BILL NUMBER: SB 1265	CHAPTERED  07/16/04

	CHAPTER  172
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 16, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 15, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 1, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  MARCH 30, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife (Senators
Kuehl (Chair), Alpert, Bowen, Denham, Hollingsworth, Oller, Ortiz,
Sher, and Torlakson)

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2004

   An act to amend Sections 2854 and 15702 of, and to repeal Section
15603 of, the Fish and Game Code, relating to fish and game.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1265, Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife.  Fish and
game: reporting requirements.
   Existing law required the State Interagency Marine Managed Areas
Workgroup established by the Resources Agency to submit its final
report to the Legislature and the Fish and Game Commission by January
15, 2000.  Existing law required the Department of Fish and Game to
undertake a study and report to the Legislature on or before January
1, 1994, on the importation, spawning, incubation, rearing, and sale
of anadromous fish.  Existing law required the Aquaculture
Development Committee, on or before January 1, 1997, to prepare and
provide to the Director of Fish and Game a report with its
recommendations to improve the effectiveness and eliminate
overlapping responsibilities in state and local regulatory
requirements on the commercial aquaculture industry in the state.
   This bill would delete those obsolete reporting requirements.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 2854 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   2854.   The workgroup shall, after appropriate consultation with
members of the public, determine future actions for implementing the
recommendations of its final report.
  SEC. 2.  Section 15603 of the Fish and Game Code is repealed.
  SEC. 3.  Section 15702 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   15702.  (a) The committee shall be advisory to the director on all
matters pertaining to aquaculture and shall coordinate activities
among public entities.
   (b) The committee shall assist the director in developing and
implementing a state aquaculture plan, identify the opportunities for
regulatory relief, assist in development of research and development
priorities, assist in the development of criteria to assure that
publicly financed pilot programs are compatible with industry needs,
and identify other opportunities for industrial development.