BILL NUMBER: AB 787	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 2860 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to marine resources.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 787, as introduced, Chesbro. Marine protected areas.
   The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) establishes the Marine Life
Protection Program to reexamine and redesign California's marine
protected area system. Existing law requires the Department of Fish
and Game to prepare, and the Fish and Game Commission to adopt, a
master plan that guides the adoption and implementation of the
program, including recommended alternative networks of marine
protected areas. Under the MLPA, the taking of a marine species in a
marine life reserve is prohibited for any purpose, including
recreational and commercial fishing, except as authorized by the
commission for scientific purposes.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
prohibition.
   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 2860 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   2860.  (a) The commission may regulate commercial and recreational
fishing and any other taking of marine species in MPAs.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the taking
of a marine species in a marine life reserve is prohibited for any
purpose, including recreational and commercial fishing, except
 that  the commission may authorize the taking of a
marine species for scientific purposes, consistent with the purposes
of this chapter, under a scientific collecting permit issued by the
department.