BILL NUMBER: AB 1786	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Mansoor and Hagman
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bill Berryhill, Donnelly, Harkey,
Jeffries, Ma, Miller, Silva, and Valadao)
   (Coauthors: Senators  Cannella,  Dutton, Gaines, and
Harman)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2012

   An act to amend Sections 7149 and 7149.05 of the Fish and Game
Code, relating to sport fishing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1786, as amended, 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  , for sport fishing licenses not
issued through the Automated License Data System and for sport
fishing licenses   issued through the Automated License Data
System on and after July 1, 2014,  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, the issuance of, and the
administration and enforcement duties relating to 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 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 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 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, the issuance of, and the administration and
enforcement duties relating to, the license.  
   (5) 
    (   4)  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. 
   (6) 
    (5)  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.
  SEC. 2.  Section 7149.05 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   7149.05.  (a) A sport fishing license granting the privilege to
take any fish, reptile, or amphibia anywhere in this state for
purposes other than profit shall be issued to any of the following:

   (1) A 
    (1)     (A)     Until
July 1, 2014, a  resident, 16 years of age or older, for
 the period of 12 consecutive months beginning on the date
specified on the license   a calendar year, or, if
issued after the beginning of the year, for the remainder thereof,
 upon payment of a base fee of thirty-one dollars and
twenty-five cents ($31.25). 
   (B) On and after July 1, 2014, a resident, 16 years of age or
older, for the period of 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, 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 the issuance of, and the administration and
enforcement duties relating to, the license.  
   (5) 
    (   4)  A resident or nonresident, 16 years of
age or older, for two designated days, upon payment of half the fee
set forth in paragraph (1). Notwithstanding Section 1053, more than
one single day license issued for different days may be issued to, or
possessed by, a person at one time. 
   (6) 
    (5)  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 validations shall be issued
by authorized license agents in the same manner as sport fishing
licenses, and no compensation shall be paid to the authorized license
agent for issuing the validations except as provided in Section
1055.1.
   (c) This section applies only to licenses, permits, reservations,
tags, and 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.