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Alaska Statutes.

Title 43. Revenue and Taxation

Chapter 76. Fisheries Taxes and Assessments

Section 150. Dive Fishery Management Assessment.

AS 43.76.150. Dive Fishery Management Assessment.

(a) A dive fishery management assessment on fishery resources taken by dive gear shall be levied on the value of the fishery resource taken in a dive gear fishery. The species of fishery resources subject to the assessment and the rate of the assessment, as determined under (b) - (h) of this section, shall be determined by an election under AS 43.76.160.

(b) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of one percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160 , that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(c) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of two percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160 , that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(d) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of three percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160 , that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(e) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of four percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160 , that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(f) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of five percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160 , that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(g) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of six percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160 , that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(h) A person holding a limited entry permit for dive gear or an interim-use permit for dive gear issued under AS 16.43 shall pay a dive fishery management assessment of seven percent on a species of fishery resources that is subject to the assessment as determined by an election under AS 43.76.160 , that is taken by dive gear, and that the person removes from the state or transfers to a buyer in the state.

(i) A dive fishery management assessment may only be levied or collected on a fishery resource in an administrative area if

(1) there exists in that administrative area an association determined by the commissioner of fish and game to be a qualified regional dive fishery development association under AS 16.40.240 ; and

(2) the species of fishery resource subject to the dive fishery management assessment and the rate of the dive fishery management assessment, as provided under (b) - (h) of this section, is approved by an election under AS 43.76.160 .

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