BILL NUMBER: SB 752	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 5, 2011

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 amended, Berryhill.  Hunting entitlements:
  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   nonprofit hunting 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  hunting  organization. The bill would authorize
the department,  in order  to cover its direct
administrative costs  of implementation  , to impose a
 charge on an eligible nonprofit organization for a
reasonable percentage of the total annual donations collected for the
organization   fee on a nonprofit hunting organization,
not to exceed 3% of the total annual donations collected for the
nonprofit hunting 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   any
 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
  nonprofit hunting  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   criteria set forth in  subdivision (e).
If the department determines that the nonprofit organization is
eligible, it shall include the  nonprofit organization
  entity  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   nonprofit
hunting  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

    (d)     To recover its direct
administrative costs of implementing this section, the department may
impose a fee on a nonprofit hunting organization, not to exceed 3
percent of the total annual donations collected for the nonprofit
hunting organization pursuant  to this section.
   (e) As used in this section,  "eligible nonprofit
  "nonprofit hunting  organization" means a
nonprofit  organization, as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of
  hunting organization, as defined in  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. 
   (f) Donations made to a nonprofit hunting organization may be
eligible for tax deductions as provided in the Internal Revenue Code.
The department shall provide a written receipt for any donation made
pursuant to this section.  
   (g) Any advertising materials produced pursuant to this section
are subject to Section 211.  
   (h) The department may develop policies and procedures to
implement this section, including, but not limited to, those
specified in Section 1054.8.