00HOUSE BILL NO. 306                                                                                                    
01 "An Act authorizing the commissioner of fish and game to award grants for                                               
02 certain resource activities; and providing for an effective date."                                                      
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 16.05 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05  Sec. 16.05.085.  Grant authority.  The commissioner may award grants for                                            
06 protecting, maintaining, improving, or extending fish, game, or aquatic plant resources                                 
07 of the state, including making those resources available for the public.  The                                           
08 commissioner may adopt regulations to implement or interpret this section.  In order                                    
09 to recover all or part of the department's costs of administering the grants, the                                       
10 commissioner may charge a fee to grant applicants and may retain up to 10 percent                                       
11 of a grant award.                                                                                                       
12    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2000.