BILL NUMBER: AB 606	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 15, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bill Berryhill, Garrick, Gorell,
Jeffries, and Olsen)
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   La
Malfa   and Wolk   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to add Section 1507 to the Fish and Game Code, relating to
fish and wildlife resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 606, as amended, Gatto. Hunting and fishing.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Fish and Game to enter
into contracts for fish and wildlife habitat preservation,
restoration, and enhancement with public and private entities
whenever the department finds that the contracts will assist in
meeting the department's duty to preserve, protect, and restore fish
and wildlife.
   The Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947 specifically authorizes the
Wildlife Conservation Board to authorize the Department of Fish and
Game to acquire real property, including easements, for the benefit
of wildlife.
   This bill would require the department to  permit
wildlife-dependent recreational activities, including, but not
limited to, hunting and fishing   allow compatible
hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities  , on land
subject to a wildlife conservation easement or a fish and wildlife
habitat contract, except as specifically prohibited in the applicable
easement, contract, or memorandum of understanding, or by other
applicable law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1507 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to
read:
   1507.  (a) Except as specifically prohibited in the applicable
easement, contract, or memorandum of understanding, or by other
applicable law, the department shall  permit
wildlife-dependent recreational activities, including, but not
limited to, hunting and fishing   allow compatible
hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities  , on either
of the following:
   (1) Land subject to a wildlife conservation easement pursuant to
Article 3 (commencing with Section 1345) of Chapter 4.
   (2) Land subject to a contract for fish and wildlife habitat
preservation, restoration, and enhancement pursuant to Section
1501.5.
   (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect an
existing wildlife conservation easement, contract, or memorandum of
understanding entered into before January 1, 2012.
   (c) This section does not affect a landowner's authority to
lawfully restrict public access.