Alaska Statutes — Title 43 (Revenue and Taxation)
AS 43.76.200
Funding for qualified regional dive fishery development associations
# (a)
The legislature may make appropriations of revenue collected under AS 43.76.190 to the Department of Fish and Game for funding of the qualified regional dive fishery development association in the administrative area in which the assessment was collected. Appropriations under this section are not made from the unrestricted general fund. Funds received under this section by a qualified regional dive fishery development association may be expended in accordance with the annual operating plan developed under (b) of this section.
# (b)
The Department of Fish and Game shall develop an annual operating plan with the cooperation of the regional dive fishery development association and the Department of Environmental Conservation on or before a date specified by the Department of Fish and Game.
The qualified regional dive fishery development association and the Department of
Environmental Conservation shall cooperate with the Department of Fish and Game in the development of the annual operating plan. The annual operating plan must describe the activities for which the funding will be expended, including identification of species and areas for which bioassessment surveys will be conducted, a description of management and research activities to be performed, planning for dive fisheries, and administrative activities of the association. Funds appropriated to the Department of Fish and Game for funding of qualified regional dive fishery development associations may not be disbursed by the department or expended by the association, except for administration of the association, unless the annual operating plan has been approved by the association and the Department of Fish and Game. If an annual operating plan has not been approved by the association and the Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Fish and Game may not disburse and the association may not expend funds received from the department for administration of the association in an amount that exceeds the amount of administrative expenses authorized under the annual operating plan for the prior fiscal year.
# (c)
A qualified regional dive fishery development association receiving funding under this section shall submit an annual financial report to the Department of Fish and Game on a form provided by the Department of Fish and Game. The Department of Fish and Game may, by regulation, require that a qualified regional dive fishery development association use a uniform system of accounting and may audit the use of funding received under this section by the association.
# (d)
This section does not establish a dedication of a state tax or license.
# (e)
This section does not restrict or qualify the authority of the Department of Fish and Game or the Board of Fisheries under AS 16.
Source: official source document (full Title 43 PDF)
In this chapter (40 sections)
- 43.76.007 · Six percent salmon enhancement tax
- 43.76.008 · Five percent salmon enhancement tax
- 43.76.009 · Four percent salmon enhancement tax
- 43.76.010 · Three percent salmon enhancement tax
- 43.76.011 · Two percent salmon enhancement tax
- 43.76.012 · One percent salmon enhancement tax
- 43.76.013 · Fifteen percent salmon enhancement tax
- 43.76.015 · Election to approve or terminate salmon enhancement tax
- 43.76.020 · Termination of salmon enhancement tax
- 43.76.025 · Collection of tax and disposition of proceeds
- 43.76.028 · Liability for tax on salmon shipped from state
- 43.76.030 · Accounting of financing received as a result of the salmon…
- 43.76.035 · Exemption
- 43.76.040 · Definition
- 43.76.110 · Salmon marketing tax; Collection of tax; Definition
- 43.76.150 · Dive fishery management assessment
- 43.76.160 · Election to approve, amend, or terminate dive fishery…
- 43.76.170 · Amendment of dive fishery management assessment
- 43.76.180 · Termination of dive fishery management assessment
- 43.76.190 · Collection of assessment
- 43.76.200 · Funding for qualified regional dive fishery development…
- 43.76.210 · Definitions
- 43.76.220 · Salmon fishery assessment
- 43.76.230 · Election to approve, amend, or terminate salmon fishery…
- 43.76.240 · Amendment of salmon fishery assessment
- 43.76.250 · Termination of salmon fishery assessment
- 43.76.260 · Collection of assessment
- 43.76.270 · Funding for qualified salmon fishery associations
- 43.76.280 · Definitions
- 43.76.300 · Permit buy-back assessment
- 43.76.310 · Collection of assessment
- 43.76.320 · Definition
- 43.76.350 · Two percent seafood development tax
- 43.76.355 · One and one-half percent seafood development tax
- 43.76.360 · One percent seafood development tax
- 43.76.365 · One-half percent seafood development tax
- 43.76.370 · Election to approve, amend, or terminate seafood…
- 43.76.375 · Termination of seafood development tax
- 43.76.380 · Liability for tax on fishery resources sold to a buyer
- 43.76.385 · Liability for tax on fishery resources shipped from the…