BILL NUMBER: AB 566	CHAPTERED  07/22/03

	CHAPTER  82
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 22, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 21, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 7, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 3, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 2, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yee

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2003

   An act to amend Section 8050 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to fish.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 566, Yee.  Fish:  accounting records.
   Existing law requires persons engaged in business for profit
involving fish to keep accounting records of all transactions in the
English language.  Existing law requires those records to include,
among other things, the number of pounds purchased, received, or
taken of each different species, the name of the person from whom the
fish were purchased or received, the name of the recipient, and the
date of the receipt.  Existing law requires the accounting records to
be maintained for a period of 3 years.
   This bill would, instead, require those records to include the
number of pounds sold, distributed, or taken of each different
species, the name of the person to whom the fish were sold or
distributed, the name, address, and phone number of the seller or
distributor, and the date of the sale.  The bill would instead
require that the accounting record information required by that
provision which is transmitted from any person identified in that
provision to any business that deals in fish for profit to be in the
English language.  The bill would clarify that both buyers and
sellers shall maintain those records for 3 years.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 8050 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   8050.  (a) In addition to the receipt required in Section 8043,
every person licensed under Article 7 (commencing with Section 8030),
and any commercial fisherman who sells fish to persons who are not
licensed under Article 7 (commencing with Section 8030), and any
person who deals in fresh or frozen fish for profit, shall keep
accounting records in which all of the following shall be recorded:
   (1) The names of the different species.
   (2) The number of pounds sold, distributed, or taken of each
different species.
   (3) The name of the person to whom the fish were sold or
distributed.
   (4) The name, address, and phone number of the seller or
distributor.
   (5) The date of sale.
   (6) The price paid.
   (7) The intended use.
   (b) Accounting record information required by this section that is
transmitted from any person identified in subdivision (a) to any
business that deals in fish for profit shall be in the English
language.
   (c) The accounting records shall be maintained by both buyer and
seller for a period of three years and upon request, shall be open
for inspection during normal business hours by the department.  The
accounting records shall be maintained within the State of
California.
   (d) The names used for designating the species of fish shall be
those in common usage unless otherwise designated by the department.