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Enrolled SB 230 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. _______________ * Section 1. AS 16.20.030(a) is amended to read: (a) The land areas now included in the National Wildlife Refuge System that are cited in this subsection are designated as state game refuges, and the board shall assign them appropriate refuge names: (1) Aleutian Islands Refuge (except Umnak, Unalaska, Akun, Akutan, Sanak, and Tigalda Islands); (2) Bering Sea Refuge (St. Matthews and Hall Islands [,] and Pinnacle Islet in Bering Sea); (3) Bogoslof Island Refuge; (4) Chamisso Island Refuge; (5) Forrester Island Refuge; (6) Hazen Bay (Nunivakchak and Kirgegag Islands); (7) Hazy Islands Refuge; (8) Kenai National Moose Range; (9) Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge; (10) Nunivak Island Refuge; (11) St. Lazaria Island Refuge; (12) Semidi Islands Wildlife Refuge; (13) Tuxedni Refuge (Islands in Tuxedni Harbor); (14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described as follows: (A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 4 Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] (B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 12 Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 SECTION 16] (C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian Section 13 Sections 24 - 26 Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] (D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian Sections 5 - 7 Sections 18 - 19 Section 30 [5 - 6] (F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 6 Sections 10 - 11 (G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 23 Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32] (H) Township 55 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (I) Township 56 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (J) Township 55 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (K) Township 55 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (L) Township 55 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian Sections 6 - 7 Sections 18 - 19 Sections 30 - 31 (M) Township 56 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (N) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian Sections 35 - 36 (O) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian Section 31 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)]; (15) Cape Newenham National Wildlife Range, including tide and submerged land in Chagvan Bay described as follows: (A) Township 16 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 2 [SECTION 1] Sections 11 - 15 Sections 22 - 27 Sections 34 - 36 (B) Township 16 South, Range 74 West, Seward Meridian Sections 5 - 9 [7 - 9] Sections 17 - 19 Section 30; (16) Clarence Rhodes National Wildlife Range; (17) Arctic National Wildlife Range. * Sec. 2. AS 16.20.030(a)(14), as amended by sec. 2, ch. 119, SLA 2010, is amended to read: (14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described as follows: (A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 4 Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] (B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 12 Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 SECTION 16] (C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian Section 13 Sections 24 - 26 Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] (D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian Sections 5 - 7 [5 - 6] Section 12, N1/2, N1/2N1/2S1/2 Sections 18 - 19 Section 30 (F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 6 Sections 10 - 11 Sections 26 - 35 (G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 23 Section 25 Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32] Section 36 (H) Township 55 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (I) Township 56 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (J) Township 55 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (K) Township 55 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (L) Township 55 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian Sections 6 - 7 Sections 18 - 19 Sections 30 - 31 (M) Township 56 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)] (N) Township 57 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 6 (O) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian Sections 35 - 36 (P) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian Section 31; * Sec. 3. AS 16.20.030(a)(14), as amended by sec. 3, ch. 119, SLA 2010, is amended to read: (14) Izembek Refuge, including the tide and submerged land described as follows: (A) Township 58 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 4 Sections 9 - 13 [9 - 12] (B) Township 58 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 12 Sections 16 - 17 [1 - 9 SECTION 16] (C) Township 57 South, Range 91 West, Seward Meridian Section 13 Sections 