00                   HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 24                                                                   
01 Requesting the Board of Game to clarify regulations regarding donations of big game                                     
02 meat to charitable organizations and the Department of Fish and Game to disseminate                                     
03 information on donating big game meat to charitable organizations.                                                      
04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05       WHEREAS big game hunting and the consumption of meat from big game animals is                                   
06 an important element of the lifestyle and culture of Alaskans; and                                                      
07       WHEREAS not all Alaskans have the means or opportunity to hunt for big game; and                                
08       WHEREAS a constant need exists for meat of big game animals to alleviate hunger in                              
09 the state; and                                                                                                          
10       WHEREAS charitable organizations frequently have a need to obtain meat of big                                   
11 game animals to provide for the nutritional as well as the cultural needs of their clients; and                         
12       WHEREAS the waste of edible meat of big game animals is prohibited by law; and                                  
13       WHEREAS more meat of big game animals may be donated to charitable                                              
14 organizations if the regulations relating to gifts of big game meat explicitly allowed meat to                          
15 be donated to charitable organizations and if the Department of Fish and Game widely                                    

01 disseminated information about the ability of hunters to donate big game meat to charitable                             
02 organizations;                                                                                                          
03       BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the Board                                
04 of Game to adopt regulations clarifying that a hunter may donate the meat of big game                                   
05 animals to charitable organizations; and be it                                                                          
06       FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                    
07 Department of Fish and Game to widely disseminate information to hunters and the public                                 
08 regarding the donation of the meat of big game animals to charitable organizations.                                     
09       COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to Frank Rue, commissioner of fish and game;                            
10 and to Greg Roczicka, chair, Board of Game.