Bills · 2013-2014 Regular Session

AB 380

Relating to: a cumulative preference system for sturgeon spearing permits and the transfer of a sturgeon spearing license to a minor. (FE)

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Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, if the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issues

permits to limit the number of persons allowed to take sturgeon and if the number

of applicants for permits exceeds the number of available permits, DNR must issue

the permits according to a cumulative preference system. Under this system, each

season an applicant for a permit who does not receive a permit is issued one

preference point. Applicants fall within a preference category, and a higher priority

is given to those categories with more preference points. This bill changes the

cumulative preference system DNR may establish for sturgeon spearing permits by

giving a person the option either to apply for a sturgeon spearing permit or to apply

for a preference point only.

Under current law, during a period beginning on November 1 each year, the

holder of a sturgeon spearing license may transfer the license to a minor by applying

to DNR and paying a transfer fee. This bill changes the beginning of the transfer

period to October 1 of each year.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Fiscal Estimate From DNR

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Natural Resources and Sporting Heritage, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Oct 10, 2013 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Natural Resources, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Nov 7, 2013 official source full page