Section 16.05.403. Special licenses and permits.

   (a) A resident hunting license, a resident sport fishing license, a resident subsistence fishing permit, or a resident personal use fishing permit indicating that the purchaser is blind may be obtained from the department upon payment of the fee prescribed in AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.430 and upon presentation of either an affidavit of the applicant stating that the applicant cannot distinguish light from darkness or an affidavit signed by a licensed physician or a licensed optometrist stating that the applicant's central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses or that the applicant's widest diameter of visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
   (b) A resident who is a person with physical disabilities may obtain from the department upon payment of the fee prescribed in AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.430 and upon submission of satisfactory proof of physical disabilities a resident hunting license, a resident sport fishing license, a resident subsistence fishing permit, or a resident personal use fishing permit indicating that the purchaser is a person with physical disabilities.
   (c) [See delayed amendment note]. =ro A resident who is 65 years of age or older may obtain from the department upon payment of the fee prescribed in AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.430 and upon submission of satisfactory proof of age a resident hunting license, a resident sport fishing license, a resident subsistence fishing permit, or a resident personal use fishing permit indicating that the purchaser is a person who is 65 years of age or older. This subsection does not limit the right of a resident person who is 65 years of age or older to obtain a permanent identification card under AS 16.05.400(b).
   (d) [Effective January 1, 2017]. =ro A resident who is a person with developmental disabilities may obtain from the department upon payment of the fee prescribed in AS 16.05.330 - 16.05.430 and upon submission of satisfactory proof of developmental disabilities a resident hunting license, a resident sport fishing license, a resident subsistence fishing permit, or a resident personal use fishing permit indicating that the purchaser is a person with developmental disabilities. This subsection does not require the department to issue a license or permit to a person with a developmental disability who is prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition under 18 U.S.C. 922 as a result of an involuntary commitment or an adjudication of mental illness or mental incompetence.

Authorities

16.05.405

Notes

Recent Bills that will modify this

SB 48 FORMER RESIDENT HUNTING LICENSE

Implemented As

5 AAC 01.011
5 AAC 02.011
5 AAC 75.011
5 AAC 77.016

References

AS 16.05.405 Taking fish and game by proxy.

History

(Sec. 2 ch 81 SLA 1992; am Sec. 25, 26 ch 18 SLA 2016)