BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



                                                                  SB 1288
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          Date of Hearing:   August 8, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                    SB 1288 (Harman) - As Amended:  June 15, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                             Water, Parks and 
          Wildlife     Vote:                            13-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill adds to the list of persons eligible to receive a 
          reduced-fee hunting license
          a recovering service member who provides to DFG a letter from 
          his or her commanding officer or a military medical doctor 
          stating the person's status as a recovering service member.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Potential negligible revenue loss to DFG from the small number 
          of recovering service members who would buy full-price hunting 
          licenses, absent this bill (special fund). 

           COMMENTS  

          The author contends it appropriate to facilitate recovering 
          service members participation in recreational activities, such 
          as hunting, that can promote physical and mental healing.  The 
          author notes that current law makes disabled veterans eligible 
          for discounted hunting licenses.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081