AK HB138

Requires that designation of state water as outstanding national resource water occur only through statutory action, not through administrative or regulatory processes.

Prohibits the Department of Environmental Conservation from managing water as outstanding national resource water unless that water has first been statutorily designated as such.

Adds new section 46.03.085 to Alaska Statutes to codify requirements for outstanding national resource water designations.

Takes effect immediately upon enactment.