00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 508                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to publication of results of testing for paralytic shellfish poisoning by                              
02 the Department of Environmental Conservation and to participation of the Department                                     
03 of Environmental Conservation in the development of operating plans of qualified                                        
04 regional dive fishery associations."                                                                                    
05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
06    * Section 1.  AS 17.20.005 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
07            (b)  The commissioner shall promptly distribute the results of testing for                                   
08       paralytic shellfish poison conducted by, or on behalf of, the department to the public                            
09       by means of the official internet web site of the department.                                                     
10    * Sec. 2.  AS 43.76.200(b) is amended to read:                                                                     
11            (b)  The Department of Fish and Game shall develop an annual operating plan                                  
12       with the cooperation of the regional dive fishery development association and the                             
13       Department of Environmental Conservation on or before a date specified by the                                 
14       Department of Fish and Game.  The qualified regional dive fishery development                                     

01       association and the Department of Environmental Conservation shall cooperate                                  
02       with the Department of Fish and Game in the development of the annual operating                                   
03       plan.  The annual operating plan must describe the activities for which the funding will                          
04       be expended, including identification of species and areas for which bioassessment                                
05       surveys will be conducted, a description of management and research activities to be                              
06       performed, planning for dive fisheries, and administrative activities of the association.                         
07       Funds appropriated to the Department of Fish and Game for funding of qualified                                    
08       regional dive fishery development associations may not be disbursed by the                                        
09       department or expended by the association, except for administration of the                                       
10       association, unless the annual operating plan has been approved by the association and                            
11       the Department of Fish and Game.  If an annual operating plan has not been approved                               
12       by the association and the Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Fish and                                
13       Game may not disburse and the association may not expend funds received from the                                  
14       department for administration of the association in an amount that exceeds the amount                             
15       of administrative expenses authorized under the annual operating plan for the prior                               
16       fiscal year.