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BILL 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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