Section 5.92.070. Tier II subsistence hunting permit point system.

	(a)  A Tier II subsistence permit applicant's "customary and direct dependence on the game population by the subsistence user for human consumption as a mainstay of livelihood" may provide up to 85 points. It is measured by the following indicators and points:  
		(1) the number of years in which the applicant has hunted on or eaten from the game population, plus the number of years in which the applicant would have hunted on or eaten from the game population but did not because state regulations canceled the hunt on the game population during a given year or years, or because the state did not issue the applicant a permit to hunt on the game population for which the applicant applied; one point is given for each year, up to 50 points;  
		(2) the number of years in which a member of the applicant's household has hunted on or eaten from the game population, plus the number of years in which that member of the applicant's household would have hunted on or eaten from the game population but did not because state regulations canceled the hunt on the game population during a given year or years, or because the state did not issue that member of the applicant's household a permit to hunt on the game population for which that member of the applicant's household applied; .2 points are given for each year, up to 10 points; and  
		(3) the amount of time during the year the applicant spends in the noncommercial harvesting of wild fish and game within the hunt area boundary:  
			(A) 0 days = 0 points;  
			(B) 1 to 6 days = 5 points;   
			(C) 7 to 27 days = 10 points;  
			(D) 28 to 48 days = 15 points;  
			(E) 49 to 69 days = 20 points; and   
			(F) 70 days or more = 25 points.   
	(b)  The "ability of a subsistence user to obtain food if subsistence use is restricted or eliminated" may provide up to 55 points. It is measured by the following indicators and points:  
		(1) repealed 1/1/2007;  
		(2) the availability of food for purchase in the community where most of the applicant's household's store-bought food was purchased during the past year, which may provide up to 25 points, as calculated by the department's current Tier II cost-of-food index; the number of points received by an applicant may not exceed the points calculated by the department using the cost-of-food index for the community nearest the applicant's residence;  
		(3) the cost of gasoline in the community where most of the applicant's household's gasoline was purchased during the past year, which may provide up to 30 points; the number of points received by an applicant may not exceed the points calculated by the department using the cost of gasoline for the community nearest the applicant's residence;   
		(4) repealed 7/1/2009.  
	(c)  An applicant's total score is the sum of points given under (a) and (b) of this section, up to a maximum of 140 points.  

Authorities

16.05.255;16.05.258;16.05.330;16.05.940

Notes

Reference

5 AAC 92.049
5 AAC 92.062

Authority

AS 16.05.255 AS 16.05.258 AS 16.05.330 AS 16.05.940

History

Eff. 3/30/96, Register 137; am 7/26/97, Register 143; am 3/30/2002, Register 161; em am 7/16/2003 - 11/5/2003, Register 166; em am 6/16/2004 - 10/14/2004, Register 171; em am 6/9/2005 - 10/6/2005, Register 175; em am 5/17/2006 - 9/13/2006, Register 178; am 7/1/2007, Register 182; am 8/11/2007, Register 183; am 7/1/2008, Register 186; em am 7/3/2008 - 10/30/2008, Register 187; am 7/1/2009, Register 190