2007 California Fish and Game Code Article 4. Bay-delta Sport Fishing

CA Codes (fgc:7360-7363)

7360.  (a) A person shall not sport fish in the tidal waters of the
San Francisco Bay Delta and the main stem of the Sacramento and San
Joaquin Rivers, including major tributaries, below the most
downstream dam, unless he or she first obtains, in addition to a
valid California sport fishing license and any applicable stamp or
validation issued pursuant to Section 7149 or 7149.05, a Bay-Delta
Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp or validation and affixes that stamp
or validation to his or her valid California sport fishing license.
Any person issued a sport fishing license pursuant to paragraph (4)
or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 7149 or paragraph (4) or (5) of
subdivision (a) of Section 7149.05 is not subject to this division.
   (b) The commission may modify, by regulation, the geographic
parameters specified in subdivision (a).
   (c) The department or an authorized license agent shall issue a
Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp or validation upon payment
of a base fee of five dollars (), in the 2004 license year, which
shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant to Section 713.



7361.  (a) Fees received by the department pursuant to Section 7360
shall be deposited in a separate account in the Fish and Game
Preservation Fund.
   (b) The department shall expend the funds in that account for the
long-term, sustainable benefit of the primary Bay-Delta sport
fisheries, including, but not limited to, striped bass, sturgeon,
black bass, halibut, salmon, surf perch, steelhead trout, and
American shad. Funds shall be expended to benefit sport fish
populations, sport fishing opportunities, and anglers within the
geographic parameters established in Section 7360, and consistent
with the requirements of the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973
(16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.) and the California Endangered Species
Act (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3, the
ecosystem restoration component of the CALFED Programmatic Record of
Decision dated August 28, 2000, and applicable commission policies.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that these funds be used
to augment, not replace, funding that would otherwise be allocated to
Bay-Delta sport fisheries from the sale of fishing licenses, the
California Bay-Delta Authority, or other federal, state, or local
funding sources.



7362.  (a) The director shall appoint a Bay-Delta Sport Fishing
Enhancement Stamp Fund Advisory Committee, consisting of nine
members.  The committee members shall be selected from names of
persons submitted by anglers and associations representing Bay-Delta
anglers of this state and shall serve at the discretion of the
director for terms of not more than four years.  The director shall
appoint persons to the committee who possess experience in subjects
with specific value to the committee and shall attempt to balance the
perspective of different anglers.
   (b) The advisory committee shall recommend to the department
projects and budgets for the expenditure of revenue received pursuant
to Section 7360.  The department shall give full consideration to
the committee's recommendations.
   (c) The department shall submit to the committee, at least
annually, an accounting of funds derived from the Bay-Delta Sport
Fishing Enhancement Stamps and validations, including the number of
stamps and validations sold, funds generated and expended, and the
status of programs funded pursuant to this article.  In addition, the
department shall report, at least annually, to the committee on the
status of projects undertaken with funds from that stamp or
validation, including reporting the department's reasoning in cases
where committee recommendations are not followed.



7363.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2009, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute
that is enacted before January 1, 2009, deletes or extends that
date.