BILL NUMBER: SB 1332	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Dutton

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 395 of the Fish and Game Code, relating to
falconry.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1332, as introduced, Dutton. Birds-of-prey.
   Existing law authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to adopt
regulations for the possession or training, and the capture,
importation, exportation, or intrastate transfer, of birds in the
orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes (birds-of-prey) used in the
practice of falconry. Existing law authorizes the commission to
authorize the issuance and provide for the revocation of licenses and
permits to persons for the practice of falconry.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   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 395 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   395.  (a) The commission may adopt regulations for the possession
or training, and the capture, importation, exportation, or intrastate
transfer, of any bird  species  in the ordersFalconiformes
 Falconiformes  andStrigiformes  Strigiformes 
(birds-of-prey) used in the practice of falconry and may authorize
the issuance  ,  and provide for the revocation  , 
of licenses and permits to persons for the practice of falconry.
   (b) It is unlawful to capture, possess, or train any bird in the
ordersFalconiformes  Falconiformes  andStrigiformes 
Strigiformes  (birds-of-prey) in the practice of falconry
without procuring a falconry license.