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The department may not issue a license to a person who held a registered guide, 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 initial issuance of the license.
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(a) An applicant for renewal of a registered guide, 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 period.
(b) The department may not renew a registered guide license under this section unless all fees have been paid in full and all hunt records due during the term of the current license have been filed with the department.
(c) The department may not renew a transporter license unless all fees have been paid in full and all activity reports due during the term of the current license have been filed with the department.
(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 big game hunters in the field at a permanent lodge, house, or cabin owned by the transporter or on a boat with permanent living quarters located on salt water. A transporter may not provide big game hunting services without holding the appropriate license.
(c) A transporter shall provide an annual activity report on a form provided by the department. An activity report must contain information required by the department by regulation.
(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 responsibility by assets, insurance, or a bond in the requisite amount.
(b) If a registered guide, class-A assistant guide, or an assistant guide personally pilots an aircraft to transport clients during the provision of big game hunting services, the registered guide, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide shall have a commercial pilot's rating or a minimum of 500 hours of flying time in the state.
Article 02. ENFORCEMENT
(a) A registered guide who contracts to guide or outfit a big game hunt is equally responsible under AS 08.54.710 for a violation of a state game, guiding, or transportation services statute or regulation committed by a person while in the course of the person's employment for the registered guide.
(b) A transporter who provides transportation services is equally responsible under AS 08.54.710 for a violation of a state game, guiding, or transportation services statute or regulation committed by a person while in the course of the person's employment for the transporter.
When in the judgment of the department, 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 department may apply to the appropriate court for an order enjoining the action. Upon a showing by the department that the person is engaging in the act, the court shall grant injunctive relief or other appropriate order without bond.
(a) The department shall set fees under AS 08.01.065 for each of the following:
(1) registered guide license;
(2) class-A assistant guide license;
(3) assistant guide license;
(4) transporter license;
(5) license application fee.
(b) The license fee for the registered guide, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide license is in addition to the fee required for a hunting license.
(c) An applicant for a qualifying examination for a registered guide license shall pay a fee established by regulations adopted under AS 08.01.065.
(d) The fee for the transporter license must be equal to the fee for the registered guide license.
(e) For licenses issued under this chapter for 1997 and subsequent years, the amount of the license fee for a nonresident shall be two times the amount of the license fee for a resident.
(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 in the state during two calendar years;
(3) possesses a first aid card issued by the Red Cross or a similar organization;
(4) obtains a written recommendation from a registered guide, state trooper, state fish and wildlife law enforcement officer, or state fish or game biologist who is familiar with the person or who intends to employ the person as an assistant guide; and
(5) applies for an assistant guide license on a form provided by the department and pays the license application fee and the license fee.
(b) An assistant guide
(1) may not contract to guide or outfit a big game hunt;
(2) shall be employed by a registered guide and under the supervision of a registered guide or class-A assistant guide while the assistant guide is in the field on guided hunts; and
(3) may not take charge of a camp or conduct guide activities unless the contracting registered guide is in the field and participating in the contracted hunt or a registered guide or class-A assistant guide employed by the contracting guide is physically present and supervising the hunt.
(a) The department shall collect and maintain hunt records provided by a registered guide. A registered guide shall submit to the department a hunt record for each contracted hunt within 30 days after the completion of the hunt. A hunt record must include a list of all big game hunters who used the guiding or outfitting services of the registered guide, the number of each big game species taken, and other information required by the department. The department shall provide forms for reporting hunt records.
(b) The department shall make hunt records received under this section, and activity reports received under AS 08.54.650 , available to state agencies and federal fish and wildlife law enforcement agencies charged with the enforcement of statutes and regulations relating to guiding, outfitting, transportation services, or game or with management of game if requested for game management or law enforcement purposes. Aggregated data compiled from hunt records and activity reports may be included in reports by the department. For all other purposes, the hunt records and activity reports are confidential and are not subject to inspection or copying under AS 40.25.110 - 40.25.125.
