(a) The commissioner shall develop and adopt a comprehensive management plan for the Kenai River Special Management Area in consultation with the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The plan may include the land adjacent to the rivers described in Alaska Stat. § 41.21.502(a)(1) – (3) whether the land is owned by the state or privately owned and may include other land considered appropriate by the commissioner and the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The commissioner shall periodically review the plan and adopt changes to the plan in consultation with the Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 41.21.506
municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations under Alaska Stat. Chapter 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act) that are necessary to achieve the purposes of Alaska Stat. § 41.21.500 – 41.21.514 and to implement the plan adopted under (a) of this section. The regulations must
(1) designate incompatible uses and prohibit or restrict them; and(2) establish a registration, licensing, or comparable procedure for professional fishing guides and such additional fishing guide controls as the commissioner considers necessary.(c) Until regulations adopted under Alaska Stat. § 41.21.500 – 41.21.514 take effect, existing state regulations otherwise applicable to the Kenai River Special Management Area remain in effect.(d) A regulation adopted under this section applies to land owned by the state but does not apply to land not owned by the state that is located within the boundaries of a municipality unless the regulation has been approved by the municipality.(e) The provisions of Alaska Stat. § 41.21.025(b) and (c) do not apply to the land and water described in Alaska Stat. § 41.21.502(a).
