SECTIONS 7380-7382 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 7380-7382

7380. (a) In addition to a valid California sport fishing license
and any applicable sport license stamp issued pursuant to this code,
after January 1, 1993, a person taking steelhead trout in inland
waters shall have in his or her possession a valid nontransferable
steelhead trout fishing report-restoration card issued by the
department. The cardholder shall record certain fishing information
on the card as designated by the department. The month, day, and
location fished shall be recorded before the cardholder begins
fishing for the day and when the cardholder moves to another location
listed on the back of the report-restoration card. The cardholder
shall immediately record catch information upon keeping a steelhead
trout and immediately record catch information regarding released
steelhead trout whenever the cardholder finishes fishing for the day,
or moves to another location listed on the back of the
report-restoration card. The cardholder shall return the card to the
department on a schedule or date established by the department.
(b) The base fee for the card shall be five dollars ($5) for the
2004 license year, which may be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant
to Section 713. The funds received by the department from the sale
of the card shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund
and shall be available for expenditure upon appropriation by the
Legislature. The department shall maintain the internal
accountability necessary to ensure that all restrictions and
requirements pertaining to the expenditure of these funds are met.
(c) The commission shall adopt regulations necessary to implement
this section. These regulations shall include, but not be limited to,
procedures necessary to obtain appropriate steelhead trout resources
management information, a requirement that the card contain a
statement explaining potential uses of the funds received as
authorized by Section 7381, and a requirement that the cards be
returned to the department.

7381. (a) Revenue received pursuant to Section 7380 may only be
expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to monitor, restore,
or enhance steelhead trout resources consistent with Sections 6901
and 6902, and to administer the fishing report-restoration card
program. The department shall submit all proposed expenditures,
including proposed expenditures for administrative purposes, to the
Advisory Committee on Salmon and Steelhead Trout for review and
comment prior to submitting a request for inclusion of the
appropriation in the annual Budget Bill. The committee may recommend
revisions in any proposed expenditure to the Legislature and the
commission.
(b) The department shall report to the Legislature on or before
July 1, 2007, regarding the steelhead trout fishing
report-restoration card program's projects undertaken using revenues
derived pursuant to that program, the benefits derived, and its
recommendations for revising the fishing report-restoration card
requirement, if any.

7382. This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2012, and,
as of January 1, 2013, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute
that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends the dates
on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.