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AK SB60

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/15/2017

Primary Sponsor

Unknown

Origin

Senate

30th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Allows sport fishing, hunting, and trapping licenses to be displayed in electronic form on mobile devices, with peace officers immune from liability for device damage.

  • Creates new violation-level offenses (without culpable mental state) for various fish and game violations, punishable under AS 12.55 rather than specified fines and imprisonment.

  • Increases restitution amounts for unlawfully taking big game animals, ranging from $750 for wolverines to $4,500 for musk oxen, but exempts defendants who voluntarily report takings and surrender salvaged animal parts.

  • Allows courts to order restitution for lost federal matching funds from Pittman-Robertson, Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux programs resulting from fish and game violations.

  • Increases maximum fines for commercial fishing violations: $6,000 for first conviction, $12,000 for second, and $15,000 for third or subsequent convictions within 10 years; requires court notification to Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission.

Legislative Description

Fish & Game: Offenses;licenses;penalties

Licensing

Last Action

REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

3/3/2017

Committee Referrals

Judiciary3/3/2017
Resources2/15/2017

Full Bill Text

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