Alaska Administrative Code
Title 5 - Fish and Game
Part 4 - Department Programs
Chapter 93 - Department Programs
Article 5 - Fish and Game Licensing and License Vendors
5 AAC 93.550 - Qualifications for and appointment of license vendor

(a) A natural person who is at least 18 years of age and who has not been convicted of a felony within the five years preceding the date of appointment qualifies for appointment as a license vendor. A business entity with a current business license in this state issued under AS 08 and 12 AAC 12 qualifies for appointment as a license vendor.

(b) An applicant for an appointment as a license vendor shall apply to the commissioner by submitting an application form prescribed and provided by the department. The application form must be completed and signed by the applicant. If the applicant is a business entity, the application form must be signed by an authorized representative of the applicant and must designate an authorized representative of the applicant at each of the locations that licenses will be issued who will

(c) An appointment as a license vendor is solely at the discretion of the commissioner. The commissioner may deny an appointment of a license vendor applicant based on a finding that a particular area or locale is adequately served by existing license vendors and that appointment of an additional license vendor would not benefit the public, a finding that the applicant failed at any time in the preceding three years to perform duties of a license vendor under 5 AAC 93.555 or under the terms of an appointment contract, or a finding for any other reason that the commissioner determines warrants denial of an appointment. If the commissioner denies an applicant appointment under this subsection, the commissioner will advise the applicant in writing of the decision and the reasons for the denial. If the denial is based on a finding that the area or locale is adequately served by existing license vendors, the written decision will include a list of the name and address of each license vendor in the area or locale of the applicant.

(d) An appointment is not effective until the commissioner notifies the applicant that the application has been accepted and the applicant has signed and returned to the commissioner a license vendor contract on a form provided by the department that includes

(e) Each year, the applicant must reapply and sign a new license vendor contract or a renewal of the contract on a form provided by the department for that calendar year.

(f) A person may be appointed to serve as license vendor for a temporary period, not to exceed 45 days, by verbal notice, confirmed by the commissioner in writing, if the commissioner finds the appointment is necessary because of the death, incapacity, or resignation of a license vendor serving an area or locale, or the absence of a license vendor for an area or locale.