03/31/2005 09:00 AM House FINANCE

HOUSE BILL NO. 75                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to promoting and preserving sport                                                                         
     hunting in the state."                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
SARAH GILBERTSON,  LEGISLATIVE LIAISON, ALASKA  DEPARTMENT OF                                                                   
FISH  AND  GAME,   related  that  the  new   CS,  Version  Y,                                                                   
encompasses  all  of  the changes  requested  by  the  Alaska                                                                   
Department of  Fish and Game and solidifies  the department's                                                                   
authority.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Stoltze  inquired if  the  bill's  purpose is  to                                                                   
remove  ambiguity about  the right  to  fish and  hunt.   Ms.                                                                   
Gilbertson replied that is her understanding.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:16:38 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KEVIN SAXBY,  ASSISTANT ATTORNEY  GENERAL, NATURAL  RESOURCES                                                                   
SECTION,  ANCHORAGE, (via  teleconference) in  response  to a                                                                   
question by Representative Croft,  replied that the bill adds                                                                   
to existing  authority and does  not establish a  priority of                                                                   
one activity over another.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Meyer closed public testimony.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Representative Foster  MOVED to report CS HB 75  (FIN) out of                                                                   
Committee   with    individual   recommendations    and   the                                                                   
accompanying zero fiscal note.   There being NO OBJECTION, it                                                                   
was so ordered.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CSHB 75 (FIN) was REPORTED out  of Committee with a "do pass"                                                                   
recommendation  and  with  a zero  note  #  1 by  the  Alaska                                                                   
Department of Fish and Game.