Title 08 — Business and Professions
52 chapters · 1,415 sections in this title.
AS 08.54.010 Guide Board. [Repealed, § 18 ch 37 SLA 1989.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.54.020 Appointment and term of office. [Repealed, § 49 ch 94 SLA 1987.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.54.030 Secs. 08.54.030 — 08.54.141. Board powers and duties, etc.; licensing. [Repealed, § 18 ch 37 SLA 1989.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.54.142 Secs. 08.54.142 — 08.54.146. Transporter licensing. [Repealed, § 27 ch 71 SLA 1986.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.54.150 Secs. 08.54.150 — 08.54.180. Miscellaneous licensing provisions. [Repealed, § 18 ch 37 SLA 1989.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.54.185 Additional fees. [Repealed, § 27 ch 71 SLA 1986.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.54.186 Secs. 08.54.186 — 08.54.240. Exams; restricted areas; prohibitions; general provisions. [Repealed, § 18 ch 37 SLA 1989.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.54.300 Secs. 08.54.300 — 08.54.590. Guides and related occupations. [Repealed, § 16 ch 33, SLA 1996.]
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 08.54.591 Creation and membership of board.
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(a) For the purposes of licensing and regulating the activities of providers of commercial services to big game hunters in the interest of the state's wildlife resources, there is created the Big Game Commercial Services Board. For administrative purposes, the board is in the Dep…
AS 08.54.595 Board assistance.
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State agencies shall provide the board with information, data, or technical assistance requested by the board for the purposes of licensing and regulating the activities of providers of commercial services to big game hunters.
AS 08.54.600 Duties of board.
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(a) The board shall (1) prepare and grade (A) a qualification examination for a registered guide-outfitter license that requires demonstration that the applicant is qualified generally to provide guided and outfitted hunts and, in particular, possesses knowledge of fishing, hunti…
AS 08.54.605 Eligibility for licenses.
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(a) Notwithstanding AS 08.54.610, 08.54.620, 08.54.630, 08.54.650, and 08.54.660, a person may not receive, hold, or renew a registered guide-outfitter license, master guide-outfitter license, class-A assistant guide license, assistant guide license, or transporter license if (1)…
AS 08.54.608 Retired status license.
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(a) On retiring from guiding or outfitting, or both, and on payment of an appropriate one-time fee, an individual who has held a license issued under AS 08.54.610, 08.54.620, or 08.54.630 that has not been suspended or revoked under AS 08.54.710 may apply for a retired status lic…
AS 08.54.610 Registered guide-outfitter license.
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(a) A natural person is entitled to a registered guide-outfitter license if the person (1) is 21 years of age or older; (2) has practical field experience in the handling of firearms, hunting, judging trophies, field preparation of meat and trophies, first aid, photography, and r…
AS 08.54.620 Class-A assistant guide license.
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(a) A natural person is entitled to a class-A assistant guide license if the person (1) is 21 years of age or older; (2) applies for a class-A assistant guide license on a form provided by the department and pays the license application fee and the license fee; (3) possesses a cu…
AS 08.54.630 Assistant guide license.
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(a) A natural person is entitled to an assistant guide license if the person (1) is 18 years of age or older; (2) has legally hunted big game in the state during two calendar years; (3) possesses a first aid card issued by the Red Cross or a similar organization; (4) either (A) o…
AS 08.54.635 Delegation of services; training.
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(a) A registered guide-outfitter who contracts to guide a big game hunt may, under regulations adopted by the board, delegate to a person not licensed under this chapter the services of (1) packing, preparing, salvaging, or caring for a client's meat; (2) packing trophies; and (3…
AS 08.54.640 Law enforcement officers and game biologists.
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(a) Notwithstanding AS 08.54.610 — 08.54.630 and except as provided in (b) of this section, a person may not hold, or earn experience credits to apply for, a registered guide-outfitter license under this chapter, while the person is a law enforcement officer and for three months …
AS 08.54.650 Transporter license.
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(a) A person is entitled to a transporter license if the person (1) applies for a transporter license on a form provided by the department; and (2) pays the license application fee and the license fee. (b) A transporter may provide transportation services and accommodations to bi…
AS 08.54.660 Renewal of guide and transporter licenses.
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(a) An applicant for renewal of a registered guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, assistant guide, or transporter license shall submit (1) a request for renewal of the license on a form provided by the department; and (2) the appropriate license fee for the next licensing pe…
AS 08.54.670 Failure to renew.
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The department may not issue a license to a person who held a registered guide-outfitter, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide license and who has failed to renew the license under this chapter for four consecutive years unless the person again meets the qualifications for…
AS 08.54.680 Financial responsibility and other requirements for guides and transporters.
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Article 2. Enforcement. (a) The department may require a registered guide, who contracts to guide or outfit a big game hunt, or a transporter to provide proof of financial responsibility up to the amount of $100,000. A registered guide or transporter may demonstrate financial res…
AS 08.54.710 Discipline of guides and transporters.
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(a) The board may impose a disciplinary sanction in a timely manner under (c) of this section if the board finds that a licensee (1) is convicted of a violation of any state or federal statute or regulation relating to hunting or to provision of big game hunting services or trans…
AS 08.54.720 Unlawful acts.
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(a) It is unlawful for a (1) person who is licensed under this chapter to knowingly fail to promptly report, unless a reasonable means of communication is not reasonably available, to the Department of Public Safety, and in no event later than 20 days, a violation of a state or f…
AS 08.54.730 Injunction against unlawful action.
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When, in the judgment of the board, a person has engaged in an act in violation of AS 08.54.620(b), 08.54.630(b), 08.54.650(b), 08.54.710(g), or 08.54.720(a) or the regulations adopted under these statutes, the board may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the a…
AS 08.54.740 Responsibility of guide or transporter for violations.
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(a) A registered guide-outfitter who contracts to guide or outfit a big game hunt is equally responsible under AS 08.54.710 for a violation of a state or federal wildlife or game or guiding statute or regulation committed by a person while the person provides guide services for t…
AS 08.54.750 Use area registration.
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(a) At least 30 days before conducting big game hunting services within a guide use area, a registered guide-outfitter shall inform the department, in person or by registered mail on a registration form provided by the department, that the guide-outfitter will be conducting big g…
AS 08.54.760 Hunt records; confidentiality of hunt records and activity reports.
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(a) The department shall collect and maintain hunt records provided by a registered guide-outfitter. A registered guide-outfitter shall submit to the department a hunt record for each contracted hunt within 60 days after the completion of the hunt. A hunt record must include a li…
AS 08.54.770 License and examination fees.
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(a) The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for each of the following: (1) registered guide-outfitter license; (2) class-A assistant guide license; (3) assistant guide license; (4) transporter license; (5) retired status license; (6) license application fee. (b) The lice…
AS 08.54.785 Chapter not applicable.
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The provisions of this chapter do not apply to a person providing, for compensation or with the intent to receive compensation, only accommodations to a big game hunter in the field at (1) a permanent lodge, house, or cabin on private land owned by the person; or (2) a state or f…
AS 08.54.790 Definitions.
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In this chapter, (1) “any class of guide license” does not include a retired status license issued under AS 08.54.608; (2) “big game” means brown bear, grizzly bear, caribou, moose, black bear, bison, Sitka blacktail deer, elk, mountain goat, musk ox, and mountain or Dall sheep; …