BILL NUMBER: AB 1786	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Mansoor and Hagman

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2012

   An act to amend Section 7149 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to sport fishing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1786, as introduced, Mansoor. Sport fishing: licenses.
   Existing law requires every person 16 years of age or older who
takes any fish, reptile, or amphibian for any purpose other than
profit to first obtain a license for that purpose, with specified
exceptions, and to have that license on his or her person or in his
or her immediate possession when engaged in carrying out any activity
authorized by the license. Existing law requires a resident or a
nonresident, 16 years of age or older, upon payment of a specified
fee, to be issued a sport fishing license for the period of a
calendar year, or, if issued after the beginning of the year, for the
remainder thereof.
   This bill would instead require a resident or a nonresident, 16
years of age or older, upon payment of a fee, to be issued a sport
fishing license for the period of 12 consecutive months beginning on
the date specified on the license.
   Existing law requires a nonresident, 16 years of age or older,
upon payment of a specified fee, to be issued a sport fishing license
granting the privilege to take any fish, reptile, or amphibia
anywhere in this state for the period of 10 consecutive days
beginning on the date specified on the license.
   This bill would require that a sport fishing license for 10
consecutive days be issued to a resident, 16 years of age or older,
upon payment of a base fee, determined by the department, and would
prohibit the total fee for the license from exceeding the reasonable
regulatory costs incurred incident to issuing the license.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 7149 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   7149.  (a) A sport fishing license granting the privilege to take
any fish, reptile, or  amphibia   amphibian
 anywhere in this state for purposes other than profit shall be
issued to any of the following:
   (1) A resident  ,  16 years of age or older, for the
period of  a calendar year, or, if issued after the beginning
of the year, for the remainder thereof   12 consecutive
months beginning on the date specified on the license  , upon
payment of a base fee of thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents
($31.25).
   (2) A nonresident, 16 years of age or older, for the period of
 a calendar year, or, if issued after the beginning of the
year, for the remainder thereof  12 consecutive months
beginning on the date specified on the license  , upon payment
of a base fee of eighty-four dollars ($84).
   (3) A nonresident, 16 years of age or older, for the period of 10
consecutive days beginning on the date specified on the license 
,  upon payment of the fee set forth in paragraph (1). 
   (4) A resident, 16 years of age or older, for the period of 10
consecutive days beginning on the date specified on the license upon
payment of a base fee, determined by the department. The total fee
for the license shall not exceed the reasonable regulatory costs
incurred incident to issuing the license.  
   (4) 
    (   5)  A resident or nonresident, 16 years of
age or older, for two consecutive designated calendar days, upon
payment of half of the fee set forth in paragraph (1).
Notwithstanding Section 1053, more than one two-day license issued
for different two-day periods may be issued to, or possessed by, a
person at one time. 
   (5) 
    (   6)  A resident or nonresident, 16 years of
age or older, for one designated day, upon payment of a base fee of
ten dollars ($10).
   (b) California sport fishing license stamps shall be issued by
authorized license agents in the same manner as sport fishing
licenses, and no compensation may be paid to the authorized license
agent for issuing the stamps except as provided in Section 1055.
   (c) This section does not apply to licenses, permits,
reservations, tags, or other entitlements issued through the
Automated License Data System.
   (d) The base fees specified in this section are applicable to the
2004 license year, and shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant
to Section 713.