HB 425: "An Act relating to hunting license and tag fees for citizens of Canada and Mexico; relating to nonresident and nonresident alien hunting, trapping, sport fishing, and other licenses, tags, and permits; relating to guide requirements for nonresident and nonresident alien hunters; and providing for an effective date."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 425 01 "An Act relating to hunting license and tag fees for citizens of Canada and 02 Mexico; relating to nonresident and nonresident alien hunting, trapping, sport 03 fishing, and other licenses, tags, and permits; relating to guide requirements for 04 nonresident and nonresident alien hunters; and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. PURPOSE. (a) This bill provides that nonresidents who are citizens of 07 Canada and Mexico 08 (1) may obtain hunting licenses and big game tags for the same fee paid by 09 nonresidents who are not nonresident aliens; and 10 (2) are required to obtain the services of a licensed big game guide-outfitter 11 or a relative if they intend to take brown or grizzly bear, mountain goat, or sheep. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.330(a) is repealed and reenacted to read: 13 (a) Except as otherwise permitted in this chapter, without having the 14 appropriate license or tag in actual possession a person may not engage in sport
01 fishing, including the taking of razor clams; hunting; trapping; fur dealing; taxidermy; 02 or the farming of fish, fur, or game. A person who is a nonresident may not engage 03 in an activity listed in this subsection without having the appropriate nonresident 04 license or tag in actual possession. A nonresident who is a nonresident alien may not 05 engage in hunting without having the appropriate nonresident alien hunting license or 06 big game tag in actual possession. 07 * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.330(b) is amended to read: 08 (b) When obtaining the appropriate license or tag in (a) of this section, an 09 applicant who asserts residency in the state or citizenship in the United States, 10 Canada, or Mexico shall provide the license vendor with the proof of residence or 11 citizenship that the department requires by regulation. 12 * Sec. 4. AS 16.05.340(a) is amended to read: 13 (a) Fees for licenses and tags are as follows: 14 (1) Resident sport fishing license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 15 15 However, the fee is 25 cents for a resident who is blind. 16 (2) Resident hunting license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 17 (3) Resident hunting and trapping license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 18 (4) Resident trapping license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 19 (5) Resident hunting and sport fishing license. . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 20 (6) Resident hunting, trapping, and sport fishing license . . . . . . . 55; 21 (A) however, the fee is $5 for an applicant who 22 (i) is receiving or has received assistance during the 23 preceding six months under any state or federal welfare program to aid 24 the indigent, or 25 (ii) has an annual family gross income of less than 26 $8,200 for the year preceding application; 27 (B) a person paying $5 for a resident hunting, trapping, and 28 sport fishing license must provide proof of eligibility under this paragraph 29 when requested by the departments. 30 (7) Nonresident special sport fishing license - valid for the period 31 inscribed on the license
01 (A) For 14-day license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 30 02 (B) For three-day license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 03 (C) For one-day license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 04 (8) Nonresident sport fishing license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 05 (9) Nonresident hunting license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 06 In this paragraph, "nonresident" does not include a nonresident alien. 07 (10) Nonresident hunting and sport fishing license 08 (A) For a nonresident who is not a nonresident 09 alien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 10 (B) For a nonresident alien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350 11 A nonresident other than a nonresident alien may not take a big game animal 12 without previously purchasing a numbered, nontransferable, appropriate tag, issued 13 under (15) of this subsection. The tag must be affixed to the animal immediately upon 14 capture and must remain affixed until the animal is prepared for storage, consumed, 15 or exported. A tag issued but not used for an animal may be used to satisfy the tagging 16 requirement for an animal of any other species for which the tag fee is of equal or less 17 value. 18 (11) Nonresident hunting and trapping license 19 (A) For a nonresident who is not a nonresident 20 alien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$250 21 (B) For a nonresident alien. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 22 (12) Fur dealers 23 (A) Resident fur dealer biennial license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150 24 (B) Nonresident fur dealer biennial license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 25 (13) Taxidermists 26 (A) Resident taxidermy biennial license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 27 (B) Nonresident taxidermy biennial license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 28 (14) Aquatic farming triennial license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 29 (15) Nonresident big game tags 30 (A) Bear, black, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 31 (B) Bear, brown or grizzly, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
