00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 292(JUD)                                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to searches by peace officers who enforce fish and game laws,                                          
02 to false statements and omissions in regard to application for fish and game                                            
03 licenses, tags, and permits, and to nonresident hunters."                                                               
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 16.05.180 is amended to read:                                                                       
06  Sec. 16.05.180.  POWER TO SEARCH WITHOUT WARRANT.  Each peace                                                         
07 officer designated in AS 16.05.150 may without a warrant search any thing or place                                      
08 if the search is reasonable or is not protected from searches and seizures without                                      
09 warrant within the meaning of art. I, sec. 14, Alaska State Constitution, which                                         
10 specifically enumerates "persons, houses and other property, papers and effects."                                       
11 [HOWEVER, BEFORE A SEARCH WITHOUT WARRANT IS MADE A SIGNED                                                              
12 WRITTEN STATEMENT BY THE PERSON MAKING THE SEARCH SHALL BE                                                              
13 SUBMITTED TO THE PERSON IN CONTROL OF THE PROPERTY OR OBJECT                                                            
14 TO BE SEARCHED, STATING THE REASON THE SEARCH IS BEING                                                                  

01 CONDUCTED.]  A written receipt shall be given by the person conducting the search                                       
02 for property that [WHICH] is taken as a result of the search.  The enumeration of                                     
03 specific things does not limit the meaning of words of a general nature.                                                
04    * Sec. 2.  AS 16.05.420(b) is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                        
05  (b)  A person may not make a false statement, or omit a material fact, in an                                          
06 application for a license, tag, or permit issued under AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.430.  A                                     
07 person who without any culpable mental state violates this subsection is guilty of a                                    
08 violation and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.  A                                       
09 person who knowingly violates this subsection is guilty of unsworn falsification under                                  
10 AS 11.56.210.                                                                                                           
11    * Sec. 3.  AS 16.05.430(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
12  (a)  Except as provided in AS 16.05.407(b) and (d), 16.05.408(b), and                                                
13 16.05.420(b) [AS 16.05.420(b)], a person who violates AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.420 or                                      
14 a regulation adopted under AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.420 is guilty of a misdemeanor and                                      
15 upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment                                     
16 for not more than six months, or by both.