24 - 26 Sections 34 - 36 [35 - 36] (D) Township 57 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (E) Township 57 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian Sections 5 - 7 Sections 18 - 19 Section 30 [5 - 6] (F) Township 56 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 6 Sections 10 - 11 (G) Township 56 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 23 Sections 27 - 33 [27 - 32] (H) Township 55 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (I) Township 56 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (J) Township 55 South, Range 89 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (K) Township 55 South, Range 88 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (L) Township 55 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian Sections 6 - 7 Sections 18 - 19 Sections 30 - 31 (M) Township 56 South, Range 90 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 36 (N) Township 54 South, Range 87 West, Seward Meridian Sections 35 - 36 (O) Township 54 South, Range 86 West, Seward Meridian Section 31 [(ENTIRE TOWNSHIP)]; * Sec. 4. AS 16.20.032(a) is amended to read: (a) The following state-owned land and water is established as the Palmer Hay Flats State Game Refuge: (1) Township 16 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 12 Section 13: N1/2 Sections 14 - 18 Section 20: NE1/4 Section 21: N1/2; (2) Township 17 North, Range 1 West, Seward Meridian Section 25 Section 26: S1/2, S1/2 N1/2, N1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NW1/4 Section 27: S1/2, SE1/4 NE1/4 Section 31: Lot 4, SE1/4, E1/2 SW1/4, SE1/4 NE1/4, S1/2 SW1/4, NE1/4 Section 32: S1/2, S1/2 NE1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4, SE1/4 NW1/4 Sections 33 - 36; (3) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian Section 19: Lots 3 and 4, E1/2 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 Section 21: N1/2 SE1/4, S1/2 S1/2 Section 22: excluding NW1/4 NW1/4 excluding N1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4 excluding NE1/4 NE1/4 NE1/4 excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 Section 25 [: LOTS 1 - 6, NW1/4, N1/2 NE1/4, N1/2 SW1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4] Section 26: SE1/4 NE1/4 [,] S1/2, excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 Matanuska TWNST (USS 1169) Block 31, Lots 1 and 2 Section 27: Lot 1, N1/2, N1/2 S1/2, SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4 Section 28: Lots 1 - 2, N1/2, SW1/4, N1/2 SE1/4, SW1/4 SE1/4 Section 29: N1/2, N1/2 SW1/4, SE1/4 Section 30: Lots 1 - 4, E1/2, E1/2 W1/2 Section 31 [: LOTS 1 - 10, NE1/4 NW1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, N1/2 NE1/4] Section 32: Lots 3 - 7, NE1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4, including all state tide and submerged land Section 33: Lots 5 - 9, S1/2 SE1/4, SW1/4 NW1/4, including all state tide and submerged land Section 34: Lots 1 - 3, E1/2 NW1/4, SW1/4, E1/2, excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 Section 35: [LOTS 1 - 5, NW1/4, N1/2 SW1/4, SW1/4 SW1/4, N1/2 NE1/4, SW1/4 NE1/4, NW1/4 SE1/4,] excluding all portions of U.S. Survey No. 9024 Section 36 [: LOTS 1 - 10, SE1/4 SW1/4, S1/2 SE1/4, NE1/4 SE1/4]; (4) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian Sections 19 - 21: Tracts B and D, according to Plat No. 2012- 110, Palmer Recording District; (5) Township 17 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian U.S. Survey No. 1169: Lots 1 and 2, Block 31, within Section 26; (6) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian Sections 4 - 9 Section 17: N1/2 Section 18: N1/2; (7) Township 16 North, Range 1 East, Seward Meridian Section 2: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7 and Parcel F of U.S. Survey No. 9023 Section 3: That portion lying westerly of Lot 7, Lot 8, and Parcel F of U.S. Survey No. 9023 Section 10: That portion lying westerly of Lot 4, Lot 5, and Parcel C of U.S. Survey No. 9023 Section 15: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik River and lying westerly of Lot 3, Lot 4, and Parcel A of U.S. Survey No. 9023 Section 16: That portion northerly of the left bank of the Knik River; (8) Township 16 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian Section 1: All, excluding South Hayfield Road right-of-way Section 2: Lot 5 Section 11: Lots 1 and 3 - 6, N1/2 NE1/4 Section 12: Lots 1 - 4, N1/2 NW1/4, NE1/4 NE1/4; (9) Township 17 North, Range 2 West, Seward Meridian Section 36: That portion of the S1/2 S1/2 lying easterly of the South Hayfield Road right-of-way. * Sec. 5. AS 16.20.550 is amended to read: Sec. 16.20.550. Port Moller Critical Habitat Area established. The following described area is established as the Port Moller Critical Habitat Area: (1) Township 50 South, Range 71 West, Seward Meridian Sections 7 - 8 Section 14 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 