Brief Description: The Big Game Commercial Services Board proposes to update regulations by establishing standards for unlicensed persons receiving training for purposes of experience necessary to apply for licensure as an assistant guide, to update the guide-outfitter contract requirements, and to amend the ethics standards for guides.
The Big Game Commercial Services Board (Board) proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 12, Chapter 75, of the Alaska Administrative Code, dealing with application for assistant guide license, registered guide-outfitter contract requirements, and professional ethics standards for guides, including the following:
- 12 AAC 75.130, Application for assistant guide license, is proposed to be changed to alter the application requirements for assistant guide license.
- 12 AAC 75.260, Registered guide-outfitter contract requirements, is proposed to be changed to alter the contract requirements for registered guide-outfitters.
- 12 AAC 75.340, Professional ethics standards for guides, is proposed to be changed to alter the ethics standards requirements for guides.
You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, by submitting written comments to Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806. Additionally, the Board will accept comments by facsimile at (907) 465-2974, and by electronic mail at jun.maiquis@alaska.gov. The comments must be received not later than 4:30 p.m. on December 4, 2015.
Oral comments relevant to the proposed actions, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed action, may also be given at a hearing to be held on December 9, 2015, at the Coast International Inn, 3450 Aviation Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. Written comments will not be accepted at the hearing. The hearing will begin at 1:45 p.m. and will end when those who have signed up before 1:45 p.m. to give oral testimony have had the opportunity to comment. The chair of the Board may set a time limit for each participant’s oral testimony, determined by the chair before the hearing begins, to allow enough time for all those present and timely registered to give testimony.
You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806, or by e-mail at jun.maiquis@alaska.gov. The questions must be received at least 10 days before the end of the public comment period. The Board will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Board’s website at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BigGameCommercialServicesBoard.aspx or on the Alaska Online Public Notice System. The Board may, but is not required to, answer written questions received after the 10-day cut-off date and before the end of the comment period.
If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Jun Maiquis at (907) 465-2537 or jun.maiquis@alaska.gov not later than November 27, 2015 to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.
For a copy of the proposed regulation changes, contact Jun Maiquis at the address or phone number above, or go to https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/BGCSB-1015.pdf.
After the public comment period ends, the Board will either adopt the proposed regulation changes or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action. The language of the final regulations may be different from that of the proposed regulations. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected. Written comments and questions received are public records and are subject to public inspection.
Statutory Authority: AS 08.54.600; AS 08.54.605; AS 08.54.630; AS 08.54.635; AS 08.54.680; AS 08.54.710; AS 08.54.720; AS 08.54.790; AS 16.05.255
Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 08.54.600; AS 08.54.605; AS 08.54.630; AS 08.54.635; AS 08.54.680; AS 08.54.710; AS 08.54.720; AS 08.54.790; AS 16.05.255
Fiscal Information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.
DATE: 11/3/15
Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
For each occupation regulated under the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, the Division keeps a list of individuals or organizations who are interested in the regulations of that occupation. The Division automatically sends a Notice of Proposed Regulations to the parties on the appropriate list each time there is a proposed change in an occupation's regulations in Title 12 of the Alaska Administrative Code. If you would like your address added to or removed from such a list, send your request to the Division at the address above, giving your name, either your e-mail address or mailing address (as you prefer for receiving notices), and the occupational area in which you are interested.
ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION
(AS 44.62.190(d))
1. Adopting agency: Big Game Commercial Services Board – Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing.
2. General subject of regulation: Application for assistant guide license, registered guide-outfitter contract requirements, and professional ethics standards for guides.
3. Citation of regulation: 12 AAC 75.130, 12 AAC 75.260, and 12 AAC 75.340.
4. Department of Law file number: To be assigned.
5. Reason for the proposed action: Update and clarification of current regulations.
6. Appropriation/Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing – #2360.
7. Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
A private person: None.
Another state agency: None.
A municipality: None.
8. Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars): No costs are expected in FY 2016 or in subsequent years.
9. The name of the contact person for the regulations:
Cindy Hansen, Licensing Examiner
Big Game Commercial Services Board
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Telephone: (907) 465-2543
Email: cindy.hansen@alaska.gov
10. The origin of the proposed action: Big Game Commercial Services Board.
11. Date: 11/3/15
Prepared by: Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist