| More NewsBILL NUMBER: AB 1253 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fuller FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to amend Sections 711.4, 2363, 2764, 7361, 7856, 8370, 8371, 8670, 8685.5, 8685.6, 8685.7, 8756, and 15301 of, to add Section 2305 to, and to repeal Section 2359 of, the Fish and Game Code, and to amend Section 5841.5 of the Public Resources Code, relating to fish. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1253, as introduced, Fuller. Striped bass. Existing law regulating fishing imposes various restrictions on the take, transport, and sale of specified fish, including striped bass. Existing law, until January 1, 2010, requires the funds generated by the imposition of a Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp or validation to be deposited in a separate account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, to be used solely for the long term, sustainable benefit of the primary Bay-Delta sport fisheries, as specified, including the striped bass fishery. This bill would prohibit a person from possessing, importing, shipping, or transporting in the state, or placing, planting, or causing to be placed or planted in any water within the state, striped bass. The bill would subject any person who violates that prohibition, or who resists, delays, obstructs, or interferes with its implementation, to a civil penalty of not less than $500 and not more than $10,000. The bill would require the Department of Fish and Game to adopt regulations to carry out those provisions. The bill would delete striped bass from various existing provisions restricting the take, transport, and sale of specified fish. The bill would delete the striped bass fishery from the fisheries for which Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp revenues are to be used. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. __________________
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