BILL NUMBER: SB 345	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act to amend Section 7149 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to sport fishing.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 345, as introduced, Berryhill. Sport fishing: licenses.
   Existing law requires every person 16 years of age or older who
takes any fish, reptile, or amphibian for any purpose other than
profit to first obtain a license for that purpose, with specified
exceptions, and to have that license on his or her person or in his
or her immediate possession when engaged in carrying out any activity
authorized by the license. Existing law requires a resident or a
nonresident, 16 years of age or older, upon payment of a specified
fee, to be issued a sport fishing license for a prescribed period.
Existing law requires the Fish and Game Commission to adjust the
amount of the sport fishing license fees, as prescribed, to fully
recover, but not exceed, all reasonable administrative and
implementation costs of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the
Fish and Game Commission relating to those licenses.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in these provisions.
   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 7149 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
   7149.  (a) A sport fishing license granting the privilege to take
any fish, reptile, or amphibia anywhere in this state for purposes
other than profit shall be issued to any of the following:
   (1) A resident, 16 years of age or older, for the period of a
calendar year, or, if issued after the beginning of the year, for the
remainder thereof, upon payment of a base fee of thirty-one dollars
and twenty-five cents ($31.25).
   (2) A nonresident, 16 years of age or older, for the period of a
calendar year, or, if issued after the beginning of the year, for the
remainder thereof, upon payment of a base fee of eighty-four dollars
($84).
   (3) A nonresident, 16 years of age or older, for the period of 10
consecutive days beginning on the date specified on the license upon
payment of the fee set forth in paragraph (1).
   (4) A resident or nonresident, 16 years of age or older, for two
consecutive designated calendar days, upon payment of one-half of the
fee set forth in paragraph (1). Notwithstanding Section 1053, more
than one two-day license issued for different two-day periods may be
issued to, or possessed by, a person at one time.
   (5) A resident or nonresident, 16 years of age or older, for one
designated day, upon payment of a base fee of ten dollars ($10).
   (b) California sport fishing license stamps shall be issued by
authorized license agents in the same manner as  a  sport
fishing  licenses,   license,  and no
compensation may be paid to the authorized license agent for issuing
the stamps except as provided in Section 1055.
   (c) This section does not apply to licenses, permits,
reservations, tags, or other entitlements issued through the
Automated License Data System.
   (d) The base fees specified in this section are applicable to the
2004 license year, and shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant
to Section 713.
   (e) The commission shall adjust the amount of the fees specified
in subdivision (d), as necessary, to fully recover, but not exceed,
all reasonable administrative and implementation costs of the
department and the commission relating to those licenses.