BILL NUMBER: AB 2488	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dababneh

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 5515 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to fish.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2488, as introduced, Dababneh. Fish: fully protected species:
taking or possession.
   Existing law prohibits the taking or possession of a fully
protected fish, except as provided.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5515 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   5515.  (a) (1) Except as provided in this section, Section 2081.6,
Section 2081.7, or Section 2835, a fully protected fish  may
  shall  not be taken or possessed at any time. No
provision of this code or any other law shall be construed to
authorize the issuance of a permit or license to take a fully
protected fish, and no permit or license previously issued shall have
force or effect for that purpose. However, the department may
authorize the taking of a fully protected fish for necessary
scientific research, including efforts to recover fully protected,
threatened, or endangered species. Before authorizing the take of a
fully protected fish, the department shall make an effort to notify
all affected and interested parties to solicit information and
comments on the proposed authorization. The notification shall be
published in the California Regulatory Notice Register and be made
available to each person who has notified the department, in writing,
of his or her interest in fully protected species and who has
provided an email address, if available, or postal address to the
department. Affected and interested parties shall have 30 days after
notification is published in the California Regulatory Notice
Register to provide relevant information and comments on the proposed
authorization.
   (2) As used in this subdivision, "scientific research" does not
include an action taken as part of specified mitigation for a
project, as defined in Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code.
   (3) A legally imported fully protected fish may be possessed under
a permit issued by the department.
   (b) The following are fully protected fish:
   (1) Colorado River squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius).
   (2) Thicktail chub (Gila crassicauda).
   (3) Mohave chub (Gila mohavensis).
   (4) Lost River sucker (Catostomus luxatus).
   (5) Modoc sucker (Catostomus microps).
   (6) Shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris).
   (7) Humpback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus).
   (8) Owens River pupfish (Cyprinoden radiosus).
   (9) Unarmored threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus
williamsoni).
   (10) Rough sculpin (Cottus asperrimus).