00HOUSE BILL NO. 295                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to enforcement of subsistence hunting and fishing laws."                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
03    * Section 1.  AS 18.65 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
04 Article 11.  Miscellaneous Provisions.                                                                                
05  Sec. 18.65.900.  Enforcement of subsistence hunting and fishing laws.  (a)                                          
06 Notwithstanding AS 18.65.090, the Department of Public Safety may not enforce, or                                       
07 directly assist the enforcement of, a federal statute or regulation governing eligibility                               
08 to engage in subsistence hunting or fishing in the state if the statute could not be                                    
09 enacted by the state or the regulation could not be adopted by a state department or                                    
10 agency because the statute or regulation violates either the Constitution of the State of                               
11 Alaska or the Constitution of the United States.                                                                        
12  (b)  An employee or law enforcement agent of a state department other than                                            
13 the Department of Public Safety or of a state agency or a police officer employed by                                    
14 a municipality may not enforce, or directly assist the enforcement of, a federal statute                                

01 or regulation governing eligibility to engage in subsistence hunting or fishing in the                                  
02 state if the statute could not be enacted by the state or the regulation could not be                                   
03 adopted by a state department or agency because the statute or regulation violates                                      
04 either the Constitution of the State of Alaska or the Constitution of the United States.                                
05  (c)  A person, including an employee or law enforcement agent of a federal                                            
06 department or agency may not enforce, or directly assist the enforcement of, a federal                                  
07 statute or regulation governing eligibility to engage in subsistence hunting or fishing                                 
08 in the state if the statute could not be enacted by the state or the regulation could not                               
09 be adopted by a state department or agency because the statute or regulation violates                                   
10 either the Constitution of the State of Alaska or the Constitution of the United States.