05/07/2024 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 125(RES)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act relating to trapping cabins on state land; and                                                                     
     relating to trapping cabin permit fees."                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
9:10:47 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
KEN ALPER,  STAFF, SENATOR DONNY  OLSON, explained  that the                                                                    
legislation  was developed  by the  Resources Committees  in                                                                    
both bodies as  well as the Department  of Natural Resources                                                                    
and  the  Trappers   Association.  He  said  that  the  bill                                                                    
pertained to  permitting involving trapping cabins  on state                                                                    
land and aligned two existing  statutes, one involving cabin                                                                    
construction and  the other for  the use of the  cabins. The                                                                    
bill would allow DNR to  issue permits for cabins already in                                                                    
existence, which had  been a gap in the  current system that                                                                    
had proved problematic  in times of lapse of  ownership of a                                                                    
cabin  or  when  a  cabin  had been  abandoned.    The  bill                                                                    
specified  that  the  cabins could  be  used  for  temporary                                                                    
shelter only and not for a permanent residence.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
9:12:04 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Bishop  reiterated  that  the  bill  would  resolve                                                                    
conflict in  statute and would  support the  preservation of                                                                    
trapping in Alaska.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
9:12:42 AM                                                                                                                    
AT EASE                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:12:44 AM                                                                                                                    
RECONVENED                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Olson OPENED public testimony.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:13:09 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
RANDALL  ZARNKE,  PRESIDENT,  ALASKA  TRAPPERS  ASSOCIATION,                                                                    
FAIRBANKS  (via teleconference),  spoke  in  support of  the                                                                    
legislation.  He stated  that  without passage  of the  bill                                                                    
there  would be  no system  in  place to  renew permits.  He                                                                    
encouraged passage of the legislation.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Olson CLOSED public testimony.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
9:14:01 AM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Senator  Bishop  MOVED  to  REPORT   CSHB  125(RES)  out  of                                                                    
committee  with  individual   recommendations  and  attached                                                                    
fiscal note. There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CSHB  125(RES)   was  REPORTED  OUT  with   four  "do  pass"                                                                    
recommendations;   two   "no   recommendations",   and   one                                                                    
previously published fiscal note: FN 2(DNR).