BILL NUMBER:  AB 408
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2010




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 408 without my signature.

This bill increases the state's lobster permit fee by $300 and
creates a Lobster Management Enhancement Advisory Committee to direct
use the additional funds raised by the fee.

I vetoed an almost identical measure last year because I was
concerned that it would increase the cost of a commercial lobster
permit by almost 90 percent.  In my veto message, I also cited the
fiscal and programmatic challenges facing the Department of Fish and
Game in attempting to implement the provisions of the bill.

This bill does not address the concerns I raised in my veto last year
and thus, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger