BILL ANALYSIS
AB 1995
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1995 (Gaines)
As Amended June 15, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |74-0 |(April 29, |SENATE: |34-0 |(July 1, 2010) |
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Original Committee Reference: W., P. & W.
SUMMARY : Authorizes a person who purchases a fishing or
hunting stamp through the Department of Fish and Game's (DFG's)
Automated License Data System (ALDS), that is lost or destroyed,
to purchase a replacement stamp for a base fee of $3.
The Senate amendments make a technical change to clarify that
the base fee for replacement of lost hunting license of tag is
$5, and the base fee for replacement of a stamp is $3.
EXISTING LAW prohibits a person from obtaining more than one
license, permit, reservation or other entitlement of the same
class for fishing or hunting in the same license year, with
certain exceptions, and authorizes an unexpired hunting or
fishing license that is lost or destroyed to be replaced for a
base fee of $5, which, with adjustments for inflation, is
currently $8.75.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill authorized a person who
purchases a fishing or hunting stamp through DFG's ALDS, that is
lost or destroyed, to purchase a replacement stamp for a base
fee of $3.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations Committee
analysis, up to $50,000 per year in lost revenues to DFG (Fish
and Game Preservation Fund).
COMMENTS : The Senate amendments are technical and clarifying,
and do not change the effect of this bill as passed by the
Assembly. Currently DFG authorizes persons who lose their
hunting or fishing license to purchase a replacement license
with payment of a fee, but any stamp that was affixed to the
license must be repurchased at full price, since DFG has no way
of tracking the purchase of stamps to verify the prior purchase.
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Once DFG's ALDS is fully implemented, it will allow DFG to
capture customer information, including a record of what
licenses and stamps were purchased. With the ability to track
this information, the author notes that charging full price for
replacement of a lost or destroyed stamp would be unfair. This
bill authorizes replacement of lost or destroyed stamps with
payment of a $3 fee. It would also continue to allow
replacement of lost or destroyed licenses with payment of the
current fee charged. DFG is in the process of reengineering
their licensing processes with implementation of the ALDS
system. Implementation is beginning in 2010 with the entire
system scheduled to be on line by 2012. ALDS will automate
DFG's antiquated paper licensing system and provide DFG the
ability to capture customer information in a database via the
Internet, or through licensed agents equipped with ALDS systems.
In order to fully implement ALDS, DFG must update statutes to
reflect the new business policies necessitated by this more
efficient process.
Analysis Prepared by : Diane Colborn / W., P. & W. / (916)
319-2096
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