00                            SENATE BILL NO. 20                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to personal use fishing permits; and establishing the personal use                                     
02 fishery fund."                                                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 09.50.020(c) is amended to read:                                                                   
05            (c)  In this section, "recreational license" means a recreational fishing license                            
06       or recreational hunting license. In this subsection,                                                              
07                 (1)  "recreational fishing license" means a sport fishing license under                                 
08       AS 16.05.340 unless that license is required for participation in [PERSONAL USE                                   
09       FISHING, AS DEFINED IN AS 16.05.940, OR] subsistence fishing, as defined in                                       
10       AS 16.05.940 and modified by decisions of the Alaska Supreme Court;                                               
11                 (2)  "recreational hunting license" means a hunting license under                                       
12       AS 16.05.340 unless that license is required for participation in subsistence hunting, as                         
13       defined in AS 16.05.940 and modified by decisions of the Alaska Supreme Court.                                    
14    * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.340 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              

01            (k)  In lieu of a sport fishing license, each resident shall obtain a personal use                           
02       fishing permit and pay a personal use fishing permit fee of $25 for each personal use                             
03       fishery in which the resident participates during the year. The personal use fishery                              
04       fund is established and shall be administered by the Department of Revenue.                                       
05       Notwithstanding AS 16.05.110(a), personal use fishing permit fees shall be deposited                              
06       into the fund and may be appropriated for administrative and other costs incurred by                              
07       the Department of Fish and Game as a result of personal use fisheries. Nothing in this                            
08       subsection creates a dedicated fund.                                                                              
09    * Sec. 3. AS 37.05.146(c) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                            
10                 (87)  personal use fishery fund (AS 16.05.340(k)).