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SB 90 — An Act relating to the powers of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission; relating to administrative areas for regulation of certain commercial set net entry permits; establishing a buy-back program for certain set net entry permits; providing for the termination of state set net tract leases under the buy-back program; closing certain water to commercial fishing; and providing for an effective date.

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The updated version of SB 90 introduces the East Side of Cook Inlet Set Net Fleet Reduction Act, emphasizing the need to reduce commercial fishing pressure on the east side of Cook Inlet. It establishes a voluntary buy-back program for certain set net entry permits and outlines the process by which the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission can close specific waters to commercial fishing after permits are purchased. This is significant because it aims to create a more sustainable fishery, potentially benefiting community members who rely on local fish resources while supporting the economy.

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90(RES) 01 "An Act relating to the powers of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission;
90 01 "An Act relating to the powers of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission;
12 (c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, for the purposes of issuing 13 entry permits and controlling entry into the commercial set net fishery on the east side 14 of Cook Inlet, the commission shall establish the area administered on December 31, 15 2019, identified by the Department of Fish and Game as of January 1, 2019, as 16 statistical areas 244-21, 244-22, 244-31, 244-32, 244-41, and 244-42 of the Upper 17 Subdistrict of the Cook Inlet Central District as a distinct administrative area separate 18 from the Cook Inlet administrative area.
12 (c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, for the purposes of issuing 13 entry permits and controlling entry into the commercial set net fishery on the east side 14 of Cook Inlet, the commission shall establish the area administered on December 31, 15 2019, identified by the Department of Fish and Game as of January 1, 2019, as 16 statistical areas 244-21, 244-22, 244-31, 244-32, 244-41, and 244-42 of the Eastern 17 Set Net Subdistrict of the Cook Inlet Central District as a distinct administrative area 18 separate from the Cook Inlet Central District.
19 (d) An entry permit that entitled a person to set net commercially in the area 20 that was administered on December 31, 2019, by the commission as the Cook Inlet 21 administrative area does not entitle that person to set net commercially in the 22 administrative area established under (c) of this section unless the commission 23 reassigns the permit to that administrative area.
19 (d) An individual who holds an entry permit that entitles the person to set net 20 commercially in the area that was administered on December 31, 2019, by the 21 commission as the Cook Inlet Central District may not set net commercially in the 22 area established under (c) of this section.
24 * Sec.
23 * Sec.
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 25 read:
AS 16.43 is amended by adding a new section to article 4 to read:
26 TRANSITION:
24 Sec.
REASSIGNMENT OF CERTAIN COOK INLET AREA SET NET 27 ENTRY PERMITS.
16.43.332.
(a) On January 1, 2020, an individual holding an entry permit that entitles 28 the individual to commercially set net in the Cook Inlet administrative area may have the 29 individual's entry permit renewed as an entry permit for the Cook Inlet set net administrative 30 area under AS 16.43.150(c), consistent with the boundaries of that administrative area 31 established under AS 16.43.200, as amended by secs.
Commercial shore set net entry permit buy-back program.
3 and 4 of this Act, unless the individual provides proof satisfactory to the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission of the 02 individual's participation in the fishery in the areas identified by the Department of Fish and 03 Game as of January 1, 2019, as statistical areas 244-21, 244-22, 244-31, 244-32, 244-41, and 04 244-42 of the Upper Subdistrict of the Cook Inlet Central District within the two years 05 preceding December 31, 2019.
25 (a) In addition to the buy-back provisions under AS 16.43.310 and 16.43.320, an 26 individual who is qualified under this section may sell the individual's entry permit to 27 the commission under the conditions established in this section.
Proof satisfactory of participation under this subsection may 06 include a shore fisheries lease, an area registration, a buoy tag, or previous submission of 07 fishing statistics for the area.
To participate, an 28 individual must 29 (1) hold a commercial fishing set net entry permit for the 30 administrative area established under AS 16.43.200(c);
08 (b) An individual who provides proof satisfactory to the Alaska Commercial Fisheries 09 Entry Commission of the individual's participation in the fishery in the areas identified by the 10 Department of Fish and Game as of January 1, 2019, as statistical areas 244-21, 244-22, 244- 11 31, 244-32, 244-41, and 244-42 of the Upper Subdistrict of the Cook Inlet Central District 12 under (a) of this section shall be reassigned an entry permit on January 1, 2020, for the new 13 administrative area established under AS 16.43.200(c), enacted by sec.
