BILL NUMBER: SB 752	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 20, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 3, 2011
	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 1065 to the Fish and Game Code, relating to
entitlements.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 752, as amended, Berryhill. Entitlements: voluntary donations.
    Under existing law, all licenses, permits, tags, reservations,
and other entitlements authorized by the Fish and Game Code are
prepared and issued by the Department of Fish and Game. 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 voluntarily release contact information to nonprofit
conservation organizations, as defined, through means of a 
check-off   checkoff  box, or through other means
the department determines to be appropriate. The bill would require
the department to annually transmit contact information to the
designated nonprofit conservation organization. The bill would
authorize the department to impose a charge on a nonprofit
conservation organization to recover the  direct  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 1065 is added to the Fish and Game Code, to
read:
   1065.  (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
voluntarily release his or her contact information to eligible
nonprofit conservation organizations through means of a 
check-off   checkoff  box, or through other means
the department determines to be appropriate.
   (b) A nonprofit conservation organization seeking to receive
contact information pursuant to this section shall submit, once every
three years, 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   Notwithstanding Section 1050.6,
the  department shall annually transmit contact information
collected pursuant to subdivision (a) to the designated nonprofit
conservation organization.
   (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  direct  administration of this
section.
   (e) As used in this section, "nonprofit conservation organization"
means a nonprofit 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 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.
   (f) Any advertising materials produced pursuant to this section
are subject to Section 211.
   (g) The department may develop policies and procedures to
implement this section, including, but not limited to, those
specified in Section 1054.8.