HB 462: "An Act relating to the release of certain confidential records and reports concerning fishing, fish buying, or fish processing; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 462 01 "An Act relating to the release of certain confidential records and reports concerning 02 fishing, fish buying, or fish processing; and providing for an effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 16.05.815(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) Except as provided in (b) and (c) of this section, records required by 06 regulations of the department concerning the landings of fish, shellfish, or fishery 07 products, and annual statistical reports of buyers and processors required by regulation 08 of the department are confidential and may not be released by the department or by the 09 Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission except as set out in this subsection. 10 The department may release the records and reports set out in this subsection to the 11 Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission. The department and the Alaska 12 Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission may release the records and reports set out 13 in this subsection to the recipients identified in this subsection if the recipient, other 14 than a recipient under (5) - (9) [(5) - (8)] of this subsection, agrees to maintain the
01 confidentiality of the records and reports. The department and the Alaska Commercial 02 Fisheries Entry Commission may release 03 (1) any of the records and reports to the National Marine Fisheries 04 Service and the professional staff of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council as 05 required for preparation and implementation of the fishery management plans of the 06 North Pacific Fishery Management Council within the exclusive economic zone; 07 (2) any of the records and reports to the professional staff of the 08 Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission who are employed in the Alaska Fisheries 09 Information Network project for the purpose of exchanging information with users 10 authorized by the department; 11 (3) any of the records and reports to the Department of Revenue to 12 assist the Department of Revenue in carrying out its statutory responsibilities; 13 (4) records or reports of the total value purchased by each buyer to a 14 municipality that levies and collects a tax on fish, shellfish, or fishery products if the 15 municipality requires records of the landings of fish, shellfish, or fishery products to 16 be submitted to it for purposes of verification of taxes payable; 17 (5) such records and reports as necessary to be in conformity with a 18 court order; 19 (6) on request, the report of a person to the person whose fishing 20 activity is the subject of the report, or to a designee of the person whose fishing 21 activity is the subject of the report; 22 (7) on request, annual statistical reports of a buyer or processor to 23 the buyer or processor whose activity is the subject of the report, or to a designee 24 of the buyer or processor whose activity is the subject of the report; 25 (8) fish tickets, [AND] fish ticket information, saltwater charter 26 logbooks, saltwater charter logbook information, and annual statistical reports of 27 buyers and processors and information in those reports to the [DIVISION OF 28 FISH AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION,] Department of Public Safety; 29 (9) [(8)] fish tickets, [AND] fish ticket information, and annual 30 statistical reports of buyers and processors and information in those reports to 31 the law enforcement personnel of the National Marine Fisheries Service and the
01 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the purpose of enforcing 02 fishery laws in waters of this state and in waters of the exclusive economic zone 03 adjacent to this state; 04 (10) [(9)] fish tickets and fish ticket information regarding halibut to 05 the International Pacific Halibut Commission; and 06 (11) [(10)] any of the records and reports to the child support 07 enforcement agency created in AS 25.27.010, or the child support enforcement agency 08 of another state, for child support purposes authorized under law. 09 * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).