BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 1107| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ UNFINISHED BUSINESS Bill No: SB 1107 Author: Berryhill (R) Amended: 6/19/12 Vote: 21 SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER COMM. : 8-0, 3/27/12 AYES: Pavley, La Malfa, Cannella, Fuller, Kehoe, Padilla, Simitian, Wolk NO VOTE RECORDED: Evans SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8 SENATE FLOOR : 38-0, 5/17/12 AYES: Alquist, Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Calderon, Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Dutton, Emmerson, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Hancock, Harman, Hernandez, Huff, Kehoe, La Malfa, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Rubio, Simitian, Steinberg, Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner, Strickland ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 79-0, 8/16/12 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Entitlements: voluntary donations SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill allows members of the public to CONTINUED SB 1107 Page 2 voluntarily release their contact information to qualified nonprofit conservation organizations when they purchase hunting or fishing licenses, tags, stamps or other validations through the Department of Fish and Game's (DFG) Automated License Data System (ALDS). Assembly Amendments (1) add language that states the bill requires the DFG to deposit revenues of the charge in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, exclusively to pay all initial and ongoing costs associated with the direct administration of these provisions, and the bill requires the DFG to implement the links from the ALDS Web site by January 1, 2015, if it determines that date is feasible, and (2) make technical changes. ANALYSIS : Existing law: 1. States that all licenses, permits, tags, reservations, and other entitlements authorized by the Fish and Game Code (FGC) are prepared and issued by the DFG or an authorized license agent. 2. Authorizes specified persons to obtain tags or stamps for the taking of specific animals or aquatic species, if certain requirements are met. 3. Authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to require and prescribe the form of applications for licenses, permits, tags, reservations, and other entitlements and the form of any contrivance to be used in connection therewith. This bill requires DFG, if it determines that a nonprofit conservation organization meets specified eligibility requirements and submits a prescribed letter annually, to include the nonprofit conservation organization's logo in a space with a link to the organization's Internet Web site on the ALDS for a time period agreed upon by the department and the organization. This bill authorizes DFG to impose a charge on a nonprofit conservation organization for inclusion on the ALDS and prohibits that charge from CONTINUED SB 1107 Page 3 exceeding the reasonable costs of administering these provisions. This bill requires the DFG to deposit revenues of the charge in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, exclusively to pay all initial and ongoing costs associated with the direct administration of these provisions. This bill requires the DFG to implement the links from the ALDS Web site by January 1, 2015, if it determines that date is feasible. Background Every person must have a license for the take of fish, birds, and mammals (Section 3007 of the FGC for hunting licenses, Section 7145 of the FGC for fishing licenses) unless that person is covered by an exception, which is a rarity. Two of the exceptions are for fishing by a landowner on private property and hunting on a free hunting day. The DFG is phasing out their current paper license system and replacing it with an automated system called the Automated License Data System. This process began about a year ago. Phase I of the ALDS roll-out ended in late 2011. Phase I consisted of siting kiosks for selling licenses and establishing an ALDS Web site for the public to use. DFG is now in the midst of Phase II of the roll-out which should take until about 2014. Phase II will focus on internal improvements to the system, adding new functionality, and other tasks. FGC Section 1050.6 is clear that the names and addresses of those obtaining recreational fishing and hunting licenses are confidential and shall only be released in limited circumstances. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 8/17/12) California Fish and Game Commission CONTINUED SB 1107 Page 4 California Outdoor Heritage Alliance California Waterfowl Association ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The California Outdoor Heritage Alliance (COHA) supports this bill because it believes that greater conservation efforts will occur at the local level. Although not specified in this bill, COHA suggests that typical activities could include wetland restoration efforts, big game population surveying, controlled burning to improve habitat, re-forestation efforts, securing public access to land, facilitating conservation easements on private land, and migratory bird banding. ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 79-0, 8/16/12 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NO VOTE RECORDED: Lara CTW:k 8/17/12 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** CONTINUED