Section 16.05.400. Persons exempt from annual licensing requirements. [See delayed amendment note]..

   (a) A license is not required of a resident under 18 years of age or a nonresident under 16 years of age for sport fishing nor is a license required of a resident under 18 years of age for hunting or trapping.
   (b) Upon request, and without charge, the commissioner shall issue a sport fishing, hunting, or trapping identification card to a resident who is 60 years of age or older. The commissioner shall issue a permanent identification card without charge to a person who qualifies by age and residence and who completes the forms required by the commissioner for implementation of this subsection. A person who is issued a permanent identification card under this subsection may not sport fish, hunt, or trap without having a valid identification card issued under this subsection or the appropriate license in possession.

Authorities

16.05.403;16.05.405;16.05.415

Notes

Recent Bills that will modify this

HB 137 HUNT/FISH/TRAP: FEES;LICENSES;EXEMPTIONS

References

5 AAC 77.010
5 AAC 77.015
5 AAC 77.540
5 AAC 92.040
AS 16.05.403 Special licenses and permits.
AS 16.05.405 Taking fish and game by proxy.
AS 16.05.415 Determination of residency.

History

(Sec. 9 art II ch 94 SLA 1959; am Sec. 3 ch 180 SLA 1972; am Sec. 1 ch 19 SLA 1980; am Sec. 10 ch 67 SLA 1983; am E.O. No. 73 Sec. 7 (1989); am Sec. 4 ch 168 SLA 1990; am Sec. 24 ch 18 SLA 2016)