BILL NUMBER: AB 1773	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yamada

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2012

   An act to add Section 3706 to the Fish and Game Code, relating to
migratory birds.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1773, as introduced, Yamada. Migratory birds: the Pacific
Flyway.
   Existing law authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to adopt
regulations pertaining to migratory birds, as specified. Existing law
requires a person to procure a hunting license and a duck stamp or a
state duck hunting validation to take migratory birds, as specified.

   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations
pertaining to migratory birds and the Pacific Flyway.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 3706 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to
read:
   3706.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) The Pacific Flyway is an essential wildlife corridor of state,
federal, and international significance.
   (b) California's inland and coastal areas, including lands in the
Central Valley are important habitat components of the Pacific
Flyway.
   (c) In California, the Pacific Flyway is supported by a diverse
assortment of public and private lands, including national wildlife
refuges, state wildlife areas, ricelands and other agricultural
lands, and managed wetlands.
   (d) Lands along the Pacific Flyway serve as habitat for wintering
waterfowl, breeding waterfowl, nonbreeding shorebirds, breeding
shorebirds, waterbirds, breeding riparian songbirds, and additional
terrestrial and aquatic species, including listed species such as the
giant garter snake.
   (e) The Central Valley Joint Venture 2006 Implementation Plan
establishes conservation objectives, including reliable water
supplies, for different land uses that provide habitat values to the
various bird groups utilizing the Pacific Flyway and serves as a
helpful guide for habitat needs in the Central Valley.
   (f) The migratory nature of the birds utilizing the Pacific Flyway
dictates that adequate habitat be provided throughout the Pacific
Flyway to enhance survivability of the species.