31 (2) provide proof satisfactory to the commission of the individual's participation in the fishery identified by the Department of Fish and Game as of 02 January 1, 2019, as statistical areas 244-21, 244-22, 244-31, 244-32, 244-41, and 244- 03 42 of the Eastern Set Net Subdistrict of the Cook Inlet Central District within the two 04 years preceding December 31, 2018;
4 of this Act.
and 05 (3) apply to the commission.
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06 (b) Participation in the buy-back program established under this section is 07 voluntary.
An individual qualified under this section may apply electronically on a 08 form provided by the commission to have the individual's entry permit purchased 09 under this section.
The commission shall provide each applicant with an electronic 10 receipt evidencing the date and time the individual's application was received.
Subject 11 to appropriation, the commission shall buy back 200 unencumbered entry permits in 12 the order in which applicant names are drawn by a lottery.
If an applicant whose 13 permit has been selected for purchase elects not to participate in the buy-back 14 program, fails to sign the contract of sale within a period specified by the commission, 15 or fails to provide the information required under (g) of this section, the commission 16 shall offer to buy back the entry permit of the applicant whose name was next selected 17 in the lottery.
18 (c) The commission shall cancel an entry permit purchased under this section.
19 The commission may not reissue a permit or issue another permit in the place of a 20 cancelled permit.
21 (d) Subject to appropriation, the commission shall 22 (1) buy back the entry permit of an applicant selected in the lottery 23 under this section for $260,000, less administrative costs;
and 24 (2) provide each applicant whose entry permit is purchased by the 25 commission under this section the option of accepting payment in three annual 26 installments.
27 (e) When the commission purchases an entry permit under (b) of this section 28 from an individual who 29 (1) holds a lease under AS 38.05.082, the commission shall provide 30 the Department of Natural Resources with notice of the sale, the seller's identity, and 31 the affected lease under AS 38.05.082;
(2) fishes the individual's entry permit from a tract leased from a 02 municipality or from other unleased public or private land, the commission shall 03 provide the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Fish and Game 04 with notice of the sale, the seller's identity, and information concerning the leased tract 05 provided by the individual under (g) of this section.
06 (f) Upon notice from the commission under (e) of this section, and 07 notwithstanding AS 38.05.085, the Department of Natural Resources shall 08 (1) without penalty or charge, terminate all land leases held under 09 AS 38.05.082 used to fish an entry permit purchased by the commission under (b) of 10 this section;
and 11 (2) provide the Department of Fish and Game with the geographic and 12 legal boundaries of a tract for which a lease is cancelled under (1) of this subsection.
13 (g) An individual who applies to take part in the buy-back program under this 14 section and who 15 (1) leases land from a municipal government to fish the individual's set 16 net entry permit shall provide the commission with the geographic location and 17 boundaries of the leased tract;
18 (2) fishes the individual's set net entry permit from public land without 19 a lease or other contract shall provide the commission with a site survey and other 20 geographic information required by the commission.
21 (h) Upon receiving from the Department of Natural Resources the information 22 required under (f)(2) of this section, or from the commission the information required 23 under (e)(2) of this section, the Department of Fish and Game shall, in accordance 24 with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), close to commercial fishing the water 25 that could be commercially fished, under the authority of the repurchased set net entry 26 permit, from the affected public land, municipal lease, or terminated state lease tract 27 under the regulations of the Department of Fish and Game that were in effect at the 28 time the set net entry permit was purchased by the commission.
29 (i) When the commission purchases an entry permit from an individual who 30 fished the entry permit from land leased from a municipality, the commission shall 31 notify the Department of Natural Resources and the municipality of the purchase and of the geographic boundaries of the water that will be closed to commercial fishing 02 under (g) of this section.
03 (j) The acquisition of an entry permit under this section is not subject to 04 AS 36.30 (State Procurement Code).
05 (k) Proof of an individual's participation in the fishery described in (a)(2) of 06 this section may include a shore fisheries lease, an area registration, or previous 07 submission of fishing statistics for the area.
08 * Sec.
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 15 read:
AS 16.43.332 is repealed June 30, 2026.
16 APPEAL OF COMMISSION DECISION NOT TO ASSIGN AN APPLICANT'S 17 PERMIT TO NEW ADMINISTRATIVE AREA.
