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SB230

Alaska State Game Refuges and Public Use Area Boundaries

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In one sentence

This law designates specific National Wildlife Refuges as state game refuges, establishes the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge with detailed land descriptions, updates boundaries for existing areas like Izembek, and adjusts the Jonesville Public Use Area.

What it does

  • Designates listed National Wildlife Refuges as official Alaska State Game Refuges.
  • Establishes a new state game refuge called Palmer Hay Flats with specific land descriptions in townships north of Anchorage.
  • Updates legal land descriptions for the Izembek Refuge by adding and removing specific sections of tide and submerged land.
  • Adjusts the boundaries of the Jonesville Public Use Area.

Who it affects

  • The Alaska Board of Game
  • Land managers for state refuges and public use areas

Limits and unknowns

  • The bill text lists specific legal descriptions but does not explain the reasons for changing these boundaries.
  • Some sections in the bill show conflicting numbers inside brackets that indicate corrections to previous laws, which may be confusing without seeing the full history.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

REFUGES/HABITAT AREAS/PUBLIC USE AREA An Act relating to state refuges and fish and game critical habitat areas; relating to the boundaries of the Jonesville Public Use Area; and providing for an effective date.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) OF LAW SEE CHAPTER3133
  2. (S) SIGNED INTO LAW 6/24 CHAPTER 40 SLA 263132
  3. (S) 12:15 P.M. 6/16/26 TRANSMITTED TO GOVERNOR3002
  4. (S) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE2681
  5. (S) CONCUR AM OF (H) Y18 N- E22681
  6. (S) CONCUR MESSAGE READ AND TAKEN UP2681
  7. (H) VERSION: HCS SB 230(RES)2626
  8. (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S) AS AMENDED2626
  9. (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 162617
  10. (H) EFFECTIVE DATE(S) SAME AS PASSAGE2617
  11. (H) PASSED Y402617
  12. (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HCS SB 230(RES)2617
  13. (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC2617
  14. (H) RES HCS ADOPTED UC2616
  15. (H) READ THE SECOND TIME2616
  16. (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/15/20262616
  17. (H) FN1: ZERO(DNR)2393
  18. (H) DP: FIELDS, COULOMBE, HALL, ELAM, PRAX, MEARS, DIBERT, FRIER2393
  19. (H) TITLE CHANGE: HCR 162393
  20. (H) RES RPT HCS(RES) NEW TITLE 8DP2393