BILL NUMBER: SB 1288	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 26, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman
   (Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Cannella, and Correa)
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Cook)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 3033 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to wildlife resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1288, as amended, Harman. Hunting licenses. 
   Existing law generally requires a 
    Under existing law, a  hunting license  for the
taking of a bird or mammal   grants the privilege to
take birds and mammals  . Existing law requires the Department
of Fish and Game to issue a  hunting  license, upon payment
of a fee, to eligible California residents and nonresidents, as
specified. Existing law requires the department to issue a reduced
fee hunting  license, as specified, to a disabled veteran,
as defined.
   This bill would also require the department to issue a reduced fee
 hunting  license to military personnel who are recovering
service members, as defined, and who demonstrate eligibility, as
prescribed.
   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 3033 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   3033.  (a) The department shall, upon application and payment of a
fee, issue a reduced fee hunting license, that authorizes the
licensee to take any bird or mammal as otherwise authorized pursuant
to this code and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to a disabled
veteran, as defined in subdivision (b), or to a recovering service
member, as defined in subdivision (c), who has not been convicted of
any violation of this code. The base license fee for a reduced fee
hunting license shall be four dollars ($4) for the hunting license
year beginning on July 1, 1995, and, for the following years, this
license fee may be annually reviewed and adjusted in accordance with
Section 713.
   (b) "Disabled veteran" means a person having a 50 percent or
greater service-connected disability and an honorable discharge from
military service. The person shall be eligible upon presentation of
proof of an honorable discharge from military service and proof of
the disability. Proof of the disability shall be by certification
from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or by
presentation of a license issued pursuant to this section in the
preceding license year.
   (c) "Recovering service member" means a member of the military who
meets the definition of "recovering service member" in Section 1602
(7)  of  the  federal  National Defense
Administration Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181). A
person shall be eligible for a reduced fee hunting license pursuant
to this subdivision upon the submission of a letter, online or in
hardcopy, to the department from that person's commanding officer
 and   or  from a military medical doctor
stating that the person is a recovering service member.
   (d) A person applying for a reduced fee  sport fishing
  hunting  license shall submit adequate
documentation for the department to determine whether the person is,
in fact, eligible for a reduced fee  sport fishing 
 hunting  license. The department shall not issue a reduced
fee  sport fishing   hunting  license to
any person unless it is satisfied that the person has provided
adequate documentation of eligibility for that license.