15 - 17 Sections 21 - 23 Section 32; (2) Township 51 South, Range 71 West, Seward Meridian Section 3 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 4 - 5 Section 7 Sections 9 - 10 Sections 15 - 17; (3) Township 49 South, Range 73 West, Seward Meridian Sections 10 - 11 Section 12 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 13 - 16 Section 21 Section 24 Section 28; (4) Township 51 South, Range 72 West, Seward Meridian Sections 5 - 8 Sections 11 - 12; (5) Township 50 South, Range 72 West, Seward Meridian Sections 18 - 19 Sections 30 - 32; (6) Township 50 South, Range 73 West, Seward Meridian Sections 7 - 13 Sections 14 - 17 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Section 18; (7) Township 50 South, Range 74 West, Seward Meridian Sections 5 - 7 Section 8 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 9 - 13 Sections 14 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 17 - 18 Section 20; (8) Township 50 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian Section 1 Sections 6 - 7 Section 12; (9) Township 49 South, Range 75 West, Seward Meridian Section 3 Sections 4 - 6 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 7 - 11 Sections 14 - 16 Sections 21 - 32; (10) Township 48 South, Range 74 [75] West, Seward Meridian Sections 15 - 18 Section 22 Sections 29 - 30 Section 31 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Section 32; (11) Township 48 South, Range 75 [76] West, Seward Meridian Sections 13 - 17 Sections 19 - 23 Sections 25 - 27 Sections 29 - 30 Sections 34 - 35 Section 36 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; (12) Township 50 South, Range 76 West, Seward Meridian Section 1 Section 3 Section 4 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Section 9 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 10 - 13 Sections 14 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 21 - 23 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 24 - 25 Sections 26 - 28 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; (13) Township 49 South, Range 76 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 4 Sections 7 - 9 Sections 10 - 11 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 12 - 14 Sections 15 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 17 - 18 Section 21 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Section 22 Sections 28 - 29 Sections 33 - 34; (14) Township 49 South, Range 77 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 2 Sections 4 - 5 Sections 7 - 12 Sections 13 - 18 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; (15) Township 48 South, Range 76 [77] West, Seward Meridian Sections 20 - 23 Sections 26 - 28; (16) Township 48 South, Range 77 [78] West, Seward Meridian Sections 26 - 27 Sections 31 - 34; (17) Township 49 South, Range 78 West, Seward Meridian Sections 2 - 5 Sections 8 - 12 Sections 13 - 16 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Section 17. * Sec. 6. AS 16.20.565 is amended to read: Sec. 16.20.565. Egegik Critical Habitat Area established. The following described area is established as the Egegik Critical Habitat Area: (1) Township 24 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian Sections 1 - 2 Section 11 N [S] 1/2 Section 12 N 1/2; (2) Township 23 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian Section 13 Sections 24 - 25 Sections 35 - 36; (3) Township 23 South, Range 50 West, Seward Meridian Section 7 Sections 18 - 19 Section 30 Section 31 (not tide or submerged land). * Sec. 7. AS 16.20.570 is amended to read: Sec. 16.20.570. Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area established. The following described area is established as the Pilot Point Critical Habitat Area: (1) Township 30 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) Sections 1 - 3 Section 12; (2) Township 30 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) Sections 5 - 8 Section 17; (3) Township 31 South, Range 51 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) Sections 5 - 8 Sections 13 - 15 Sections 17 - 27; (4) Township 30 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) Sections 27 - 29 Sections 31 - 34; (5) Township 31 South, Range 52 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) Sections 1 - 3 Sections 5 - 6 Sections 11 - 14 Sections 23 - 24; (6) Township 30 South, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) Section 36; (7) Township 31 South, Range 53 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) Sections 1 - 2 Sections 10 - 11 Sections 12 - 14 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 15 - 16 Sections 20 - 21 Sections 22 - 28 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 29 - 31 Sections 32 - 36 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]; (8) Township 31 [32] South, Range 54 West, Seward Meridian (protracted) Section 36. * Sec. 8. AS 16.20.580 is amended to read: Sec. 16.20.580. Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area established. The following described area is established as the Fox River Flats Critical Habitat Area: (1) Township 4 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian Section 20: SE 1/4 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Section 21: S 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Section 22: S 1/2 Section 23: S 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)] Sections 25 - 29 Sections 33 - 36; (2) Township 4 South, Range 9 West, Seward Meridian Section 30: W 1/2 [(NOT TIDE OR SUBMERGED LAND)]. * Sec. 9. AS 16.20.590(a) is amended to read: (a) The following described area is established as the Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area: (1) Township 4 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (2) Township 4 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (3) Township 5 South, Range 10 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (4) [(3)] Township 5 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (5) [(4)] Township 5 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (6) [(5)] Township 6 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (7) [(6)] Township 6 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (8) [(7)] Township 6 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (9) [(8)] Township 6 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (10) [(9)] Township 7 South, Range 11 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (11) [(10)] Township 7 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (12) [(11)] Township 7 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (13) [(12)] Township 7 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (14) [(13)] Township 8 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (15) [(14)] Township 8 South, Range 13 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (16) [(15)] Township 8 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (17) [(16)] Township 9 South, Range 14 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters); (18) [(17)] Township 9 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to Point Pogibshi); (19) [(18)] Township 5 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian (including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to Point Pogibshi); (20) [(19)] Township 6 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian (including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to Point Pogibshi); (21) [(20)] Township 7 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian (including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to Point Pogibshi); (22) [(21)] Township 8 South, Range 15 West, Seward Meridian (including all tide and submerged land and waters east of a line from Anchor Point to Point Pogibshi); (23) [(22)] Township 9 South, Range 12 West, Seward Meridian (only tide and submerged land and waters). * Sec. 10. AS 41.23.286 is amended to read: Sec. 41.23.286. Jonesville Public Use Area. Subject to valid existing rights, the vacant and unappropriated state-owned land and water and the state land and water acquired in the future that lie within the following boundaries described in this section are designated as the Jonesville Public Use Area, are reserved for all uses compatible with their primary function as public use land, and are assigned to the department for control and management: (1) Township 19 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian Section 1: That portion easterly of Moose Creek Section 12: That portion of N1/2, N1/2SW1/4, and N1/2SE1/4 easterly of Moose Creek Section 13: NE1/4, SE1/4NW1/4, and S1/2 Section 24: All; (2) Township 19 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian Section 2: All Section 3: All Section 4: All Section 5: All Section 6: All Section 7: All Section 8: All Section 9: All Section 10: All Section 11: All Section 14: NE1/4 Section 15: N1/2NE1/4 [AND THE NORTH 960 FEET OF THE EAST 1,815 FEET OF THE NW1/4 FOR EACH RECORD OF SURVEY FILED AS 86-85RS P.R.D.] Section 16: All Section 17: All Section 18: All Section 19: NE1/4, E1/2NW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, and Government Lots 1, 2, and 4 Section 20: N1/2NE1/4, N1/2NW1/4, and SW1/4NW1/4 Section 21: N1/2NW1/4; (3) Township 20 North, Range 2 East, Seward Meridian Section 36: That portion easterly of Moose Creek; (4) Township 20 North, Range 3 East, Seward Meridian Section 31: All Section 32: All Section 33: All Section 34: All Section 35: All. * Sec. 11. Section 2 of this Act takes effect on the effective date of sec. 2, ch. 119, SLA 2010. * Sec. 12. Section 3 of this Act takes effect on the effective date of sec. 3, ch. 119, SLA 2010. * Sec. 13. Except as provided in secs. 11 and 12 of this Act, this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).
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