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(a) An individual may appeal a decision by 18 the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission to renew the entry permit held by the 19 individual that allows the individual to commercially fish in the Cook Inlet administrative 20 area, as the area's boundaries are amended by AS 16.43.200(c), enacted by sec.
4 of this Act, 21 instead of issuing the individual an entry permit for the administrative area established by 22 AS 16.43.200(c), enacted by sec.
4 of this Act.
An appeal under this section must be made to 23 the superior court on or before March 1, 2020.
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24 (b) The commission shall provide an individual who is appealing a decision of the 25 commission under this section 26 (1) a provisional entry permit for the administrative area established by 27 AS 16.43.200(c), enacted by sec.
4 of this Act;
and 28 (2) if the individual's appeal has not been resolved at the time of the election 29 held under sec.
7 of this Act, a provisional ballot for the election.
30 (c) If an individual's appeal has not been resolved at the time of the election held 31 under sec.
7 of this Act, the individual may cast a provisional ballot that may be counted as a vote in the election only if, on appeal, the court determines that the individual's entry permit 02 must be reassigned to the administrative area established by AS 16.43.200(c), enacted by sec.
03 4 of this Act.
04 * Sec.
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 05 read:
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 10 read:
06 ELECTION FOR COMMERCIAL SET NET FISHING PERMIT BUY-BACK 07 PROGRAM.
11 TRANSITION:
(a) On April 1, 2020, the commission, with the cooperation of the Department of 08 Natural Resources, shall conduct an election among individuals qualified under (b) of this 09 section on the question of whether to establish an entry permit buy-back program under sec.
REASSIGNMENT OF COOK INLET CENTRAL DISTRICT SET 12 NET ENTRY PERMITS.
8 10 of this Act.
(a) On January 1, 2020, an individual holding an entry permit for 13 the Cook Inlet set net fishery shall be reassigned an entry permit for the Cook Inlet Central 14 District set net fishery, consistent with the boundaries of that administrative area established 15 under AS 16.43.200, as amended by secs.
11 (b) An individual is eligible to vote in the election conducted under (a) of this section 12 if the individual holds an entry permit, or provisional entry permit issued under sec.
3 and 4 of this Act, unless the individual provides 16 proof satisfactory to the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission of the individual's 17 participation in the fishery in the areas identified by the Department of Fish and Game as of 18 January 1, 2019, as statistical areas 244-21, 244-22, 244-31, 244-32, 244-41, and 244-42 of 19 the Eastern Set Net Subdistrict of the Cook Inlet Central District within the two years 20 preceding December 31, 2019.
6(b) of 13 this Act, for set net fishing in the administrative area established under AS 16.43.200(c), 14 enacted by sec.
Proof satisfactory of participation under this subsection may 21 include a shore fisheries lease, an area registration, or previous submission of fishing statistics 22 for the area.
23 (b) An individual who provides proof satisfactory to the Alaska Commercial Fisheries 24 Entry Commission of the individual's participation in the fishery in the areas identified by the 25 Department of Fish and Game as of January 1, 2019, as statistical areas 244-21, 244-22, 244- 26 31, 244-32, 244-41, and 244-42 of the Eastern Set Net Subdistrict of the Cook Inlet Central 27 District under (a) of this section shall be reassigned an entry permit on January 1, 2020, for 28 the new administrative area established under AS 16.43.200(c), enacted by sec.
15 (c) The commission shall conduct the election according to the following procedures:
29 * Sec.
16 (1) not less than 30 days before the date on which ballots must be postmarked 17 to be counted in the election, the commission shall hold at least one public meeting to explain 18 the buy-back program to eligible voters and other interested persons and to explain the 19 registration and voting procedure to be used in the election;
the commission shall provide 20 notice of the meeting by 21 (A) mailing the notice to each eligible entry permit holder;
22 (B) posting the notice in at least three public places in the voting 23 region;
and 24 (C) publishing the notice in at least one newspaper of general 25 circulation in the voting region at least once a week for two consecutive weeks before 26 the meeting;
27 (2) the commission shall mail two ballots to each eligible entry permit holder;
28 the commission shall mail the first ballot not more than 45 days before the date on which 29 ballots must be postmarked to be counted in the election;
the commission shall mail the 30 second ballot not less than 15 days before the date on which ballots must be postmarked to be 31 counted in the election;
the commission shall adopt procedures to ensure that only one ballot from each eligible entry permit holder is counted in the election;
02 (3) the ballot must 03 (A) ask whether the buy-back program established under sec.
8 of this 04 Act should be implemented;
