BILL NUMBER: AB 87	CHAPTERED  09/22/06

	CHAPTER  406
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 22, 2006
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 22, 2006
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 31, 2006
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 30, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 6, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 25, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bermudez
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Maze)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Benoit, Daucher, DeVore, Emmerson,
Leslie, Mountjoy, Parra, and Sharon Runner)
   (Coauthor: Senator Machado)

                        JANUARY 6, 2005

   An act to amend Section 4005 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to trapping licenses.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 87, Bermudez  Trapping licenses: exemptions.
   Existing law requires every person, other than a fur dealer, who
traps fur-bearing mammals or nongame mammals, designated by the Fish
and Game Commission or who sells raw furs of those mammals, to
procure a trapping license from the Department of Fish and Game.
   Existing law provides for the licensing by the Structural Pest
Control Board of individuals who practice structural pest control.
Existing law also provides for the licensing by the Department of
Pesticide Regulation of various persons and businesses who apply
pesticides.
   This bill would exempt a structural pest control operator licensed
by the Structural Pest Control Board and a person or business
licensed or certified by the Department of Pesticide Regulation from
the licensing requirement for trapping specified mammals, as
provided.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 4005 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   4005.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every
person, other than a fur dealer, who traps fur-bearing mammals or
nongame mammals, designated by the commission or who sells raw furs
of those mammals, shall procure a trapping license. "Raw fur" means
any fur, pelt, or skin that has not been tanned or cured, except that
salt-cured or sun-cured pelts are raw furs.
   (b) The department shall develop standards that are necessary to
ensure the competence and proficiency of applicants for a trapping
license. No person shall be issued a license until he or she has
passed a test of his or her knowledge and skill in this field.
   (c) Persons trapping mammals in accordance with Section 4152 or
4180 are not required to procure a trapping license except when
providing trapping services for profit.
   (d) No raw furs taken by persons providing trapping services for
profit may be sold.
   (e) The license requirement imposed by this section does not apply
to any of the following:
   (1) Officers or employees of federal, county, or city agencies or
the department, when acting in their official capacities, or officers
or employees of the Department of Food and Agriculture when acting
pursuant to the Food and Agricultural Code pertaining to pests or
pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 6021) of Chapter 9 of
Part 1 of Division 4 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
   (2) Structural pest control operators license pursuant to Chapter
14 (commencing with Section 8500) of Division 3 of the Business and
Professions Code, when trapping rats, mice, voles, moles, or gophers.

   (3) Persons and businesses licensed or certified by the Department
of Pesticide Regulation pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 11701) and Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 12201) of
Division 6 of, and Chapter 3.6, (commencing with Section 14151) of
Division 7 of, the Food and Agricultural Code, when trapping rats,
mice, voles, moles, or gophers.