01 (C) Bison, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 02 (D) Caribou, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 03 (E) Deer, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 04 (F) Elk, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 05 (G) Goat, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 06 (H) Moose, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 07 (I) Sheep, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 08 (J) Wolf, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 09 (K) Wolverine, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 10 (L) Musk oxen, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100 11 In this paragraph, "nonresident" does not include a nonresident alien. 12 (16) Resident big game tags 13 (A) Bear, brown or grizzly, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25 14 The Board of Game may, by regulation effective for not more than one year, eliminate 15 the resident brown or grizzly bear tag and fee for all or a portion of a game 16 management unit. 17 (B) Musk oxen, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 18 However, the Board of Game may by regulation reduce or eliminate the fee for a 19 resident big game tag for musk oxen for an open season. 20 (17) Waterfowl conservation tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5 21 (A) A person may not engage in waterfowl hunting without 22 having the current year's waterfowl tag in the person's actual possession, 23 unless that person 24 (i) qualifies for a $5 license fee under (6) of this 25 subsection; 26 (ii) is a resident under the age of 16; 27 (iii) is 60 years of age or older and is a resident; 28 (iv) is a disabled veteran eligible for a free license under 29 AS 16.05.341. 30 (B) The Board of Game shall by regulation exempt the 31 requirement of a waterfowl conservation tag for waterfowl hunting in areas of
01 the state not likely to benefit from programs described in AS 16.05.130(b)(2) 02 - (4). 03 (18) Game farming 04 (A) Game mammal or game reptile farming biennial license 05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$250 06 (B) Game bird farming biennial license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 07 (19) Nonresident and nonresident alien small game hunting 08 license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 09 (20) Nonresident alien hunting license. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 10 A nonresident alien may not take a big game animal without previously purchasing a 11 numbered, nontransferable, appropriate tag, issued under (21) of this subsection. The 12 tag must be affixed to the animal immediately upon capture and must remain affixed 13 until the animal is prepared for storage, consumed, or exported. A tag issued but not 14 used for an animal may be used to satisfy the tagging requirement for an animal of any 15 other species for which the tag fee is of equal or less value. 16 (21) Nonresident alien big game tags 17 (A) Bear, black, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$300 18 (B) Bear, brown or grizzly, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 19 (C) Bison, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650 20 (D) Caribou, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425 21 (E) Deer, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 22 (F) Elk, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 23 (G) Goat, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 24 (H) Moose, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 25 (I) Musk oxen, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500 26 (J) Sheep, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 27 (K) Wolf, each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 28 (L) Wolverine, each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 29 (22) Chitina personal use salmon dip net fishing permit . . . . . . . . .10 30 (23) Resident king salmon tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 31 A resident may not engage in sport fishing for king salmon without having the current
01 year's king salmon tag in the resident's actual possession, unless that person 02 (A) qualifies for a 25 cent license fee under (1) of this 03 subsection; 04 (B) is under the age of 16; 05 (C) is 60 years of age or older and has been a resident of the 06 state for at least one year; 07 (D) is a disabled veteran eligible for a free license under 08 AS 16.05.341; or 09 (E) qualifies for a $5 license fee under (6) of this subsection. 10 (24) Nonresident anadromous king salmon tag -- valid for the period 11 inscribed on the tag 12 (A) for a one-day tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10 13 (B) for a three-day tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 14 (C) for a 14-day or annual tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35. 15 A nonresident may not engage in sport fishing for anadromous king salmon without 16 having a valid anadromous king salmon tag in the person's actual possession, unless 17 that person is under the age of 16. However, members of the military service on 18 active duty who are permanently stationed in the state, and their dependents, who do 19 not qualify as residents under AS 16.05.940, may obtain an annual nonresident military 20 anadromous king salmon tag for $20. 21 * Sec. 5. AS 16.05.940(22) is amended to read: 22 (22) "nonresident alien" means a person who is not a citizen of the United 23 States, Canada, or Mexico and whose permanent place of abode is not in the United 24 States; 25 * Sec. 6. Notwithstanding AS 16.05.940(22), as amended by sec. 5 of this Act, a person 26 who is a citizen of Canada or Mexico and whose permanent place of abode is not in the 27 United States may not hunt, pursue, or take a big game animal as defined by the Board of 28 Game or a marine mammal before January 1, 1996, unless the person has complied with 29 AS 16.05.408. 30 * Sec. 7. This Act takes effect January 1, 1995.