BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 17, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Felipe Fuentes, Chair
SB 752 (Berryhill) - As Amended: June 30, 2011
Policy Committee: Water, Parks and
Wildlife Vote: 9-2
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill requires the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to
share with a nonprofit conservation organization the contact
information of a person who voluntarily makes his or her contact
information available for this purpose at the time he or she
receives a hunting or fishing license through the department's
Automated License Data System (ALDS). The bill requires a
nonprofit seeking to receive contact information from DFG to
submit, every three years, a request to the department and
authorizes DFG to charge a service fee to such nonprofit.
The bill prohibits a nonprofit that receives contact information
from sharing that information with any other party without
receiving the written consent of the affected individual.
FISCAL EFFECT
1)One-time costs to DFG to make programming changes to ALDS to
allow a person applying for a license to indicate his or her
preference to make his or her contact information available to
nonprofit conservation organizations. (Fish and Game
Preservation Fund (FGPF).)
2)Minor ongoing costs, in the tens of thousands of dollars
annually, to DFG to administer the contact-information-sharing
program. (FGPF.)
3)Potential annual fee revenue of an unknown amount, possibly
sufficient to cover DFG's start-up and ongoing costs. (FGPF.)
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Actual fee revenue will depend upon the willingness of
nonprofit conservation organizations to participate in the
program, which will be influenced by the amount of the fees
charged by DFG to each organization. The amount DFG charges
to each organization will depend upon the amount of start-up
and ongoing costs incurred by DFG, as well as the number of
nonprofits seeking to participate in the program over which
DFG can spread its costs. Should few nonprofits seek to
participate, the amount DFG will need to charge each nonprofit
may be so high as to dissuade participation in the program.
COMMENTS
1)Rationale . The author contends sharing of contact information
of hunters and anglers with nonprofit conservation
organizations will benefit all parties involved because these
nonprofits undertake conservation efforts that further DFG's
mission. The author asserts that, because each hunter or
angler controls whether to allow DFG to share his or her
contact information, it is appropriate for the department to
make this information available for the agreed upon purpose.
2)Background . Hunters and anglers be licensed by DFG before
"taking" wildlife. DFG charges varying fees for these
licenses. The department is in the process of transitioning
from a paper-based licensing system to the electronic ALDS,
which will be available online and at field locations, such as
kiosks.
3)Supporters. This bill is supported by the California Outdoor
Heritage Association (sponsor) and other conservation
nonprofits that undertake projects that further DFG's mission
and that could access the contact information made available
by this bill.
4) Opposition. The only formal opposition registered to this
bill is from PAW PAC, which advocates for animal welfare.
Others have expressed concern about the appropriateness of a
public agency sharing the contact information of private
citizens with a private organization, which could use the
information for fundraising and other purposes.
Analysis Prepared by : Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
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