Brief Description: The Big Game Commercial Services Board proposes to update regulations relating to licensure requirements, contract requirements, species-specific licensing, and establish professional development standards for license holders.
The Big Game Commercial Services Board (Board) proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 12, Chapter 75 of the Alaska Administrative Code including the following:
- 12 AAC 75.105. Application for master guide-outfitter license, is proposed to change the client list requirement from 25 to 45 clients for whom the applicant has personally provided guiding or outfitting services; to conform with current statutory requirements.
- 12 AAC 75.150. Professional development for assistant guide, class-A assistant guide, registered guide-outfitter, master guide-outfitter, and transporter licensees, is a proposed new section to establish professional development standards for all license types that are regulated by the Board.
- 12 AAC 75.260. Registered guide-outfitter contract requirements, is proposed to amend the contract requirements for registered or master guides to obtain a unique verification code for each guide use area in which a unique verification code is required from the department before entering an application for the client.
- 12 AAC 75.450. Transporter contract requirements, is proposed to remove “game processing equipment” with respect to the written contract.
- 12 AAC 75.460. Species-specific licensing, is proposed to remove “caribou” from the list of authorized species to be listed on licenses.
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 RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. Comments may also be submitted through the Alaska Online Public Notice System by accessing this notice on the system at http://notice.alaska.gov/203078, and using the comment link. The comments must be received not later than 4:30 p.m. on September 30, 2021. Comments received after this deadline will not be considered by the Board.
Oral comments relevant to the proposed regulations, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, may also be given at a hearing to be held on July 23, 2021 via zoom/video and teleconference. You may participate via https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89830327497?pwd=djcyRy9qL0JmKzdrNHZmeDlrYm5pQT09 by entering Meeting ID 898 3032 7497 Access Code 256054, or you may participate via teleconference by calling 669-900-6833 and enter the Meeting ID and Access Code noted above. The hearing will be held from 12:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and might be extended to accommodate those present before 12:45 p.m. who did not have an opportunity to comment. Callers should be on the line before the hearing begins at 12:45 p.m. if they would like to provide oral testimony. Priority will be given to those who called in before 12:45 p.m., and the chair of the Board may limit each participant’s length of oral testimony, determined before the hearing begins, to provide for those who timely called in to participate.
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 RegulationsAndPublicComment@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 Alaska Online Public Notice System and on the Board’s website at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/BigGameCommercialServicesBoard.aspx. 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 RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov not later than July 21, 2021 to ensure that any necessary accommodation can be provided.
A copy of the proposed regulation changes is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and by contacting Jun Maiquis at (907) 465-2537 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov, or go to https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/BGCSB-0621.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 regulation may be different from that of the proposed regulation. 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 08.54.610; AS 08.54.650; AS 08.54.680; AS 08.54.720; AS 08.54.740; AS 08.54.790
Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 08.54.600; AS 08.54.605; AS 08.54.610; AS 08.54.650; AS 08.54.680; AS 08.54.720; AS 08.54.740; AS 08.54.790
Fiscal Information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.
DATE: 7/7/2021
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: Licensure requirements, registered guide-outfitter and transporter contract requirements, species-specific licensing, and professional development standards.
3. Citation of regulation: 12 AAC 75.105, 12 AAC 75.150, 12 AAC 75.260, 12 AAC 75.450, and 12 AAC 75.460.
4. Department of Law file number: To be assigned.
5. Reason for the proposed action: Update and clarification of current regulations; compliance with state statute.
6. Appropriation/Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing – #2360.
7. Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
A private person: None known.
Another state agency: None known.
A municipality: None known.
8. Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars): No costs are expected in FY 2022 or in subsequent years.
9. The name of the contact person for the regulation:
Renee Hoffard, Executive Administrator
Big Game Commercial Services Board
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Telephone: (907) 465-2525
E-mail: renee.hoffard@alaska.gov
10. The origin of the proposed action: Big Game Commercial Services Board.
11. Date: 7/7/2021
Prepared by: Jun Maiquis
Regulations Specialist