BILL NUMBER: SB 1367	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Fuller

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 4370 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to hunting.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1367, as introduced, Fuller. Deer: archery season: concealed
firearms.
   Existing law establishes an archery season for the taking of deer
with bow and arrow. Existing law prohibits a person taking or
attempting to take deer during that archery season from carrying, or
have under his or her immediate control, any firearm of any kind.
   Other existing law generally makes carrying a concealed firearm a
crime, but establishes a number of exceptions, including exceptions
for peace officers, honorably retired peace officers, and hunters and
fishermen while engaged in hunting or fishing.
   This bill would revise that archery provision to authorize a peace
officer, whether active or honorably retired, or a person with a
valid license to carry a concealed firearm, to carry a firearm on his
or her person while engaged in the taking of deer with bow and
arrow, but would prohibit taking or attempting to take deer with that
firearm.
   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 4370 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   4370.   (a)    In every area in which deer may
lawfully be taken during the general open season there is an archery
season for the taking of deer with bow and arrow. The season for each
area shall be as the commission may prescribe, with a minimum
interposing interval of three days immediately preceding the regular
open season on deer in that area.  No   Except
as provided in subdivision (b), a  person taking or attempting
to take deer during such archery season shall  neither 
carry,  or   nor  have under his  or
her  immediate control, any firearm of any kind. 
   (b) A peace officer listed in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section
830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, whether active or
honorably retired, or a person with a valid license to carry a
concealed firearm pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section
26150) of Division 5 of Title 4 of Part 6 of the Penal Code, may
carry a firearm on his or her person while engaged in the taking of
deer with bow and arrow in accordance with subdivision (a), but shall
not take or attempt to take deer with the firearm.