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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Hadwick</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title>An act to amend Section 1052 of, and to add Sections 1054.6 and 1054.7 to, the Fish and Game Code, relating to hunting.</ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Hunting tags: transfer: youth and disabled veteran participation programs.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Under existing law, a hunting license grants the privilege to take birds and mammals. Existing law provides for the issuance by the Department of Fish and Wildlife of tags that are required in addition to a hunting license to take specified animals, including antelope, elk, deer, bears, and bighorn rams. Existing law prohibits the transfer of a tag issued by the department.</html:p>
<html:p>The bill would require the department to establish a hunting tag transfer program that authorizes a person to transfer a tag issued for the take of one of those species to their child or grandchild, subject to specified conditions. In addition, the bill would require the department to establish a hunting tag transfer program that authorizes
an organization to facilitate the transfer of a tag issued for the take of one of those species by submitting a request to the department to transfer the tag from a donor tag holder to a youth with a life-threatening illness or permanent physical disability or to a disabled veteran, as specified. The bill would
authorize the department to collect
certain fees to cover specified costs of those programs and would require the department to deposit revenues from those fees into the Big Game Management Account.</html:p>
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Section 1052 of the
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<html:p>Except as authorized pursuant to Sections 1054.6 and 1054.7, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following:</html:p>
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(a)
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Transfer any license, tag, stamp, permit, application, or reservation.
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(b)
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Use or possess any license, tag, stamp, permit, application, or reservation that was not lawfully issued to the user or possessor thereof or that was obtained by fraud, deceit, or the use of a fake or counterfeit application form.
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(c)
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Use or possess any fake or
counterfeit license, tag, stamp, permit, permit application form, band, or seal, made or used for the purpose of evading any of the provisions of this code, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
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(d)
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Predate, fail to date, or alter any date of any license, tag, or permit.
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(e)
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Postdate the date of application or the date of issuance of the license, tag, or permit. This subdivision does not apply to the date that a license, tag, or permit is valid.
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(f)
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Alter, mutilate, deface, duplicate, or counterfeit any license, tag, permit, permit application form, band, or seal, or entries thereon, to evade the provisions of this code, or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
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Section 1054.6 is added to the
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(a)
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Notwithstanding Section 1052, the department shall establish a hunting tag transfer program that authorizes a person to transfer a tag, subject to the following conditions:
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(1)
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The person transfers a tag issued to them pursuant to Section 331, 332, 4332, 4751, or 4902.
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(2)
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The person is the parent, legal guardian, or grandparent of the person to whom the tag is transferred.
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(3)
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On the date of the transfer, the transferee is 17 years of age or younger, possesses a valid hunting license, and is otherwise eligible to obtain the applicable tag.
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(4)
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The transferee is accompanied during the take authorized by the applicable tag by their parent, legal guardian, or grandparent, or any combination of those persons.
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(5)
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If the tag was obtained pursuant to a modified-preference point drawing, as defined in the commission’s regulations, a transferee shall not lose any preference points for the particular species as a result of the transfer of the tag pursuant to the program. The transferor shall not receive any reinstatement of preference points lost as a result of drawing a tag.
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(6)
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If the commission or department adopts any requirement that makes a person ineligible to draw a tag for a particular species after the person has previously been awarded a tag for that species, that ineligibility requirement shall apply to the transferor and not to the transferee.
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(b)
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The department may collect a fee from the transferor to cover the reasonable cost of transferring a tag pursuant to this section and shall deposit the revenues from the fee into the Big Game Management Account created pursuant to Section 3953.
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(c)
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The department may adopt regulations to implement this section.
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Section 1054.7 is added to the
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(a)
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Notwithstanding Section 1052, the department shall establish a hunting tag transfer program that authorizes an organization to facilitate the transfer of a tag issued pursuant to Section 331, 332, 4332, 4751, or 4902 in accordance with all of the following requirements:
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(1)
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An organization shall be eligible to facilitate the transfer of a tag pursuant to the program if it meets all of the following criteria:
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(A)
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It is a nonprofit organization as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that has goals and objectives directly related to the management and conservation of fish, big game, upland game, and migratory game species, primarily represents
the interests of persons licensed pursuant to Section 3031, and provides hunting opportunities to youth with life-threatening illnesses or permanent physical disabilities or to disabled veterans.
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(B)
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It has a demonstrated history of providing hunting opportunities to any of the persons described in subparagraph (A).
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(C)
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It meets any other eligibility criteria established by the department.
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(2)
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The department shall authorize an organization that meets the eligibility criteria described in, or established pursuant to, paragraph (1) to register with the department for purposes of the program.
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(3)
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A person shall be eligible to receive a tag pursuant to the program if they are either of the following:
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(A)
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A youth with a life-threatening illness or permanent physical disability who, on the date of the take, will be 17 years of age or younger and who possesses a valid hunting license and is otherwise eligible to obtain the applicable tag.
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(B)
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A disabled veteran who possesses a valid hunting license and is otherwise eligible to obtain the applicable tag.
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(4)
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An organization registered pursuant to paragraph (2) may submit a request to the department to transfer a tag from a donor tag holder to an eligible recipient. The request shall contain all of the following:
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(A)
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A signed written statement from the tag holder stating they are voluntarily donating the tag to an eligible recipient identified by the organization.
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(B)
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Proof, as determined by the department, that the recipient meets the eligibility criteria set forth in paragraph (3).
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(C)
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The unused tag.
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(D)
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A description of the hunting opportunity to be provided pursuant to paragraph (6).
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(5)
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If the department determines that a request contains all of the information required by paragraph (4), the department shall transfer the tag to the person identified by the organization.
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(6)
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(A)
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After a tag has been transferred pursuant to paragraph (5), the organization shall provide a hunting opportunity to the tag recipient that allows for the person to take the animal authorized by the applicable tag.
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(B)
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If the tag recipient is a child, the child shall be accompanied by their parent, legal guardian, or grandparent, or any combination of those persons, and a person from the organization during the take of the animal.
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(C)
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If the tag was obtained pursuant to a modified-preference point drawing, as defined in the commission’s regulations, a transferee shall not lose any preference points for the particular species as a result of the transfer of the tag pursuant to the program. The transferor shall not receive any reinstatement of preference points lost as a result of drawing a tag.
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(b)
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The department may collect a fee from the organization to cover the reasonable cost of registering the organization pursuant to this section, and a fee to cover the reasonable cost of processing a request to transfer a tag pursuant to the
program. The department shall deposit the revenues from any fee established pursuant to this subdivision into the Big Game Management Account created pursuant to Section 3953.
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(c)
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The department may adopt regulations to implement the program.
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(d)
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For purposes of this section, “disabled veteran” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3033.
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