BILL NUMBER: SB 709	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hollingsworth

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 2000 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to fish and wildlife.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 709, as introduced, Hollingsworth. Fish and wildlife: taking
and possession.

   Existing law regulates the taking or possession of birds, mammals,
fish, amphibians, and reptiles and generally provides that a
violation of the fish and game laws is a crime.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that
violation provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 2000 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   2000.  It is unlawful to take any bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or
amphibian except as provided in this code or regulations made
pursuant  thereto   to this code  .
Possession of a bird, mammal, fish, or reptile  ,  or parts
 thereof   of these animals,  in or on the
fields, forests, or waters of this state, or while returning 
therefrom   from those places  with fishing or
hunting equipment is prima facie evidence the possessor took the
bird, mammal, fish  ,  or reptile  ,  or parts
 thereof   of these animals  .