05 (B) indicate the boundaries of the region in which the buy-back 06 program would apply;
07 (C) clarify the details of the buy-back program, including which set net 08 entry permit holders are eligible to participate and the entry permit buy-back price to 09 be offered by the commission under sec.
8 of this Act if the program is approved;
10 (D) provide the effective date for the initiation of the entry permit buy- 11 back program if the program is approved without reliance on provisional ballots and 12 how the program's effective date will be determined if approval of the program 13 depends on counting provisional ballots;
and 14 (E) indicate the date on which ballots must be postmarked in order to 15 be counted;
16 (4) the ballots must be returned by mail and counted by the commission or a 17 person approved by the commission.
18 (d) If the commission determines that the procedural requirements of (c) of this 19 section have been satisfied, the commission shall certify the results of the election 20 (1) within 45 days after the date on which ballots must be postmarked;
or 21 (2) only after a sufficient number of program applicants' appeals are resolved 22 under sec.
6 of this Act so that the commission may determine the outcome without counting 23 provisional ballots.
24 (e) In this section, "commission" means the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry 25 Commission established under AS 16.43.020.
26 * Sec.
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 27 read:
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 30 read:
28 COMMERCIAL SHORE SET NET ENTRY PERMIT BUY-BACK PROGRAM.
31 ELECTION FOR COMMERCIAL SET NET FISHING PERMIT BUY-BACK PROGRAM.
(a) 29 In addition to the buy-back provisions under AS 16.43.310 and 16.43.320, an individual who 30 is qualified under this section may sell the individual's entry permit to the commission under 31 the conditions established in this section.
(a) On March 1, 2020, the commission, with the cooperation of the Department 02 of Natural Resources, shall conduct an election among individuals qualified under (b) of this 03 section on the question of whether to establish an entry permit buy-back program under 04 AS 16.43.332, enacted by sec.
Except as provided in sec.
5 of this Act.
7 of this Act, to participate, an individual must 02 (1) hold a commercial fishing set net entry permit for the administrative area 03 established under AS 16.43.200(c), enacted by sec.
05 (b) An individual is eligible to vote in the election conducted under (a) of this section 06 if the individual holds an entry permit for set net fishing in the administrative area established 07 under AS 16.43.200(c), enacted by sec.
4 of this Act;
04 (2) provide a shore fisheries lease, an area registration, a buoy tag, a previous 05 submission of fishing statistics for the area, or other documentation proving, to the 06 commission's satisfaction, that the individual or an immediate family member of the 07 individual 08 (A) has held the entry permit that was reassigned from the Cook Inlet 09 to the administrative area established under AS 16.43.200(c) since January 1, 2016;
10 and 11 (B) actively participated in the fishery identified by the Department of 12 Fish and Game as of January 1, 2019, as statistical areas 244-21, 244-22, 244-31, 244- 13 32, 244-41, and 244-42 of the Upper Subdistrict of the Cook Inlet Central District 14 within the two years preceding December 31, 2018;
and 15 (3) provide an affidavit to the commission containing an accurate description 16 of the specific site used to fish the entry permit;
the description must include, if the site is 17 (A) leased under AS 38.05.082, the lease agreement;
18 (B) leased from a municipality, the geographic location and boundaries 19 of the leased tract;
and 20 (C) on unleased public land, a site survey and other related information 21 that may be required by the commission;
and 22 (4) apply to the commission within 30 days after the effective date of this 23 section.
24 (b) Participation in the buy-back program established under this section is voluntary.
25 An individual qualified under this section may apply electronically on a form provided by the 26 commission to have the individual's entry permit purchased under this section.
The 27 commission shall provide each applicant with an electronic receipt evidencing the date and 28 time the individual's application was received.
Subject to appropriation and to (c) of this 29 section, the commission shall buy back 200 unencumbered entry permits in the order in which 30 applicant names are drawn by a lottery.
If an applicant whose permit has been selected for 31 purchase is disqualified from participation in the program under (c) of this section, elects not to participate in the buy-back program, fails to sign the contract of sale within a period 02 specified by the commission, or fails to provide all of the information required under (a) of 03 this section, the commission shall, subject to (c) of this section, offer to buy back the entry 04 permit of the applicant whose name was next selected in the lottery.
05 (c) If an applicant whose name is selected in the lottery under this section has a 06 provisional entry permit provided under sec.
6(b) of this Act, the commission shall set aside 07 the funds to buy back the permit but may not buy back the permit until a court finds, in a final 08 judicial determination, that the permit must be reassigned by the commission to the 09 administrative area established under AS 16.43.200(c), enacted by sec.
If the 10 court finds, in a final determination, that the commission's determination not to reassign an 11 applicant's permit to the administrative area established by AS 16.43.200(c) was correct, the 12 applicant is not qualified to participate in the buy-back program established by this section.
08 (c) In conducting the election under this section, the commission shall adopt the 09 following procedures:
13 (d) The commission shall cancel an entry permit purchased under this section.
10 (1) not less than 30 days before the date on which ballots must be postmarked 11 to be counted in the election, the commission shall hold at least one public meeting to explain 12 the buy-back program to eligible voters and other interested persons and to explain the 13 registration and voting procedure to be used in the election;
The 14 commission may not reissue a permit or issue another permit in the place of a cancelled 15 permit.
the commission shall provide 14 notice of the meeting by 15 (A) mailing the notice to each eligible entry permit holder;
16 (e) Subject to appropriation and (c) of this section, the commission shall 17 (1) buy back the entry permit of an applicant selected in the lottery under this 18 section for $260,000, less administrative costs;
16 (B) posting the notice in at least three public places in the voting 17 region;
and 19 (2) provide each applicant whose entry permit is purchased by the commission 20 under this section the option of accepting payment in three annual installments.
and 18 (C) publishing the notice in at least one newspaper of general 19 circulation in the voting region at least once a week for two consecutive weeks before 20 the meeting;
21 (f) When the commission purchases an entry permit under (b) of this section from an 22 individual who fishes the individual's entry permit from a site 23 (1) leased under AS 38.05.082, the commission shall provide the Department 24 of Natural Resources with notice of the sale, the seller's identity, and the description of the 25 lease provided under (a)(3)(A) of this section;
21 (2) the commission shall mail two ballots to each eligible entry permit holder;
26 (2) leased from a municipality or from other unleased public or private land, 27 the commission shall provide the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of 28 Fish and Game with notice of the sale, the seller's identity, and information concerning the 29 leased tract provided by the individual under (a)(3)(B) of this section.
22 the commission shall mail the first ballot not more than 45 days before the date on which 23 ballots must be postmarked to be counted in the election;
30 (g) Upon notice from the commission under (f) of this section, and notwithstanding 31 AS 38.05.085, the Department of Natural Resources shall (1) without penalty or charge, terminate all land leases held under 02 AS 38.05.082 used to fish an entry permit purchased by the commission under (b) of this 03 section;
the commission shall mail the 24 second ballot not less than 15 days before the date on which ballots must be postmarked to be 25 counted in the election;
and 04 (2) provide the Department of Fish and Game with the geographic and legal 05 boundaries of a tract for which a lease is cancelled under (1) of this subsection.
the commission shall adopt procedures to ensure that only one ballot 26 from each eligible entry permit holder is counted in the election;
06 (h) Upon receiving from the Department of Natural Resources the information 07 required under (g)(2) of this section, or from the commission the information required under 08 (f)(2) of this section, the Department of Fish and Game shall, in accordance with AS 44.62 09 (Administrative Procedure Act), close to commercial fishing the water that could be 10 commercially fished, under the authority of the repurchased set net entry permit, from the 11 affected public land, municipal lease, or terminated state lease tract under the regulations of 12 the Department of Fish and Game that were in effect at the time the set net entry permit was 13 purchased by the commission.
27 (3) the ballot must 28 (A) ask whether the buy-back program established under 29 AS 16.43.332, enacted by sec.
14 (i) When the commission purchases an entry permit from an individual who fished the 15 entry permit from land leased from a municipality, the commission shall notify the 16 Department of Natural Resources and the municipality of the purchase and of the geographic 17 boundaries of the water that will be closed to commercial salmon fishing under (h) of this 18 section.
5 of this Act, should be implemented;
19 (j) The acquisition of an entry permit under this section is not subject to AS 36.30 20 (State Procurement Code).
30 (B) indicate the boundaries of the region in which the buy-back 31 program would apply;
21 (k) In this section, 22 (1) "commission" means the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission 23 established under AS 16.43.020;
(C) clarify the details of the buy-back program, including which set net 02 entry permit holders are eligible to participate and the entry permit buy-back price to 03 be offered by the commission under AS 16.43.332, enacted by sec.
24 (2) "immediate family member" means 25 (A) the spouse of an individual;
5 of this Act, if the 04 program is approved;
26 (B) another individual cohabiting with an individual in a conjugal 27 relationship that is not a legal marriage;
05 (D) provide an effective date for the initiation of the entry permit buy- 06 back program if the program is approved;
28 (C) a child, including a stepchild and an adopted child, of an 29 individual;
and 07 (E) indicate the date on which returned ballots must be postmarked in 08 order to be counted;
30 (D) a parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, or uncle of an individual;
09 (4) the ballots must be returned by mail and counted by the commission or a 10 person approved by the commission.
and 31 (E) a parent or sibling of an individual's spouse.
11 (d) If the commission determines that the procedural requirements of (c) of this 12 section have been satisfied, the commission shall certify the results of the election within 45 13 days after the date on which ballots must be postmarked.
* Sec.
14 (e) In this section, "commission" means the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry 15 Commission established under AS 16.43.020.
16 * Sec.
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 02 read:
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 17 read:
03 REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
18 REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.
The Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission 04 shall provide a written report to the legislature on the status of the entry permit buy-back 05 program established under sec.
The Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission 19 shall provide a written report to the legislature on the status of the entry permit buy-back 20 program established under AS 16.43.332, enacted by sec.
8 of this Act, including the number of permits purchased.
5 of this Act, including the number 21 of permits purchased.
The 06 commission shall deliver the report to the senate secretary and the chief clerk of the house of 07 representatives not later than January 15, 2026, and notify the legislature that the report is 08 available.
The commission shall deliver the report to the senate secretary and the 22 chief clerk of the house of representatives not later than January 15, 2026, and notify the 23 legislature that the report is available.
09 * Sec.
24 * Sec.
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 10 read:
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 25 read:
11 NOTIFICATION TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND REVISOR OF 12 STATUTES.
26 NOTIFICATION TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND REVISOR OF 27 STATUTES.
On the date the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission certifies the 13 outcome of the election under sec.
The chair of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission shall provide 28 written notice before June 1, 2020, to the lieutenant governor and revisor of statutes of the 29 outcome of the election held under sec.
7 of this Act, the chair of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries 14 Entry Commission shall provide written notice to the lieutenant governor and revisor of 15 statutes of the outcome of the election.
8 of this Act relating to the buy-back program 30 established under AS 16.43.332, enacted by sec.
16 * Sec.
5 of this Act.
31 * Sec.
Sections 1, 2, 8, and 9 of this Act are repealed June 30, 2026.
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to read:
17 * Sec.
02 REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
The revisor of statutes is requested to change the 03 heading of art.
4 of AS 16.43 from "Reduction to Optimum Number of Entry Permits" to 04 "Optimum Number of Entry Permits, Entry Permit Buy-back Programs, and Issuance of 05 Certain New Entry Permits." 06 * Sec.
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 18 read:
The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 07 read:
19 CONDITIONAL EFFECT.
08 CONDITIONAL EFFECT.
Sections 1, 2, 8, and 9 of this Act take effect only if the 20 chair of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission provides notice under sec.
Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, and 11 of this Act take effect only if 09 the chair of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission provides notice under sec.
10 of 21 this Act that the buy-back program established under sec.
10 10 of this Act that the buy-back program established under AS 16.43.332, enacted by sec.
8 of this Act was approved.
5 of 11 this Act, was approved.
22 * Sec.
12 * Sec.
23 * Sec.
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1, 2, 8, and 9 of this Act take effect under sec.
1, 2, 5, 6, 9, and 11 of this Act take effect under sec.
12 of this Act, they take 24 effect 30 days after the date the chair of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission 25 provides notice under sec.
12 of this Act, they 14 take effect July 1, 2020.
10 of this Act that the buy-back program established under sec.
15 * Sec.
8 26 of this Act was approved.
27 * Sec.
13 and 14 of this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 28 2019.
13 and 14 of this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 16 2019.
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  1. (S) COSPONSOR WITHDRAWN: STEVENS

  2. (S) COSPONSOR(S): STEVENS

  3. (S) Referred to FINANCE

  4. (S) FN3: INDETERMINATE(DFG)

  5. (S) FN2: ZERO(DNR)

  6. (S) FN1: INDETERMINATE(DFG)

  7. (S) AM: KAWASAKI

  8. (S) NR: GIESSEL, COGHILL, REINBOLD, KIEHL

  9. (S) DP: BIRCH, BISHOP

  10. (S) RES RPT CS 2DP 4NR 1AM SAME TITLE

  11. (S) Minutes (SRES)

  12. (S) Moved CSSB 90(RES) Out of Committee -- Please Note Time Change --

  13. (S) RESOURCES at 05:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  14. (S) Minutes (SRES)

  15. (S) Heard & Held

  16. (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  17. (S) Minutes (SRES)

  18. (S) Heard & Held

  19. (S) RESOURCES at 03:30 PM BUTROVICH 205

  20. (S) COSPONSOR(S): BISHOP

  21. (S) RES, FIN

  22. (S) Read the first time - REFERRALS

Sponsors

  • MICCICHE · Primary
  • Bishop · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 63 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • MICCICHE

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Bishop

Not signed on (63)

63 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 90?
SB 90 is sponsored by MICCICHE and Bishop.
What is the current status of SB 90?
This bill died with 31st Legislature (2019-2020). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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