRANSITION: REGULATIONS. The Department of Fish and Game may adopt                                                      
16 regulations necessary to implement the changes made by this Act. The regulations take effect                            
17 under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), but not before the effective date of the law                             
18 implemented by the regulation.                                                                                          
19    * Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).                                    
20    * Sec. 5. Except as provided in sec. 4 of this Act, this Act takes effect January 1, 2024.