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Alaska Statutes.

Title 16. Fish and Game

Chapter 43. Regulation of Entry Into Alaska Commercial Fisheries

Section 160. Fees.

AS 16.43.160. Fees.

(a) The commission shall establish annual fees for the issuance and annual renewal of entry permits or interim-use permits.

(b) [Repealed, Sec. 7 ch 27 SLA 2001].

(c) [Repealed, Sec. 7 ch 27 SLA 2001].

(d) The commission may charge interest at a rate not to exceed the legal rate of interest established in AS 45.45.010 on fees more than 60 days overdue.

(e) For an entry permit or an interim-use permit issued for calendar year 2002 and following years, the annual base fee may not be less than $10 or more than $300. The annual base fee must reasonably reflect the different rates of economic return for different fisheries. The fee for a nonresident entry permit or a nonresident interim-use permit shall be higher than the annual base fee by an amount, established by the commission by regulation, that is as close as is practicable to the maximum allowed by law. The amount of the fee for a nonresident entry permit or a nonresident interim-use permit may reflect

(1) the costs incurred by the state that are directly attributable to participation of nonresidents in the commercial fisheries of the state;

(2) the costs incurred by the state for

(A) direct operating expenditures for ongoing management, support, and regulation of the commercial fishing industry, including relevant expenditures of the

(i) Department of Environmental Conservation - air and water quality permitting activities and seafood inspection activities;

(ii) Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development - commercial fishing loan program, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, regional seafood development program, and community development quota program;

(iii) Department of Fish and Game - division of commercial fisheries, board support section, division of administrative services, division of sport fish, commissioner's office, and Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission;

(iv) Department of Labor and Workforce Development - wage and hour enforcement, mechanical inspections, occupational safety and health activities, and fishermen's fund;

(v) Department of Law;

(vi) Department of Natural Resources, including the Alaska coastal management program and habitat programs;

(vii) Department of Public Safety - commercial fisheries enforcement;

(viii) Department of Revenue - fisheries business tax program, fishery resource landing tax program, salmon enhancement tax program, seafood development tax program, salmon fishery assessment program, permit buy-back assessment program, and dive fishery management assessment program;

(ix) University of Alaska - Fisheries Industrial Technology Center, Institute of Marine Science, Marine Advisory Program, Sea Grant College Program, and School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences;

(x) Legislature;

(xi) Alaska Court System;

(B) indirect operating expenditures for general overhead attributable to supporting the commercial fishing industry, including expenditures for general overhead attributable to components of agencies that have direct operating expenditures identified under (A) of this paragraph and to components of agencies for which direct operating expenditures related to the ongoing management, support, and regulation of the commercial fishing industry cannot be readily determined;

(C) capital costs directly supporting the commercial fishing industry; and

(D) expenditures to subsidize the construction and operation of salmon hatcheries.

(f) For an entry permit or an interim-use permit issued for calendar year 2002 and following years, the holder of a permit whose household income, assets, and financial resources fall within the eligibility standards for the food stamp program under 7 U.S.C. 2011 - 2025, as amended, is subject to a maximum annual fee that is equal to 50 percent of the fee that the permit holder would otherwise pay under (e) of this section.

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Last modified 9/3/2005