00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 183                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to land management by the Board of Fisheries, Board of Game, and                                       
02 Department of Natural Resources for sport, subsistence, and commercial fishing, sport                                   
03 and subsistence hunting, and trapping."                                                                                 
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1. AS 16.05 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
06            Sec. 16.05.839. Fish and game land management. (a) When open and closed                                    
07       seasons and areas are established by the Board of Fisheries under AS 16.05.251 or the                             
08       Board of Game under AS 16.05.255, each board shall manage land under the                                          
09       Department of Fish and Game's authority to prevent, to the greatest practical extent                              
10       any net loss of acreage available for sport, subsistence, and commercial fishing, sport                           
11       and subsistence hunting, and trapping opportunities.                                                              
12            (b)  Not later than March 31 of each year, the commissioner of fish and game                                 
13       shall submit a report to the legislature describing land managed by the department that                           
14                 (1)  was closed to sport, subsistence, and commercial fishing, sport and                                

01       subsistence hunting, and trapping the previous year and the reasons for the closures;                             
02       and                                                                                                               
03                 (2)  was opened to sport, subsistence, and commercial fishing, sport                                    
04       and subsistence hunting, and trapping to comply with the no-net-loss-of-acreage                                   
05       provision of (a) of this section.                                                                                 
06    * Sec. 2. AS 38.04.065 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                               
07            (j)  The commissioner shall                                                                                  
08                 (1)  keep land managed by the Department of Natural Resources open                                      
09       for sport, subsistence, and commercial fishing, sport and subsistence hunting, and                                
10       trapping unless the department determines the land must be closed for reasons of                                  
11       public safety, fish or game management, or homeland security, or as otherwise                                     
12       required by law;                                                                                                  
13                 (2)  manage land under the authority of the Department of Natural                                       
14       Resources to support, promote, and enhance sport, subsistence, and commercial                                     
15       fishing, sport and subsistence hunting, and trapping opportunities to the extent                                  
16       authorized by state law;                                                                                          
17                 (3)  manage land under the authority of the Department of Natural                                       
18       Resources to prevent, to the greatest practical extent, any net loss of acreage available                         
19       for sport, subsistence, and commercial fishing, sport and subsistence hunting, and                                
20       trapping opportunities.                                                                                           
21            (k)  Not later than March 31 of each year, the commissioner shall submit a                                   
22       report to the legislature describing land managed by the Department of Natural                                    
23       Resources that, during the previous year, was                                                                     
24                 (1)  closed to sport, subsistence, and commercial fishing, sport and                                    
25       subsistence hunting, and trapping, and the reasons for the closures; and                                          
26                 (2)  opened to sport, subsistence, and commercial fishing, sport and                                    
27       subsistence hunting, and trapping to comply with the no-net-loss-of-acreage provision                             
28       in (j)(3) of this section.