BILL ANALYSIS
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 286
Author: Aanestad (R)
Amended: 8/27/09
Vote: 21
SENATE NATURAL RES. & WATER COMMITTEE : 10-0, 4/14/09
AYES: Pavley, Cogdill, Hollingsworth, Huff, Kehoe, Leno,
Padilla, Simitian, Wiggins, Wolk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Benoit
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 10-0, 4/27/09
AYES: Kehoe, Cox, Corbett, DeSaulnier, Leno, Oropeza,
Runner, Walters, Wolk, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Denham, Hancock, Wyland
SENATE FLOOR : 35-0, 5/6/09 (Consent)
AYES: Alquist, Ashburn, Benoit, Calderon, Cogdill, Corbett,
Correa, Cox, Denham, Ducheny, Dutton, Florez, Hancock,
Harman, Hollingsworth, Huff, Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal,
Maldonado, Negrete McLeod, Oropeza, Padilla, Pavley,
Romero, Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland, Walters,
Wiggins, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Aanestad, Cedillo, DeSaulnier, Runner
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 8/31/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Department of Fish and Game: scientific
collector's permits
SOURCE : Natural Resource Scientists
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DIGEST : This bill allows the Department of Fish and Game
to issue an organization-based permit for the scientific
collection of plants and animals, rather than issuing
individual permits to each person working under an
organization on a specific project.
Assembly Amendments authorize the Department of Fish and
Game to charge a fee for the permit.
ANALYSIS : Under existing law, Section 1001 of the Fish
and Game Code allows the Department of Fish and Game (DFG)
to take plants and animals for scientific, propagation,
public health, safety, prevention, relief of suffering, or
law enforcement purposes.
Section 1002 allows the department to issue permits,
subject to restrictions and regulations, to take or possess
plants and animals for scientific, educational, or
propagation purposes. These permits may be valid for 24
months and cost a base fee of $30, adjusted for inflation
(currently $57.75).
This bill allows DFG to issue permits for the collection of
plants and animals to a California certified small business
or to an aquarium accredited by the Association of Zoos and
Aquariums in the name of the principal scientific
investigator or the company. This organization-based group
permit would cover temporary employees or volunteers if the
permittee has notified DFG of their names.
This bill provides that the department shall charge a fee
for this permit. This bill specifies that the department
may amend a permit issued, including, but not limited to,
the addition or removal of individual temporary employees
or volunteers working under the permit, on the payment of a
base fee of $60.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
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Major Provisions 2009-10 2010-11
2011-12 Fund
Reduced fee revenues Unknown, up to
$100 per year Special *
*Fish and Game Preservation Fund
SUPPORT : (Verified 9/1/09)
Natural Resource Scientists (source)
Family Water Alliance
SeaWorld San Diego
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
"Temporary employees, usually volunteers, aren't hired
until the start of the field project. However, it usually
takes 3-4 months for the Department of Fish and Game to
approve the Scientific Collector's Permits. If a temporary
employee resigns, the permits go with the employee, and do
not remain with the Principal Scientific Investigator, or
with the company who paid for the permit. This forces the
company, or the investigator, to start all over."
The Family Water Alliance agrees that the permitting
process for individual employees can be lengthy and
indeterminate, often taking months before approvals are
obtained. This circumstance affects the timeliness and
cost-effectiveness of projects.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, 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,
Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza,
Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez,
V. Manuel Perez, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner,
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Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson,
Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Davis, Knight, Miller, Portantino
CTW:RJG:nl 9/1/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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