BILL NUMBER: SB 1288	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 15, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 26, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman
   (Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Cannella,  and Correa
  Correa,   Dutton,   Fuller, 
 and Runner  )
   (  Coauthor:   Assembly Member 
 Cook   Coauthors:   Assembly Members
  Cook,   Harkey,   and Jeffries  )

                        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.
   Under existing law, a hunting license 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  
provide documentation of  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 
 Authorization  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 or from a military medical doctor stating that the
person is a recovering service member.
   (d) A person applying for a reduced fee hunting license shall
submit  to the department  adequate documentation for the
department to determine whether the person is, in fact, eligible for
a reduced fee hunting license. The department shall not issue a
reduced fee hunting license to any person unless it is satisfied that
the person has provided adequate documentation of eligibility for
that license.