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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1052
Author: Caballero (D)
Amended: 8/19/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE NATURAL RES. & WATER COMMITTEE : 9-1, 7/6/09
AYES: Pavley, Benoit, Huff, Kehoe, Leno, Padilla,
Simitian, Wiggins, Wolk
NOES: Hollingsworth
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cogdill
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 11-0, 8/24/09
AYES: Kehoe, Cox, Corbett, Denham, Hancock, Leno, Oropeza,
Price, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 79-0, 6/1/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill repeals the requirement to obtain a
Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp or validation.
This bill continues indefinitely the Bay-Delta Sport
Fishing Enhancement Stamp Advisory Committee, and requires
the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to implement various
provisions related to expenditures from the Sport Fish
Enhancement Stamp Account. This bill requires DFG, in
consultation with the advisory committee, to develop a
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grant program, as prescribed. Requires DFG to post on its
Internet Web site projects undertaken with funds from the
Account.
ANALYSIS : Current law requires any person fishing in
waters of the San Francisco Bay Delta and the waters of the
main stem of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers to hold
a valid fishing license with a Bay-Delta Sport Fishing
Enhancement Stamp (Bay-Delta Stamp). Currently, the
Bay-Delta Stamp costs anglers $6.30 per year. In 2007-08,
Bay-Delta Stamp revenues were approximately $1.6 million.
Proceeds from the sale of the Bay-Delta Stamp are deposited
in the Sport Fish Enhancement Stamp Account of the Fish and
Game Preservation Fund and are to be used for projects and
activities that will provide a benefit to the primary
Bay-Delta sport fisheries, including salmon, surf perch,
steelhead trout, striped bass, sturgeon, and black bass.
Current law establishes an Advisory Committee, consisting
of nine members of the public selected by the Director of
DFG from a list of candidates selected by anglers. The
Advisory Committee is charged with recommending projects to
DFG, to be funded with Bay-Delta Stamp proceeds. The
Bay-Delta Stamp is set to sunset on January 1, 2010.
In 2008, the Bureau of State Audits found that DFG had been
slow in spending funds from the Bay-Delta Stamp. As a
result, the Account had built up a fund balance of about $7
million. (The Bay-Delta Stamp generates approximately $1.6
million per year in revenues. The DFG has approximately
$2.5 million in spending authority in the current year. At
the end of 2009-10, DFG estimates the fund balance will be
approximately $5 million.) In addition, the audit found
that DFG's accounting of funds in the Account was
inadequate and inaccurate. The audit made a series of
recommendations to improve accountability for use of the
funds in the Account.
This bill sets out revised procedures for DFG and the
Advisory Committee to oversee the use of funds in the
Account. Specifically, this bill requires DFG, in
consultation with the Advisory Committee, to develop a
spending plan for funds in the Account. This bill directs
DFG, in consultation with the Advisory Committee, to
determine priority areas for funding and requires DFG to
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share specific information on grant applications and grant
funding with the Advisory Committee. This bill requires
DFG to make information available to the Advisory Committee
and the public on the uses of funds from the Account. This
bill also sets out procedures for DFG to better track the
use of funds in the Account. Many of these changes reflect
recommendations made by the Bureau of State Audits.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/26/09)
Allied Fishing Groups
Bay Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp Advisory
Committee
California Outdoor Heritage Alliance
California Sport Fishing Protection Alliance
California Trout
Diablo Valley Fly Fishermen
Northern California/Nevada Council, Federation of Fly
Fishers
Planning and Conservation League
Sierra Pacific Council, Federation of Fly Fishers
Southwest Council, Federation of Fly Fishers
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The author's office states that
the intent of this bill is to require DFG to follow the
State Auditor's recommendations to address concerns with
DFG's handling of stamp funds, including inadequate
monitoring of fish stamp project activity, incomplete
expenditure reports, and inappropriate charges funded from
the stamp program.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi,
Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight,
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Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza,
Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A.
Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra
Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, Yamada, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block
CTW/DLW:mw 8/26/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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