04/06/2016 01:30 PM Senate JUDICIARY

       SB 164-FISH & GAME: OFFENSES; LICENSES; PENALTIES                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:52:48 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR   MCGUIRE  reconvened   the  meeting   and  announced   the                                                               
consideration  of SB  164. [This  is the  second hearing  and the                                                               
committee adopted version H during the 4/4/2016 hearing.]                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:54:10 PM                                                                                                                    
KEVIN BROOKS, Deputy Commissioner,  Alaska Department of Fish and                                                               
Game, thanked  the committee for  hearing SB 164  and considering                                                               
the amendments  the department  suggested. Positive  changes were                                                               
made to the bill, he said.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:54:33 PM                                                                                                                    
AL BARRETTE, representing himself,  Fairbanks, Alaska, said a lot                                                               
of work has been  done on SB 164 but he  continues to advocate to                                                               
remove  the word  "sport" from  fishing throughout  the bill.  He                                                               
opined that this is the  year to stop the discriminatory practice                                                               
of  requiring  subsistence hunters  to  have  a license  but  not                                                               
subsistence  fishermen. He  talked  about  Alaskans paying  their                                                               
fair share and that should include subsistence fishermen.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. BARRETTE  pointed out  that Section 6  needs work.  The fines                                                               
for a  commercial fish  violation are doubled  for the  first and                                                               
second offense,  but only  increased by 67  percent on  the third                                                               
offense. He  suggested the fine for  a third offense ought  to be                                                               
doubled as well.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR MCGUIRE asked him to submit his comments in writing.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:57:51 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR MCGUIRE closed  public testimony on SB 164  and solicited a                                                               
motion.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:58:01 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR COGHILL moved to report the  CS for SB 164 from committee                                                               
with individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s).                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
1:58:22 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR MCGUIRE announced that without  objection, CSSB 164(JUD) is                                                               
reported from Senate Judiciary Standing Committee.