00 SENATE BILL NO. 248 01 "An Act relating to an executive administrator for the Big Game Commercial Services 02 Board." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 08.54.591 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 05 (c) The department, in consultation with the board, shall employ an executive 06 administrator to perform duties as prescribed by the board. The executive 07 administrator is the principal executive officer of the board. The executive 08 administrator is in the partially exempt service under AS 39.25.120 and is entitled to 09 receive a monthly salary equal to a step in Range 23 on the salary schedule set out in 10 AS 39.27.011(a). 11 * Sec. 2. AS 08.54.600(a) is amended to read: 12 (a) The board shall 13 (1) prepare and grade 14 (A) a qualification examination for a registered guide-outfitter 01 license that requires demonstration that the applicant is qualified generally to 02 provide guided and outfitted hunts and, in particular, possesses knowledge of 03 fishing, hunting, and guiding laws and regulations; and 04 (B) a certification examination for each game management unit 05 in which the registered guide-outfitter intends to provide big game hunting 06 services; the examination must require demonstration that the registered guide- 07 outfitter is qualified to provide guided and outfitted hunts in the game 08 management unit for which the registered guide-outfitter seeks to be certified 09 and, in particular, must require demonstration that the registered guide-outfitter 10 possesses knowledge of the terrain, transportation problems, game, and other 11 characteristics of the game management unit; 12 (2) authorize the issuance of registered guide-outfitter, master guide- 13 outfitter, class-A assistant guide, assistant guide, and transporter licenses after the 14 applicant for the license satisfies the requirements for the license; 15 (3) impose appropriate disciplinary sanctions on a licensee under 16 AS 08.54.600 - 08.54.790; 17 (4) require an applicant for issuance or renewal of any class of guide 18 license or of a transporter license to state in a written and signed document whether 19 the applicant's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a hunting, guiding, 20 outfitting, or transportation services license is revoked or suspended in this state or 21 another state or in Canada; 22 (5) regularly disseminate information regarding examinations and 23 other qualifications for all classes of guide licenses to residents of the rural areas of the 24 state; 25 (6) adopt procedural and substantive regulations required by this 26 chapter; 27 (7) provide for administration of examinations for registered guide- 28 outfitters at least twice a year; 29 (8) meet at least twice annually; and 30 (9) establish the qualifications and duties of the board's executive 31 administrator employed by the department under AS 08.54.591(c) and delegate 01 authority to the executive administrator as necessary to conduct board business. 02 * Sec. 3. AS 39.25.120(c) is amended to read: 03 (c) The following positions in the state service constitute the partially exempt 04 service: 05 (1) deputy and assistant commissioners of the principal departments of 06 the executive branch, including the assistant adjutant general of the Department of 07 Military and Veterans' Affairs; 08 (2) the directors of the major divisions of the principal departments of 09 the executive branch and the regional directors of the Department of Transportation 10 and Public Facilities; 11 (3) attorney members of the staff of the Department of Law, of the 12 public defender agency, and of the office of public advocacy in the Department of 13 Administration; 14 (4) one private secretary for each head of a principal department in the 15 executive branch; 16 (5) employees of councils, boards, or commissions established by 17 statute in the Office of the Governor or the office of the lieutenant governor, unless a 18 different classification is provided by statute; 19 (6) not more than two special assistants to the commissioner of each of 20 the principal departments of the executive branch, but the number may be increased if 21 the partially exempt service is extended under AS 39.25.130 to include the additional 22 special assistants; 23 (7) the principal executive officer of the following boards, councils, or 24 commissions: 25 (A) Alaska Public Broadcasting Commission; 26 (B) Professional Teaching Practices Commission; 27 (C) Parole Board; 28 (D) Board of Nursing; 29 (E) Real Estate Commission; 30 (F) Alaska Royalty Oil and Gas Development Advisory Board; 31 (G) Alaska State Council on the Arts; 01 (H) Alaska Police Standards Council; 02 (I) Alaska Commission on Aging; 03 (J) Alaska Mental Health Board; 04 (K) State Medical Board; 05 (L) Governor's Council on Disabilities and Special Education; 06 (M) Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse; 07 (N) Statewide Suicide Prevention Council; 08 (O) State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and 09 Land Surveyors; 10 (P) Alaska Health Care Commission; 11 (Q) Board of Pharmacy; 12 (R) Big Game Commercial Services Board; 13 (8) Alaska Pioneers' Home and Alaska Veterans' Home managers; 14 (9) hearing examiners in the Department of Revenue; 15 (10) the comptroller in the division of treasury, Department of 16 Revenue; 17 (11) airport managers in the Department of Transportation and Public 18 Facilities employed at the Anchorage and Fairbanks International Airports; 19 (12) the deputy director of the division of insurance in the Department 20 of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development; 21 (13) the executive director and staff of the Alaska Public Offices 22 Commission; 23 (14) the rehabilitation administrator of the division of workers' 24 compensation; 25 (15) guards employed by the Department of Public Safety for 26 emergencies; 27 (16) marine pilot coordinator of the Board of Marine Pilots; 28 (17) guards employed by the Department of Corrections, other than in 29 state correctional facilities, to carry out the responsibility of the commissioner of 30 corrections under AS 33.30.071(b); 31 (18) hearing officers and administrative law judges of the Regulatory 01 Commission of Alaska; 02 (19) the compact administrator appointed under AS 33.36.130; 03 (20) the chief administrative law judge and administrative law judges 04 of the office of administrative hearings; 05 (21) the executive secretary of the Board of Public Accountancy.