AB 1254 - An Act to Amend Sections 206, 3051, and 13104 of the Fish and Game Code, Relating to Fish and Wildlife.

An Act to Amend Sections 206, 3051, and 13104 of the Fish and Game Code, Relating to Fish and Wildlife.

AB 1254 — 2009-2010 Legislature

Summary

(1)The California Constitution creates the Fish and Game Commission. Existing law establishes the commission in the Natural Resources Agency to perform specified functions. Existing law requires the commission to hold no fewer than 10 regular meetings per year, with no more than 2 regular meetings to be held in Sacramento per year.

This bill would require the commission to hold no fewer than 10 meetings per year, if the commission has adequate funding for related travel, including funding for department travel. It would also require no more than 3, rather than 2, regular meetings to be held in Sacramento per year.

(2)Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Game to prescribe a minimum level of skill and knowledge to be required of all hunter education instructors, and authorizes the department to limit the number of students per instructor in all required classes.

This bill would require the department to offer special hunting opportunities to qualified hunter education instructors by providing a limited number of existing tags and other hunting opportunities.

(3)Under existing law,12 of all fines and forfeitures imposed or… More

(1)The California Constitution creates the Fish and Game Commission. Existing law establishes the commission in the Natural Resources Agency to perform specified functions. Existing law requires the commission to hold no fewer than 10 regular meetings per year, with no more than 2 regular meetings to be held in Sacramento per year.

This bill would require the commission to hold no fewer than 10 meetings per year, if the commission has adequate funding for related travel, including funding for department travel. It would also require no more than 3, rather than 2, regular meetings to be held in Sacramento per year.

(2)Existing law requires the Department of Fish and Game to prescribe a minimum level of skill and knowledge to be required of all hunter education instructors, and authorizes the department to limit the number of students per instructor in all required classes.

This bill would require the department to offer special hunting opportunities to qualified hunter education instructors by providing a limited number of existing tags and other hunting opportunities.

(3)Under existing law,12 of all fines and forfeitures imposed or collected in any court of this state for violations of the Fish and Game Code are paid to the county in which the offense was committed and deposited in a county fish and wildlife propagation fund to be expended for the protection, conservation, propagation, and preservation of fish and wildlife, in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law authorizes the department to audit, or to require the county to audit, expenditures by the county from its fish and wildlife propagation fund in order to determine compliance with these requirements.

The bill would authorize the department to require that all expenditures from the fund be temporarily suspended, or to seek reimbursement of funds that the department determines, based on the audit, were expended improperly, or both, if, after reviewing the audit, the department determines that expenditures are not in compliance with the requirements. Hide

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Title

An Act to Amend Sections 206, 3051, and 13104 of the Fish and Game Code, Relating to Fish and Wildlife.

Author(s)

Tom Berryhill

Co-Authors

Subjects

• Fish and Game Commission: wildlife

Major Actions

Introduced	2/27/2009
Referred to Committee
Passed Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife	1/12/2010
Passed Assembly Committee on Appropriations	1/21/2010
Passed Assembly	1/27/2010
Passed Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water	6/29/2010
Passed Senate	8/18/2010
Passed Assembly	8/20/2010
Passed Assembly	8/24/2010
Presented to the governor (enrolled)	9/07/2010
Became law (chaptered).	9/28/2010

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife	Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.	1/12/2010	This motion PASSED the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife 11 voted YES 0 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Assembly Committee on Appropriations	Do pass as amended.	1/21/2010	This motion PASSED the Assembly Committee on Appropriations 17 voted YES 0 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Assembly	AB 1254 BERRYHILL, T. Assembly Third Reading	1/27/2010	This bill PASSED the Assembly 72 voted YES 1 voted NO 5 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water	Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent.	6/29/2010	This motion PASSED the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water 9 voted YES 0 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate	Assembly 3rd Reading AB1254 Tom Berryhill By Wolk	8/18/2010	This bill PASSED the Senate 34 voted YES 0 voted NO 4 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Assembly	AB 1254 BERRYHILL, T. Concurrence in Senate Amendments	8/20/2010	This bill PASSED the Assembly 76 voted YES 0 voted NO 3 voted present/not voting
currently selected	Assembly	AB 1254 BERRYHILL, T. Concurrence in Senate Amendments	8/24/2010	This bill PASSED the Assembly 76 voted YES 0 voted NO 2 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	2/27/2009
		2/27/2009	Introduced. To print.
		3/01/2009	From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
		3/02/2009	Read first time.
		3/31/2009	Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.
		1/04/2010	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P. & W. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.
select this vote	Vote	1/12/2010	Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
		1/13/2010	From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 12).
		1/14/2010	Read second time and amended.
		1/15/2010	Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
select this vote	Vote	1/21/2010	Do pass as amended.
		1/25/2010	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
		1/26/2010	Read second time. To third reading.
		1/27/2010	Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 3891.)
select this vote	Assembly Vote on Passage	1/27/2010	AB 1254 BERRYHILL, T. Assembly Third Reading
		1/28/2010	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
		2/11/2010	Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
		5/27/2010	In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
		6/15/2010	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
		6/16/2010	In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
select this vote	Vote	6/29/2010	Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent.
		6/29/2010	From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29).
		8/02/2010	From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and to Consent Calendar.
		8/03/2010	Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
		8/05/2010	From Consent Calendar. Ordered to third reading.
		8/16/2010	Read third time, amended. To second reading.
		8/17/2010	Read second time. To third reading.
		8/18/2010	Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4587.)
		8/18/2010	In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
select this vote	Senate Vote on Passage	8/18/2010	Assembly 3rd Reading AB1254 Tom Berryhill By Wolk
		8/20/2010	Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6417.) Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments. Re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
select this vote	Assembly Vote on Passage	8/20/2010	AB 1254 BERRYHILL, T. Concurrence in Senate Amendments
		8/23/2010	Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on W.,P. & W. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Ordered placed on unfinished business file.
		8/24/2010	Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6561.)
currently selected	Assembly Vote on Passage	8/24/2010	AB 1254 BERRYHILL, T. Concurrence in Senate Amendments
		9/07/2010	Enrolled and to the Governor at 12 p.m.
		9/28/2010	Approved by the Governor.
		9/28/2010	Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 419, Statutes of 2010.