HCS SB 171(RLS) AM H: "An Act relating to the release of certain records and reports required by the Department of Fish and Game regarding fish, shellfish, or fishery products and reports of fish buyers and processors; relating to the transfer of land to the state; and providing for an effective date."
00HOUSE CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 171(RLS) am H 01 "An Act relating to the release of certain records and reports required by the 02 Department of Fish and Game regarding fish, shellfish, or fishery products and 03 reports of fish buyers and processors; relating to the transfer of land to the 04 state; and providing for an effective date." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 16.05.815(a) is amended to read: 07 (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, records required by 08 regulations of the department concerning the landings of fish, shellfish, or fishery 09 products, and annual statistical reports of buyers and processors required by regulation 10 of the department are confidential and may not be released by the department or by 11 the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission except as set out in this 12 subsection. The department may release the records and reports set out in this 13 subsection to the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. The 14 department and the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission may release
01 the records and reports set out in this subsection to the recipients identified in this 02 subsection if the recipient, other than a recipient under (5) - (8) [(4) - (6)] of this 03 subsection, agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the records and reports. The 04 department and the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission may release 05 (1) any of the [ITS] records and reports to the National Marine 06 Fisheries Service and the professional staff of the North Pacific Fishery Management 07 Council as required for preparation and implementation of the fishery management 08 plans of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council within the exclusive economic 09 zone; 10 (2) any of the records and reports to the professional staff of the 11 Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission who are employed in the Alaska 12 Fisheries Information Network project for the purpose of exchanging information 13 with users authorized by the department; 14 (3) [(2)] any of the [ITS] records and reports to the Department of 15 Revenue [AND TO THE ALASKA COMMERCIAL FISHERIES ENTRY 16 COMMISSION] to assist the Department of Revenue [THEM] in carrying out its 17 [THEIR] statutory responsibilities; 18 (4) [(3)] records or reports of the total value purchased by each buyer 19 to a municipality that levies and collects a tax on fish, shellfish, or fishery products 20 if the municipality requires records of the landings of fish, shellfish, or fishery 21 products to be submitted to it for purposes of verification of taxes payable; 22 (5) [(4)] such records and reports as necessary to be in conformity with 23 a court order; 24 (6) [(5)] on request, the report of a person to the person whose fishing 25 activity is the subject of the report; 26 (7) [(6)] fish tickets and fish ticket information to the division of fish 27 and wildlife protection, Department of Public Safety; 28 (8) fish tickets and fish ticket information to the law enforcement 29 personnel of the National Marine Fisheries Service and the National Oceanic and 30 Atmospheric Administration for the purpose of enforcing fishery laws in waters 31 of this state and in waters of the exclusive economic zone adjacent to this state;
01 (9) [(7)] fish tickets and fish ticket information regarding halibut to the 02 International Pacific Halibut Commission; and 03 (10) [(8)] any of the [ITS] records and reports to the child support 04 enforcement agency created in AS 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency 05 of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law. 06 * Sec. 2. AS 16.20.041(e) is amended to read: 07 (e) The department and the Department of Natural Resources 08 (1) may not enter into sales of land within the McNeil River State 09 Game Refuge; 10 (2) may enter into leases within the McNeil River State Game Refuge 11 if the commissioner finds that activity conducted under the lease is compatible with 12 the purposes for which the refuge is established ; 13 (3) may not accept transfer of state selected land from the federal 14 government, or conveyance of other land, within the refuge if the land is subject 15 to 16 (A) a lease, easement, or other right to operate or maintain 17 a private facility on the land or to conduct a private enterprise on the 18 land; or 19 (B) a continuing trespass by an unauthorized private facility 20 or private enterprise . 21 * Sec. 3. AS 16.20.162(c) is amended to read: 22 (c) The department and the Department of Natural Resources 23 (1) may not enter into sales of land within the McNeil River State 24 Game Sanctuary; 25 (2) may enter into leases within the McNeil River State Game 26 Sanctuary if the commissioner finds that activity conducted under the lease is 27 compatible with the purposes for which the sanctuary is established ; 28 (3) may not accept transfer of state selected land from the federal 29 government, or conveyance of other land, within the sanctuary if the land is 30 subject to 31 (A) a lease, easement, or other right to operate or maintain
01 a private facility on the land or to conduct a private enterprise on the 02 land; or 03 (B) a continuing trespass by an unauthorized private facility 04 or private enterprise . 05 * Sec. 4. AS 42.40.285 is amended to read: 06 Sec. 42.40.285. Legislative approval required. Unless the legislature 07 approves the action by law, the corporation may not 08 (1) exchange, donate, sell, or otherwise convey its entire interest in 09 land; 10 (2) issue bonds; 11 (3) extend railroad lines; this paragraph does not apply to a spur, 12 industrial, team, switching, or side track; 13 (4) lease land for a period in excess of 35 years unless the corporation 14 reserves the right to terminate the lease if the land is needed for railroad purposes ; 15 (5) apply for or accept a grant of federal land within a 16 municipality; before approving an action under this paragraph, the legislature 17 must determine that the federal land is required for essential railroad purposes; 18 this paragraph does not apply to the application for or acceptance of a grant of 19 federal land associated with 20 (A) the Anchorage-Wasilla line change project on Elmendorf 21 Air Force Base and Fort Richardson; 22 (B) the Fairbanks intermodal rail yard expansion project; 23 (C) a conveyance of rail properties of the Alaska Railroad 24 under the original Alaska Railroad Transfer Act of 1982 as set out in Title 25 VI, P.L. 97-468; in this subparagraph, "rail properties of the Alaska 26 Railroad" has the meaning given in 45 U.S.C. 1202(10) . 27 * Sec. 5. AS 42.40.410 is amended to read: 28 Sec. 42.40.410. Federal land. Except as provided in AS 42.40.285(5), the 29 [THE] corporation may submit applications on its own behalf as an instrumentality of 30 the state for acquisition of federal land available under federal law that will enhance 31 the operations of the corporation if it is available under a federal law other than the
01 Alaska Statehood Act of 1958 (P.L. 85 - 508, 72 Stat. 339), as amended. The 02 corporation may receive in its own name conveyances of all interests in federal land. 03 * Sec. 6. Sections 1 - 3 of this Act take effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).