CSHB 387(EDU): "An Act providing for a partial tuition waiver for families of members of the Alaska National Guard; directing the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to seek additional funding to support tuition waivers and assistance; and providing for free hunting and fishing licenses for active members of the Alaska National Guard."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 387(EDU) 01 "An Act providing for a partial tuition waiver for families of members of the Alaska 02 National Guard; directing the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs to seek 03 additional funding to support tuition waivers and assistance; and providing for free 04 hunting and fishing licenses for active members of the Alaska National Guard." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 14.43 is amended by adding new sections to article 3 to read: 07 Sec. 14.43.087. Partial tuition waiver for the family of a member of the 08 Alaska National Guard. The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall 09 establish a program for partial tuition waivers entitling a person enrolled as a student 10 in good standing in a state-supported educational institution in this state to a waiver of 11 50 percent of undergraduate tuition if the person is a spouse or child of an active 12 member of the Alaska National Guard. 13 Sec. 14.43.088. Supplemental appropriation. If the adjutant general of the 14 Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs determines that there are insufficient
01 funds to pay for tuition waivers and assistance for all eligible applicants under 02 AS 14.43.087 and AS 26.05.296, the adjutant general shall request that the legislature 03 make a supplemental appropriation to fund the waivers and assistance. 04 * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.340(a)(17) is amended to read: 05 (17) Waterfowl conservation tag ....................................................... 5 06 (A) A person may not engage in waterfowl hunting without 07 having the current year's waterfowl tag in the person's actual possession, unless 08 that person 09 (i) qualifies for a $5 license fee under (6) of this 10 subsection; 11 (ii) is a resident under the age of 16; 12 (iii) is 60 years of age or older and is a resident; 13 (iv) is [A DISABLED VETERAN] eligible for a free 14 license under AS 16.05.341. 15 (B) The Board of Game shall by regulation exempt the 16 requirement of a waterfowl conservation tag for waterfowl hunting in areas of 17 the state not likely to benefit from programs described in AS 16.05.130(b)(2) - 18 (4). 19 * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.340(a)(23) is amended to read: 20 (23) Resident anadromous king salmon tag .................................... 10 21 A resident may not engage in sport fishing for anadromous king salmon without 22 having the current year's anadromous king salmon tag in the resident's actual 23 possession, unless that person 24 (A) qualifies for a 25 cent license fee under (1) of this 25 subsection; 26 (B) is under the age of 16; 27 (C) is 60 years of age or older and has been a resident of the 28 state for at least one year; 29 (D) is [A DISABLED VETERAN] eligible for a free license 30 under AS 16.05.341; or 31 (E) qualifies for a $5 license fee under (6) of this subsection.
01 * Sec. 4. AS 16.05.341 is amended to read: 02 Sec. 16.05.341. Free license for disabled veterans and active members of 03 the Alaska National Guard. A person may receive a resident hunting and sport 04 fishing license under AS 16.05.340(a)(5) without charge if the person 05 (1) has been discharged from military service under honorable 06 conditions, is eligible for a loan under AS 18.56.101, and is certified by the United 07 States Department of Veterans Affairs as having incurred a 50 percent or greater 08 disability during military service; [OR] 09 (2) served in the Alaska Territorial Guard, is eligible for a loan under 10 AS 18.56.101, and incurred a 50 percent or greater disability while serving in the 11 Alaska Territorial Guard; or 12 (3) is an active member of the Alaska National Guard.