BILL NUMBER: SB 1107 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 19, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 14, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 23, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 10, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 22, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Senator Berryhill
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
An act to add Section 1065 to the Fish and Game Code, relating to
entitlements.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1107, as amended, Berryhill. Automated License Data System:
nonprofit conservation organizations.
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 or an
authorized license agent. Existing law authorizes specified persons
to obtain tags or stamps for the taking of specific animals or
aquatic species, if certain requirements are met. Existing law
authorizes the Fish and Game Commission to require and prescribe the
form of applications for licenses, permits, tags, reservations, and
other entitlements and the form of any contrivance to be used in
connection therewith. An existing regulation defines the Automated
License Data System as an automated system that replaced the
department's paper license inventory system.
This bill would require the department, if it determines that a
nonprofit conservation organization meets specified
eligibility requirements and submits a prescribed letter annually
, as defined, that seeks promotion, exposure, and
awareness of the organization, is eligible , to include the
nonprofit conservation organization's logo or
other graphics in a space with a link to the organization's
Internet Web site home page
on the Automated License Data System Online License Service
Internet Web site (ALDS Web site) for a time period agreed upon
by the department and the organization. The bill would authorize the
department to impose a charge on a nonprofit conservation
organization for inclusion on the Automated License Data
System ALDS Web site , and would prohibit that
charge from exceeding the reasonable costs of
administering these provisions. The bill would require the
department to deposit revenues of the charge in the Fish
and Game Preservation Fund, to be available, upon appropriation by
the Legislature, exclusively to pay all initial and ongoing costs
associated with the direct administration of these provisions. The
bill would require the department to implement the links from the
ALDS Web site by January 1, 2015, if it determines that date is
feasible.
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 nonprofit conservation organization seeking
promotion, exposure, and awareness of the organization on the
Automated License Data System Online License Service Internet
Web site, as feasible, through means, including, but
not limited to, the display of the organization's logo
and , or other graphics agreed upon by the
organization and the department, the opportunity for
to give a prospective license buyer the
opportunity to link electronically to the organization's
Internet Web site home page , shall
annually submit, in a manner determined by the department,
submit, by Septe mber 30 of each year,
a letter to the department providing evidence that the
organization meets the criteria set forth in subdivision (c). If the
department determines that the nonprofit conservation organization is
eligible, it shall include the organization's logo or other
graphics in a space with a link to the organization's Internet
Web site home page on the Automated
License Data System Online License Service Internet Web site
for a time period agreed upon by both parties.
(b) The department may impose a charge on a nonprofit conservation
organization for inclusion on the Automated License Data System
Online License Service Internet Web site pursuant to
subdivision (a) that shall not exceed the reasonable
costs associated with the direct administration of this
section.
(c) As used in this section, "nonprofit conservation organization"
means an entity that the department determines meets all of the
following:
(1) It is a nonprofit organization described in Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3)), that is
exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of that code (26 U.S.C.
Sec. 501(a)).
(2) It is registered with the Attorney General.
(3) Its goals and objectives are related to the conservation of
sport fish or game species.
(4) In at least one of the previous three calendar years, it has
entered into, or been obligated under, a contract or other agreement,
including, but not limited to, a license, easement, memorandum of
understanding, or lease, with the department to perform habitat or
other wildlife conservation work, to provide hunting or fishing
opportunities for the public, to raise funds on behalf of the
department, including, but not limited to, the sale of hunting
fundraising tags or related items, or to otherwise provide assistance
to the department that is consistent with the department's mission.
(d) The department shall deposit revenues of the charge imposed
pursuant to subdivision (b) in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund,
to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, exclusively
to pay all initial and ongoing costs associated with the direct
administration of this section, including, but not limited to, a
portion of the costs of making changes to the Automated License Data
System necessary to implement this section.
(e) The department shall implement the links from the Automated
License Data System Online License Service Internet Web site by
January 1, 2015, if it determines that date is feasible.