AB 2207

The California Constitution establishes the Fish and Game Commission and provides for the delegation to the commission of powers relating to the protection and propagation of fish and game. Existing law places the Fish and Game Commission in the Natural Resources Agency. 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. This bill would require the commission 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 commission 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 require 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. The bill would require the department to, on or before January 1, 2032, prepare and submit a report to the relevant legislative policy and budget committees in both houses of the Legislature regarding the program that authorizes an organization to facilitate the transfer of a tag, as provided. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2033.