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Kachemak Bay advisory board hears concerns about SB105’s cabin provisions, endorses submitting comments on SB105 and SB138
Summary
Board members reviewed questions about Senate Bill 105 (private/recreational cabins) and SB138 (a 9% tax on peer‑to‑peer car rentals) and agreed by motion to have the chair submit CAB comments on the bills to Senate committees; members raised concerns SB105 could create exceptions for legislatively designated lands and urged caution.
Advisory board members discussed two state bills that affect park management and park revenue at the April 9 meeting and agreed to submit formal CAB comments to Senate committees.
Chair (speaker 5) summarized answers staff had obtained about Senate Bill 105, a bill addressing private/recreational cabin provisions. Staff said the bill appears aimed at cabin transfers and that wide implementation would be limited by staffing and funding: "I don't see it happening because there's no money to manage it," staff reported. Board members raised a potential risk that the bill could allow exceptions for legislatively designated areas or critical habitat; one member asked whether the bill could be a "Trojan horse" enabling private control of park lands if not carefully limited.
The board also reviewed Senate Bill 138, which would extend a 9% rental-car tax to peer-to-peer platforms such as Turo. Staff explained that existing rental-car tax revenue (split between state parks and another account) could be broadened by the bill: "Half of that comes to state parks," staff said of current rental-car tax allocations.
After discussion, a CAB member moved that the chair submit comments on SB105 and SB138 on behalf of the CAB; the motion was seconded and carried by consensus with no recorded roll-call vote. The board chair said he would prepare and send the comments to the Senate resources and transportation committees.
The board did not adopt a formal resolution detailing specific language at the meeting; staff offered to circulate the submitted comments to interested board members upon request.
