00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 201(CRA)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to municipal regulation of trapping; and providing for an effective                                    
02 date."                                                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 16.05.930 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
05            (h)  Nothing in this chapter prevents a municipality from regulating the                                     
06       practice of trapping within its boundaries, to the extent authorized under                                        
07       AS 29.35.052.                                                                                                     
08    * Sec. 2. AS 29.35 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
09            Sec. 29.35.052. Regulation of trapping. (a) A municipality may regulate                                    
10       trapping to protect persons and property within its boundaries and may exempt                                     
11       trappers from municipal trapping ordinances for good cause. Ordinances a                                          
12       municipality may enact under this section include ordinances that impose                                          
13                 (1)  trap identification requirements;                                                                  
14                 (2)  signage or other notice requirements for set or placed traps;                                      

01                 (3)  restrictions on the use of types of traps likely to cause injury or                                
02       damage to persons or property, including domestic animals;                                                        
03                 (4)  prohibitions on the setting or placement of traps in areas or                                      
04       locations where they are likely to cause injury or damage to persons or property.                                 
05            (b)  This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.                                       
06            (c)  Nothing in this section prohibits the                                                                   
07                 (1)  Department of Environmental Conservation from exercising its                                       
08       powers to stop the spread of disease;                                                                             
09                 (2)  Department of Fish and Game from exercising its powers to                                          
10       manage the state's fish and wildlife; or                                                                          
11                 (3)  Department of Public Safety from exercising its powers to protect                                  
12       public health and safety.                                                                                         
13            (d)  A municipality may not enact an ordinance under this section that                                       
14       eliminates reasonable opportunities for subsistence trapping of game within its                                   
15       boundaries.                                                                                                       
16            (e)  In this section, "trapping" has the meaning given in AS 16.05.940.                                      
17    * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.