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                                                                  AB 2775
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          Date of Hearing:   April 13, 2010

                   ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON WATER, PARKS AND WILDLIFE
                            Jared William Huffman, Chair
                AB 2775 (Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife) - As  
                             Introduced:  March 1, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :   Permits: Restricted Animals

           SUMMARY  :   Repeals an obsolete section of the Fish and Game Code  
          relating to permits for certain restricted animals possessed  
          prior to 1975.   Specifically,  this bill  repeals a narrow  
          exception to existing law, which otherwise prohibits the  
          possession of certain restricted animals, allowing such animals  
          to be possessed under permit if the owner legally acquired and  
          possessed the animal prior to 1975.    

           EXISTING LAW  :

          1)Makes it unlawful to import, transport, possess, or release  
            restricted animals without a permit.

          2)Authorizes persons to possess under permit certain restricted  
            animals which are prohibited from being imported, transported,  
            possessed or released alive solely because of concern for the  
            welfare of the animal, if the owner can demonstrate the animal  
            was legally acquired and possessed in the state prior to 1975.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown

           COMMENTS  :   This bill deletes an obsolete section of the Fish  
          and Game Code.  There are no known permits still in effect under  
          this section, which applies only to permits for a certain  
          narrowly defined class of restricted animals that were legally  
          acquired and possessed prior to 1975.  Continuing to allow this  
          section to remain on the books creates potential confusion  
          regarding the availability of such permits.  This bill is  
          intended as a technical code cleanup measure.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None









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           Opposition 
           
          None
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Diane Colborn / W., P. & W. / (916)  
          319-2096