00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 80(FSH)                                                                     
01 "An Act establishing the sport fishing enhancement account; establishing the sport                                      
02 fishing enhancement surcharge; and providing for an effective date."                                                    
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 16.05.130 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
05 (h)  Money accruing to the state from the sport fishing enhancement surcharge                                           
06 imposed by AS 16.05.340(l) shall be deposited in a separate account known as the                                        
07 sport fishing enhancement account within the fish and game fund. The department                                         
08 shall allocate money in the enhancement account to programs intended to directly                                        
09       benefit license purchasers as follows:                                                                            
10                 (1)  $2.50 of each surcharge collected to fisheries management,                                         
11       fisheries research, invasive species management, and habitat restoration; and                                     
12                 (2)  the remainder of each surcharge collected to sport fishing stock                                   
13       enhancement and ongoing maintenance of the department's sport fishing hatchery                                    
14       facilities.                                                                                                       

01    * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.340(i) is amended to read:                                                                      
02 (i)  If the commissioner determines that residents of the state are entitled to                                         
03 obtain licenses for sport fishing, including sport fishing for anadromous king salmon,                                  
04 in Yukon, Canada, for the same fees that are charged to residents of Yukon for                                          
05 comparable sport fishing licenses, the commissioner may adopt regulations                                               
06       authorizing residents of Yukon to receive                                                                         
07                 (1)  nonresident annual sport fishing licenses for the fees charged to                                  
08       residents under (a) of this section for a resident sport fishing license; and                                     
09                 (2)  nonresident anadromous king salmon annual tags for the fee                                         
10 charged to residents under (a) and (l) of this section for a resident anadromous king                             
11       salmon tag.                                                                                                       
12    * Sec. 3. AS 16.05.340 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
13 (l)  In addition to the fees for a sport fishing license set out in (a) and (d) of this                                 
14 section, each person who purchases a sport fishing license shall pay a sport fishing                                    
15 enhancement surcharge as set out in this subsection. The purpose of the surcharge is to                                 
16 provide funding for enhancement of sport fisheries. A person who is eligible for a $5                                   
17 resident hunting, trapping, and sport fishing license under (a)(6) of this section or a                                 
18 free license under AS 16.05.341 is exempt from payment of the surcharge imposed                                         
19 under this subsection. The surcharge authorized by this subsection shall take effect on                                 
20 the date established by regulation by the commissioner. The amount of the surcharge                                     
21 attached to each sport fishing license must be clearly disclosed on the sport fishing                                   
22 license. The amount of the sport fishing enhancement surcharge to be paid under this                                    
23       subsection for each sport fishing license is as follows:                                                          
24 (1)  resident sport fishing license  .............. $   6.50                                                            
25 (2)  resident hunting and sport fishing license  .......... 6.50                                                        
26 (3)  resident hunting, trapping, and sport fishing license  ... 6.50                                                    
27 (4)  nonresident 14-day sport fishing license  .......... 27.50                                                         
28 (5)  nonresident seven-day sport fishing license  ........ 22.50                                                        
29 (6)  nonresident three-day sport fishing license ........  12.50                                                        
30 (7)  nonresident one-day sport fishing license  .......... 7.50                                                         
31 (8)  nonresident annual sport fishing license  .......... 42.50                                                         

01                 (9) special nonresident military sport fishing license ..... 6.50.                                      
02    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect July 1, 2021.