BILL NUMBER:  SB 589
  VETOED	DATE: 10/12/2009




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 589 without my signature.

This bill would establish two new dedicated accounts within the Fish
and Game Preservation Fund; one for the deposit of revenues generated
through the sale of big game tags, and one for funds received from
the sale of upland game bird stamps. This bill would make changes to
the way in which the Department of Fish and Game (Department) may
spend the monies in the newly-created accounts and would require the
Department to include a fund condition statement on its website.

The creation of more dedicated accounts and reserving more funds for
those accounts will only increase the complexity of the Department's
fiscal management of these dollars, as well as reduce the Department'
s flexibility to appropriately administer hunting programs.
Additionally, the bill's requirement that the Department post budget
information on its public website is redundant since the Department
already does this for all of its accounts.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger