00                   SENATE CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 120(FIN)                                                                
01 "An Act relating to hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses for certain nonresident                                     
02 postsecondary students; and providing for an effective date."                                                           
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 16.05.340(k) is amended to read:                                                                   
05 (k)  In addition to the fees for a hunting license set out in (a), [AND] (d), and                               
06 (l) of this section, each person who purchases a hunting license shall pay an intensive                           
07 management surcharge as set out in this subsection for the purpose of providing                                         
08 funding for the intensive management of the state's game populations under                                              
09 AS 16.05.255(e). A person who is eligible for a $5 resident hunting, trapping, and                                      
10 sport fishing license under (a)(6) of this section or a free license under AS 16.05.341 is                              
11 exempt from payment of the surcharge imposed under this subsection. The amount of                                       
12 the surcharge attached to each hunting license must be clearly disclosed on the license.                                
13 Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, the intensive management surcharge                                     
14       for each                                                                                                          

01                 (1)  resident hunting license available under this section is $10; and                                  
02                 (2)  nonresident hunting license available under this section is $30.                                   
03    * Sec. 2. AS 16.05.340 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                             
04 (l)  A nonresident or nonresident alien who is enrolled as a half-time student or                                       
05 full-time student at a postsecondary institution described in AS 14.43.830(a) may                                       
06 obtain a special nonresident and nonresident alien postsecondary student sport fishing,                                 
07 hunting, hunting and trapping, trapping, or hunting, trapping, and sport fishing license                                
08 (1)  if under 60 years of age, by paying the fee provided in (a)(1) - (6)                                               
09 of this section for a resident who has an annual family or household income above the                                   
10 most recent poverty guidelines for the state set by the United States Department of                                     
11       Health and Human Services; or                                                                                     
12 (2)  if 60 years of age or over, by applying to the department without                                                  
13       charge for the license.                                                                                           
14 (m)  In this section, "half-time student" and "full-time student" have the                                              
15       meanings given in AS 14.43.160.                                                                                   
16    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
17 read:                                                                                                                   
18 TRANSITION: REGULATIONS. The Department of Fish and Game may adopt                                                      
19 regulations necessary to implement the changes made by this Act. The regulations take effect                            
20 under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), but not before the effective date of the law                             
21 implemented by the regulation.                                                                                          
22    * Sec. 4. Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).                                    
23    * Sec. 5. Except as provided in sec. 4 of this Act, this Act takes effect January 1, 2025.