(a) Notwithstanding AS 08.54.610 , 08.54.620, 08.54.630, 08.54.650, and 08.54.660, a person may not receive or renew a registered guide license, master guide license, class-A assistant guide license, assistant guide license, or transporter license if
(1) the person has been convicted of
(A) a violation of a state hunting, guiding, or transportation services statute or regulation within the last five years for which the person was fined more than $1,000 or imprisoned for more than five days;
(B) a felony within the last five years; or
(C) a felony offense against the person under AS 11.41 within the last 10 years; or
(2) the person's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a hunting, guiding, outfitting, or transportation services license is suspended or revoked in this state or another state or in Canada.
(b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, (a)(1)(B) and (C) of this section are not applicable to offenses committed by a person who receives or received any class of guide license or a transporter license under sec. 13, ch. 33, SLA 1996, if the offense was committed before May 23, 1996. This subsection does not apply when a person applies for a license that is different from the class of guide license or the transporter license received under sec. 13, ch. 33, SLA 1996.
(c) A person may not receive a certification for a game management unit if the person is prohibited by (a) of this section from receiving or renewing a registered guide license or master guide license.
(a) At least 30 days before conducting big game hunting services within a guide use area, a registered guide shall inform the department, in person or by registered mail on a registration form provided by the department, that the guide will be conducting big game hunting services in the use area.
(b) A registered guide may not register for, or conduct big game hunting services in,
(1) more than three guide use areas during a calendar year; or
(2) a guide use area that is outside of a game management unit for which the registered guide is certified under AS 08.54.600 .
(c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, a registered guide may register to conduct big game hunting services within a guide use area at any time before beginning operations in the guide use area and may conduct big game hunting services in a guide use area, or for a big game species in a guide use area, that is not one of the three guide use areas for which the registered guide has registered under (b) of this section if the Department of Fish and Game has determined by regulation that it is in the public interest to suspend the registration requirements for that guide use area or for all guide use areas in a game management unit or game management subunit for a big game species within those guide use areas.
(d) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, a registered guide who is registered in three guide use areas may also register for and conduct big game hunting services in a portion of one additional guide use area on federal land adjacent to a guide use area in which the registered guide is already registered if the department finds that the portion of the adjacent guide use area for which the registered guide is seeking to be registered would otherwise remain unused by a registered guide because the boundaries of guide use areas do not coincide with boundaries of federal big game guide concession or permit areas.
(e) In this section, 'guide use area' means a geographic area of the state identified as a guide-outfitter use area by the former Big Game Commercial Services Board and described on a set of maps titled Guide-Outfitter Use Area Maps, dated June 22, 1994.
(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; and
(3) either
(A) has
(i) been employed during at least three calendar years as any class of licensed guide in the game management unit for which the license is sought; and
(ii) at least 10 years' hunting experience in the state; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 10 years' hunting experience; or
(B) provides
(i) evidence that the person physically resides in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed;
(ii) evidence that the person has had at least 15 years' hunting experience in the game management unit in which the person is to be employed; military service outside of the state for not more than three years shall be accepted as part of the required 15 years' hunting experience; and
(iii) a written recommendation from a registered guide, state trooper, state fish and wildlife law enforcement officer, or state fish or game biologist who is familiar with the person or who intends to employ the person as a class-A assistant guide.
(b) A class-A assistant guide
(1) may not contract to guide or outfit a big game hunt;
(2) shall be employed by and under the supervision of a registered guide who has contracted with the client for whom the class-A assistant guide is conducting the hunt;
(3) may take charge of a camp and conduct guide activities from the camp without the contracting registered guide being in the field and participating in the contracted hunt if the contracting registered guide is supervising the guiding activities;
(4) may not perform functions of a class-A assistant guide outside of the game management unit for which the license is issued; and
(5) may be employed by a registered guide to perform the functions of an assistant guide in any game management unit.
(a) The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development shall
(1) prepare, grade, and administer
(A) a qualification examination for a registered guide license that requires demonstration that the applicant is qualified generally to provide guided and outfitted hunts and, in particular, possesses knowledge of fishing, hunting, and guiding laws and regulations; and
(B) a certification examination for each game management unit in which the registered guide intends to provide big game hunting services; the examination must require demonstration that the registered guide is qualified to provide guided and outfitted hunts in the game management unit for which the registered guide seeks to be certified and, in particular, must require demonstration that the registered guide possesses knowledge of the terrain, transportation problems, game, and other characteristics of the game management unit;
(2) issue registered guide, master guide, class-A assistant guide, assistant guide, and transporter licenses;
(3) compile, maintain, and publish an annual roster of registered guides and master guides licensed under this chapter; a person listed in the roster whose license is revoked or suspended shall be removed from the roster while the person's license is revoked or suspended;
(4) impose appropriate disciplinary sanctions on a licensee under AS 08.54.600 - 08.54.790;
(5) require an applicant for issuance or renewal of any class of guide license or of a transporter license to state in a written and signed document whether the applicant's right to obtain, or exercise the privileges granted by, a hunting, guiding, outfitting, or transportation services license is revoked or suspended in this state or another state or in Canada;
(6) regularly disseminate information regarding examinations and other qualifications for all classes of guide licenses to residents of the rural areas of the state;
(7) adopt procedural and substantive regulations required by this chapter;
(8) administer examinations for registered guides at least twice a year; an examination may not be given within 90 days after the previous examination; at least once every other year the department shall give the examination at a location other than Anchorage.
(b) The department shall provide for administration of an oral examination for a registered guide license or for a game management unit certification if an applicant experiences a specific language disability.
(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 license under this chapter, while the person is a law enforcement officer and for three months after terminating the person's status as a law enforcement officer.
(b) A registered guide license, class-A assistant guide license, or assistant guide license issued under this chapter, or under former provisions of AS 08.54.300 - 08.54.590, after May 16, 1992, is suspended if the person to whom the license is issued subsequently becomes a law enforcement officer. A person whose license is subject to suspension under this subsection shall notify the department that the person has become a law enforcement officer within 30 days after becoming a law enforcement officer. The suspension of a license under this subsection remains in effect until three months have elapsed from the date on which the licensee provides written notification to the department of the fact that the person is no longer a law enforcement officer. A person whose license is suspended under this subsection is not required to renew the license or pay license renewal fees for the period of suspension. Once a suspension of a license is terminated, the licensee may provide, without further payment of a guide license fee, the guide services authorized by the license for the remainder of the licensing period in which the suspension is terminated. Notwithstanding other provisions of this subsection, if a person whose license is suspended under this subsection fails to notify the department within one year after the person is no longer a law enforcement officer, the person's license lapses and the person is eligible for reissuance of the license only as provided in AS 08.54.670 . The department may adopt regulations to implement this subsection.
(c) A person who holds any class of guide license and who is employed by the Department of Fish and Game or a federal wildlife management agency may not, while employed by the department or agency as a game or wildlife biologist and for 12 months after leaving employment with the department or agency as a game or wildlife biologist, engage in providing big game hunting services in a game management unit in which the person conducted game or wildlife management or research activities for the department or agency at any time during the preceding 12 months.
(d) In this section, 'law enforcement officer' means a person who is
(1) employed by the Department of Public Safety as a state trooper or as a law enforcement officer engaged in fish and wildlife protection; or
(2) employed as a fish and wildlife law enforcement officer by the United States Department of the Interior or the United States Department of Agriculture.
In this chapter,
(1) '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; 'big game' includes wolf and wolverine when taken under hunting regulations;
(2) 'big game hunting service' means a service for which the provider of the service must obtain a registered guide, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide license; 'big game hunting service' includes guiding services and outfitting services;
(3) 'compensation' means payment for services including wages or other remuneration but not including reimbursement for actual expenses incurred;
(4) 'department' means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(5) 'field' means an area outside of established year-round dwellings, businesses, or other developments usually associated with a city, town, or village; 'field' does not include permanent hotels or roadhouses on the state road system or state or federally maintained airports;
(6) 'game management unit' means one of the 26 geographic areas defined by the Board of Game for game management purposes;
(7) 'guide' means to provide, for compensation or with the intent or with an agreement to receive compensation, services, equipment, or facilities to a big game hunter in the field by a person who accompanies or is present with the big game hunter in the field either personally or through an assistant; in this paragraph, 'services' includes
(A) contracting to guide or outfit big game hunts;
(B) stalking, pursuing, tracking, killing, or attempting to kill big game;
(C) packing, preparing, salvaging, or caring for meat, except that which is required to properly and safely load the meat on the mode of transportation being used by a transporter;
(D) field preparation of trophies, including skinning and caping;
(E) selling, leasing, or renting goods when the transaction occurs in the field;
(F) using guiding or outfitting equipment, including spotting scopes and firearms, for the benefit of a hunter; and
(G) providing camping or hunting equipment or supplies which are already located in the field;
(8) 'outfit' means to provide, for compensation or with the intent to receive compensation, services, supplies, or facilities to a big game hunter in the field, by a person who neither accompanies nor is present with the big game hunter in the field either personally or by an assistant;
(9) 'transportation services' means the carriage for compensation of big game hunters, their equipment, or big game animals harvested by hunters to, from, or in the field; 'transportation services' does not include the carriage by aircraft of big game hunters, their equipment, or big game animals harvested by hunters
(A) on nonstop flights between airports listed in the Alaska supplement to the Airmen's Guide published by the Federal Aviation Administration; or
(B) by an air taxi operator or air carrier for which the carriage of big game hunters, their equipment, or big game animals harvested by hunters is only an incidental portion of its business; in this subparagraph, 'incidental' means transportation provided to a big game hunter by an air taxi operator or air carrier who does not
(i) charge more than the usual tariff or charter rate for the carriage of big game hunters, their equipment, or big game animals harvested by hunters; or
(ii) advertise transportation services or big game hunting services to the public; in this sub-subparagraph, 'advertise' means soliciting big game hunters to be customers of an air taxi operator or air carrier for the purpose of providing air transportation to, from, or in the field through the use of print or electronic media, including advertising at trade shows, or the use of hunt broker services or other promotional services.
(a) The department may impose a disciplinary sanction in a timely manner under (c) of this section if the department finds after a hearing that a licensee
(1) is convicted of a violation of a state statute or regulation relating to hunting or to provision of big game hunting services or transportation services; or
(2) has failed to file records or reports required under this chapter.
(b) The department may impose a disciplinary sanction in a timely manner under (c) (3) - (7) of this section if the department finds after a hearing that a licensee is incompetent as a registered guide, class-A assistant guide, assistant guide, or transporter.
(c) The department may impose the following disciplinary sanctions, singly or in combination:
(1) permanently revoke a license;
(2) suspend a license for a specified period;
(3) censure or reprimand a licensee;
(4) impose limitations or conditions on the professional practice of a licensee;
(5) impose requirements for remedial professional education to correct deficiencies in the education, training, and skill of the licensee;
(6) impose probation requiring a licensee to report regularly to the department on matters related to the grounds for probation;
(7) impose a civil fine not to exceed $1,000.
(d) The department shall permanently revoke a transporter license or any class of guide license if the department finds after a hearing that the license was obtained through fraud, deceit, or innocent misrepresentation.
(e) The department shall suspend or permanently revoke a transporter license or any class of guide license without a hearing if the court orders the department to suspend or permanently revoke the license as a penalty for conviction of an unlawful act under AS 08.54.720 . If the department suspends or permanently revokes a license under this subsection, the department may not also impose an administrative disciplinary sanction of suspension or permanent revocation of the same license for the same offense for which the court ordered the suspension or permanent revocation under AS 08.54.720 .
(f) A certified copy of a judgment of conviction of a licensee for an offense is conclusive evidence of the commission of that offense in a disciplinary proceeding instituted against the licensee under this section based on that conviction, regardless of whether the conviction resulted from a plea of nolo contendere or the conviction is under appeal, unless the conviction is overturned on appeal.
(g) A person whose license is suspended or revoked under this section may not engage in the provision of big game hunting services or transportation services during the period of license suspension or revocation.
(h) If the department revokes a license under this section, the person whose license has been revoked shall immediately surrender the license to the department.
(i) The department may summarily suspend a licensee from practice of the profession under this chapter, for a period of not more than 30 days, before a final hearing is held or during an appeal if the department finds that the licensee poses a clear and immediate danger to the public health and safety. A person is entitled to a hearing conducted by the office of administrative hearings (AS 44.64.010 ) to appeal the summary suspension within seven days after the order of suspension is issued. A person may appeal an adverse decision of the department on an appeal of summary suspension to a court of competent jurisdiction.
(a) A natural person is entitled to a registered guide 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 related guiding and outfitting activities;
(3) either
(A) has passed the qualification examination prepared and administered by the department under AS 08.54.600 ; or
(B) provides evidence of 25 years of experience as a class-A assistant guide or class-A assistant guide-outfitter;
(4) has passed a certification examination prepared and administered by the department under AS 08.54.600 for at least one game management unit;
(5) has legally hunted in the state for part of each of any five years in a manner directly contributing to the person's experience and competency as a guide;
(6) has been licensed as and performed the services of a class-A assistant guide or assistant guide, or of a class-A assistant guide-outfitter or assistant guide-outfitter under former AS 08.54.300 - 08.54.590, in the state for a part of each of three years;
(7) is capable of performing the essential duties associated with guiding and outfitting;
(8) has been favorably recommended in writing by eight big game hunters whose recommendations have been solicited by the department from a list provided by the applicant, including at least two favorable recommendations for each year of any three years during which the person was a class-A assistant guide or assistant guide, or a class-A assistant guide-outfitter or assistant guide-outfitter under former AS 08.54.300 - 08.54.590;
(9) has provided proof of financial responsibility if required by the department under AS 08.54.680 ; and
(10) has applied for a registered guide license on a form provided by the department and paid the license application fee and the registered guide license fee.
(b) A master guide license authorizes a registered guide to use the title master guide, but is for all other purposes under this chapter a registered guide license. A natural person is entitled to receive a renewable master guide license if the person
(1) is, at the time of application for a master guide license, licensed as a registered guide under this section;
(2) has been licensed in this state as a registered guide or a guide-outfitter, under former AS 08.54.010 - 08.54.240, former AS 08.54.300 - 08.54.590, or this chapter, for at least 12 of the last 15 years, including the year immediately preceding the year in which the person applies for a master guide license;
(3) submits a list to the department of at least 25 clients for whom the person has personally provided guiding or outfitting services and the person receives a favorable evaluation from 10 of the clients selected from the list by the department; and
(4) applies for a master guide license on a form provided by the department and pays the application fee, if any.
(c) A registered guide may contract to guide or outfit hunts for big game and may provide transportation services, personally or through an assistant, to big game hunters who are clients of the guide.
(d) A person who is licensed as a registered guide may be employed by another registered guide to perform the functions of a registered guide or class-A assistant guide in the game management unit for which the person is certified under AS 08.54.600 or of an assistant guide in any game management unit.
(e) A registered guide who contracts for a guided hunt shall be
(1) physically present in the field with the client at least once during the contracted hunt; and
(2) in the field and participating in the contracted hunt, unless the hunt is being conducted by a class-A assistant guide or a registered guide employed by the contracting registered guide.
(a) It is unlawful for a
(1) person who is licensed under this chapter to knowingly fail to promptly report to the Department of Public Safety, division of fish and wildlife protection, and in no event later than 20 days, a violation of a state game, guiding, or transportation services statute or regulation that the person reasonably believes was committed by a client or an employee of the person;
(2) person who is licensed under this chapter to intentionally obstruct or hinder or attempt to obstruct or hinder lawful hunting engaged in by a person who is not a client of the person;
(3) class-A assistant guide or an assistant guide to knowingly guide a hunt except while employed and supervised by a registered guide;
(4) person who holds any class of guide license to knowingly enter or remain on private land without prior authorization during the course of providing big game hunting services;
(5) registered guide to knowingly engage in providing big game hunting services outside of
(A) a game management unit for which the registered guide is certified; or
(B) a use area for which the registered guide is registered under AS 08.54.750 unless the registration requirement for the area has been suspended by the Department of Fish and Game;
(6) person to knowingly guide without having a current registered guide, class-A assistant guide, or assistant guide license and hunting license in actual possession;
(7) registered guide to knowingly fail to comply with AS 08.54.610(e);
(8) person who is licensed under this chapter to knowingly
(A) commit or aid in the commission of a violation of this chapter, a regulation adopted under this chapter, or a state game statute or regulation; or
