Bill Text: CA AB1611 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1611

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Bill Title: Fish and Game Code: violations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-07-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 129, Statutes of 2023. [AB1611 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1611-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1611

Introduced by Assembly Member Lowenthal

February 17, 2023

An act relating to fish and wildlife.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1611, as introduced, Lowenthal. Fish and Game Code: violations.

Existing law generally makes any violation of the Fish and Game Code or any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under the code a misdemeanor. Existing law makes a violation of specified regulations and provisions of the code an infraction or a misdemeanor.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to allow various “paperwork” type violations of the Fish and Game Code to be prosecuted as an infraction or a misdemeanor.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to amend subdivision (b) of Section 12000 of Fish and Game Code to include various administrative provisions of the Fish and Game Code in that subdivision and thereby allow “paperwork” type violations to be prosecuted as an infraction or a misdemeanor.