California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1230

Introduced by Assembly Member Donnelly

February 22, 2013

An act to amend Section 2070 of the Fish and Game Code, relating to protected species.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1230, as introduced, Donnelly. Endangered species and threatened species: establishment of lists.

The California Endangered Species Act requires the Fish and Game Commission to establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species. The act requires the commission to add or remove species from either list if it finds, upon the receipt of sufficient scientific information pursuant to the act, that the action is warranted.

This bill, instead, would require the commission to add or remove species based upon the receipt of adequate, rather than sufficient, scientific information.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 2070 of the Fish and Game Code is
amended to read:

2070.  

The commission shall establish a list of endangered
species and a list of threatened species. The commission shall add
or remove species from either list if it finds, upon the receipt of
begin delete sufficient end delete begin insert adequate end insert scientific information pursuant to this article,
that the action is warranted.