BILL NUMBER: SB 752	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Berryhill
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Chesbro)

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add Section 3032 to the Fish and Game Code, relating to
entitlements.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 752, as introduced, Berryhill. Hunting entitlements: voluntary
donations.
   Existing law requires each person who takes birds or mammals in
California to apply for, and be granted, a hunting license. Existing
law authorizes specified persons to obtain tags or stamps for the
taking of specific animals or aquatic species, if certain
requirements are met.
   This bill would require that a person to whom a hunting license,
permit, reservation, tag, or other entitlement is issued pursuant to
the Automated License Data System have the opportunity at the time of
issuance to make a voluntary donation, or release contact
information, or both, to eligible nonprofit organizations, as
defined, through means of a check-off box, or through other means the
department determines to be appropriate. The bill would require the
department to annually transmit collected donation revenues and
contact information to the designated eligible nonprofit
organization. The bill would authorize the department, in order to
cover its direct administrative costs, to impose a charge on an
eligible nonprofit organization for a reasonable percentage of the
total annual donations collected for the organization.
   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 3032 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to
read:
   3032.  (a) A person to whom a hunting license, permit,
reservation, tag, or other entitlement is issued pursuant to the
Automated License Data System shall have the opportunity at the time
of issuance to make a voluntary donation, or release contact
information, or both, to eligible nonprofit organizations through
means of a check-off box, or through other means the department
determines to be appropriate.
   (b) A nonprofit organization seeking to receive donations or
contact information pursuant to this section shall annually submit a
letter to the department providing evidence that it meets the
definition of an eligible nonprofit organization as set forth in
subdivision (e). If the department determines that the nonprofit
organization is eligible, it shall include the nonprofit organization
in the check-off box or other means determined pursuant to
subdivision (a).
   (c) The department shall annually transmit donation revenues and
contact information collected pursuant to subdivision (a) to the
designated eligible nonprofit organization.
   (d) In order to cover the direct administrative costs incident to
implementing this section, the department may impose a charge on an
eligible nonprofit organization for a reasonable percentage of the
total annual donations collected for the organization pursuant to
this section.
   (e) As used in this section, "eligible nonprofit organization"
means a nonprofit organization, as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, and determined to be eligible by the
department that has goals and objectives directly related to the
conservation and management of game species and primarily represents
the interests of persons licensed pursuant to Section 3031.