(B) permit the commission of a violation of this chapter, a regulation adopted under this chapter, or a state game statute or regulation that the person knows or reasonably believes is being or will be committed without
(i) attempting to prevent it, short of using force; and
(ii) reporting the violation;
(9) person without a current registered guide license to knowingly guide, advertise as a registered guide, or represent to be a registered guide;
(10) person without a current master guide license to knowingly advertise as, or represent to be, a master guide;
(11) person without a current registered guide license to knowingly outfit a big game hunt, advertise as an outfitter of big game hunts, or represent to be an outfitter of big game hunts;
(12) person to knowingly provide transportation services to big game hunters without holding a current registered guide license or transporter license;
(13) person without a current transporter license to knowingly advertise as, or represent to be, a transporter;
(14) class-A assistant guide or an assistant guide to knowingly contract to guide or outfit a hunt;
(15) person licensed under this chapter to knowingly violate a state statute or regulation prohibiting waste of a wild food animal or hunting on the same day airborne;
(16) person to knowingly provide big game hunting service or transportation services during the period for which the person's license to provide that service is suspended or revoked;
(17) registered guide, except in the defense of life or property, to knowingly personally take
(A) big game while accompanying a client in the field; or
(B) a species of big game if the registered guide is under contract with a client to provide a guided hunt for that species of big game and the client is in the field;
(18) person who is licensed as a registered guide, a class-A assistant guide, or an assistant guide, except in the defense of life or property, to knowingly personally take big game while a client of the registered guide by whom the person is employed is in the field unless the person is not participating in, supporting, or otherwise assisting in providing big game hunting services to a client of the registered guide by whom the person is employed; or
(19) person who is licensed as a transporter, or who provides transportation services under a transporter license, to knowingly accompany or remain in the field with a big game hunter who is a client of the person except as necessary to perform the specific duties of embarking or disembarking big game hunters, their equipment, or big game animals harvested by hunters; this paragraph does not apply to a person who holds both a transporter license and any class of guide license issued under this chapter.
(b) In addition to a disciplinary sanction imposed under AS 08.54.710 , a person who commits an offense set out in (a)(1) - (7), (17), (18), or (19) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than $10,000 or by imprisonment up to one year, or both.
(c) In addition to a disciplinary sanction imposed under AS 08.54.710 , a person who commits an offense set out in (a)(8) - (14) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than $30,000 or by imprisonment up to one year, or both.
(d) In addition to a disciplinary sanction imposed under AS 08.54.710 , a person who commits an offense set out in (a)(15) of this section is guilty,
(1) for a first offense, of a misdemeanor and is punishable by a fine of not more than $30,000 or by imprisonment up to one year, or both;
(2) for a second or subsequent offense, of a class C felony.
(e) In addition to a disciplinary sanction imposed under AS 08.54.710 , a person who violates (a)(16) of this section is guilty of a class C felony.
(f) In addition to the penalties set out in (b) - (e) of this section and a disciplinary sanction imposed under AS 08.54.710 ,
(1) the court may order the department to suspend the guide license or transporter license of a person who commits a misdemeanor offense set out in (a)(1), (3) - (5), (7), (17), (18), or (19) of this section for a specified period of not more than three years;
(2) the court shall order the department to suspend the guide license or transporter license of a person who commits a misdemeanor offense set out in (a)(2) or (8) - (14) of this section for a specified period of not less than one year and not more than five years;
(3) the court shall order the department to suspend the guide license or transporter license for a specified period of not less than three years, or to permanently revoke the guide license or transporter license, of a person who commits an offense set out in (a)(15) or (16) of this section; and
(4) all guns, fishing tackle, boats, aircraft, automobiles, or other vehicles, camping gear, and other equipment and paraphernalia used in, or in aid of, a violation of (a) of this section may be seized by persons authorized to enforce this chapter and may be forfeited to the state as provided under AS 16.05.195 .
(g) Upon conviction of a person for committing an offense set out in (a) of this section, the execution of sentence may not be suspended and probation may not be granted except on the condition that the minimum term of imprisonment is served. Imposition of sentence may not be suspended.
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