BILL NUMBER: SB 752	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011
	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. 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 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  
voluntarily  release contact information  , or both,
 to nonprofit  hunting   conservation
 organizations, as defined, through means of a check-off box, or
through other means the  department  Department
of Fish and Game  determines to be appropriate. The bill would
require the department to annually transmit  collected
donation revenues and  contact information to the designated
nonprofit  hunting   conservation 
organization. The bill would authorize the department  , to
cover its direct administrative costs of implementation,  to
impose a  fee   charge  on a nonprofit
 hunting   conservation  organization
 , not to exceed 3% of the total annual donations collected
for the nonprofit hunting organization   to recover the
reasonable costs of administering these provisions .
   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 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 nonprofit hunting   time of
issuance to voluntarily release his or her contact information to
eligible nonprofit conservation  organizations through means of
a check-off box, or through other means the department determines to
be appropriate.
   (b) A nonprofit  conservation  organization seeking to
receive  donations or  contact information pursuant
to this section  shall annually   shall, once
every three years,  submit a letter to the department providing
evidence that it meets the criteria set forth in subdivision (e). If
the department determines that the nonprofit organization is
eligible, it shall include the 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 nonprofit  hunting
  conservation  organization. 
   (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.  
   (d) The department may impose a charge on a nonprofit conservation
organization included in the check-off box or other means determined
pursuant to subdivision (a) that shall not exceed the reasonable
costs associated with the administration of this section. 
   (e) As used in this section, "nonprofit  hunting 
 conservation  organization" means a nonprofit 
hunting  organization, as defined in the Internal Revenue
Code,  that is registered with the Attorney General  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.   and management of fish or game species,
and, in the previous three calendar years, has entered into a
contract or other agreement with the department to perform habitat or
other wildlife conservation work, facilitate fishing or hunting
opportunities for the public, or raise funds on behalf of the
department, including the sale of hunting fundraising tags or related
items.  
   (g) 
    (f)  Any advertising materials produced pursuant to this
section are subject to Section 211. 
   (h) 
    (g)  The department may develop policies and procedures
to implement this section, including, but not limited to, those
specified in Section 1054.8.