Sponsor Statement for SB 49: No Social Security Number Required on Hunting or Fishing License

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An Act eliminating a requirement that a social security number be provided by an applicant for certain hunting or sport fishing licenses, tags, and permits; eliminating a requirement that an application for certain licenses and tags be subscribed and sworn to before an officer authorized to administer oaths; and providing for an effective date.

Released: January 24, 2001

The Twentieth Legislature enacted "SCS CSHB 344 (FIN) am S" in order to comply with the mandates of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. One of the requirements of this Act was the collection of social security numbers on recreational license applications. The Department of Fish and Game has been required to provide these social security numbers to the child support enforcement agency in Alaska or another state in order to comply with the aforementioned federal child support law.

Effective October 1, 2000, the State of Alaska was granted a three-year exemption from requiring social security numbers on hunting and fishing license applications. SB 49 was introduced in response to this federal exemption. Since its imposition, the people of the State of Alaska have been resentful of this federal requirement as an invasion of privacy.

We now have the opportunity to repeal this law. It is important that the Legislature acts quickly and enacts SB 49 so Alaskans can purchase their 2001 hunting and fishing licenses without submitting their social security numbers on the applications. SB 49 provides for an immediate effective date, thereby relieving Alaskans of this burden before the fishing and hunting season gets actively underway.

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