Bill Text: CA SB1288 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Hunting licenses.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-09-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 410, Statutes of 2012. [SB1288 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SB1288-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1288 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 410
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 23, 2012
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 16, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 15, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 26, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 26, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Senator Harman
(Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Cannella, Correa, Dutton, Fuller,
and Runner)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cook, Harkey, and Jeffries)
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
An act to amend Section 3033 of the Fish and Game Code, relating
to wildlife resources.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1288, Harman. Hunting licenses.
Under existing law, a hunting license grants the privilege to take
birds and mammals. Existing law requires the Department of Fish and
Game to issue a hunting license, upon payment of a fee, to eligible
California residents and nonresidents, as specified. Existing law
requires the department to issue a reduced fee hunting license, as
specified, to a disabled veteran, as defined.
This bill would also require the department to issue a reduced fee
hunting license to military personnel who are recovering service
members, as defined, and who provide documentation of eligibility, as
prescribed.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 3033 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to
read:
3033. (a) The department shall, upon application and payment of a
fee, issue a reduced fee hunting license, that authorizes the
licensee to take any bird or mammal as otherwise authorized pursuant
to this code and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to a disabled
veteran, as defined in subdivision (b), or to a recovering service
member, as defined in subdivision (c), who has not been convicted of
any violation of this code. The base license fee for a reduced fee
hunting license shall be four dollars ($4) for the hunting license
year beginning on July 1, 1995, and, for the following years, this
license fee may be annually reviewed and adjusted in accordance with
Section 713.
(b) "Disabled veteran" means a person having a 50 percent or
greater service-connected disability and an honorable discharge from
military service. The person shall be eligible upon presentation of
proof of an honorable discharge from military service and proof of
the disability. Proof of the disability shall be by certification
from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or by
presentation of a license issued pursuant to this section in the
preceding license year.
(c) "Recovering service member" means a member of the military who
meets the definition of "recovering service member" in Section 1602
(7) of the federal National Defense AuthorizationAct for Fiscal Year
2008 (Public Law 110-181). A person shall be eligible for a reduced
fee hunting license pursuant to this subdivision upon the submission
of a letter, online or in hardcopy, to the department from that
person's commanding officer or from a military medical doctor stating
that the person is a recovering service member.
(d) A person applying for a reduced fee hunting license shall
submit to the department adequate documentation for the department to
determine whether the person is, in fact, eligible for a reduced fee
hunting license. The department shall not issue a reduced fee
hunting license to any person unless it is satisfied that the person
has provided adequate documentation of eligibility for that license.
