(a) The state-owned land and water within the area established as a recreation river under Alaska Stat. § 41.23.500, including the recreation river corridor, is assigned to the commissioner for management consistent with the purposes of Alaska Stat. § 41.23.400.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 41.23.420
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 reserve to the state under Alaska Stat. § 46.15.145 an instream flow or level for the water in the rivers described in Alaska Stat. § 41.23.500 that is adequate to achieve the purposes of Alaska Stat. § 41.23.400.(c) The commissioner may regulate boating, if necessary, under the management plan adopted under Alaska Stat. § 41.23.440.(d) The provisions of Alaska Stat. § 41.23.400 – 41.23.510 do not affect the authority of
(1) the Department of Fish and Game, the Board of Fisheries, the Board of Game, or the Big Game Commercial Services Board under Alaska Stat. Chapter 08.54, Alaska Stat. Title 16, or Alaska Stat. § 41.99.010; or(2) the Department of Environmental Conservation under Alaska Stat. Chapter 46.03.(e) The commissioner may not restrict the use of weapons, including firearms, within a recreation river and a recreation river corridor except in sites of high public use such as picnic areas, boat ramps, camping grounds, and parking areas when the commissioner determines that the use of weapons constitutes a threat to public safety. Except as provided in this subsection, the commissioner may not restrict fishing, hunting, or trapping within a recreation river and its recreation river corridor.(f) The authority of the commissioner under Alaska Stat. § 41.23.400 – 41.23.510 ceases where the land and water established as a recreation river under Alaska Stat. § 41.23.400 – 41.23.510 meets land and water that is not established as a recreation river.
