BILL NUMBER: SB 1188	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 31, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senators McGuire, Nielsen, and Wolk
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Dodd)
   (Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Gaines, and Roth)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Bigelow, Dahle,
Gray, Lackey, Obernolte, Olsen, and Wood)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 1504 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to fish and wildlife.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1188, McGuire. Wildlife management areas: payment of taxes and
assessments.
   Existing law regulates real property acquired and operated by the
state as wildlife management areas, and authorizes the Department of
Fish and Wildlife, when income is directly derived from that real
property, as provided, to annually pay to the county in which the
property is located an amount equal to the county taxes levied upon
the property at the time it was transferred to the state. Existing
law further authorizes the department to pay the assessments levied
upon the property by any irrigation, drainage, or reclamation
district. Existing law requires those payments to only be made from
funds that are appropriated to the department for those purposes.
   This bill would require, instead of authorize, the department to
make these payments subject to appropriation by the Legislature.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1504 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   1504.  (a) When income is derived directly from real property
acquired and operated by the state as a wildlife management area, and
regardless of whether income is derived from property acquired after
October 1, 1949, the department shall pay annually to the county in
which the property is located an amount equal to the county taxes
levied upon the property at the time title to the property was
transferred to the state. The department shall also pay the
assessments levied upon the property by any irrigation, drainage, or
reclamation district.
   (b) Any delinquent penalties or interest applicable to any of
those assessments made before September 9, 1953, are hereby canceled
and shall be waived.
   (c) Payments provided by this section shall only be made from
funds that are appropriated to the department for the purposes of
this section.
   (d) As used in this section, the term "wildlife management area"
includes waterfowl management areas, deer ranges, upland game bird
management areas, and public shooting grounds.
   (e) Any payment made under this section shall be made on or before
December 10 of each year, with the exception of newly acquired
property for which payments shall be made pursuant to subdivision
(f).
   (f) Any payments made for the purposes of this section shall be
made within one year of the date title to the property was
transferred to the state, or within 90 days from the date of
designation as a wildlife management area, whichever occurs first,
prorated for the balance of the year from the date of designation as
a wildlife management area to the 30th day of June following the date
of designation as a wildlife management area, and, thereafter,
payments shall be made on or before December 10 of each year.
   (g) Notwithstanding any other law, payments provided under this
section shall not be allocated to a school district, a community
college district, or a county superintendent of schools.