Gill nets: permits.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on what happens if a permit holder dies before January 1, 2027.

Gill Nets: Permits

This law changes how gill net and trammel net permits can be transferred, eliminating transfers upon the disability or death of the original holder and allowing only family member transfers after January 1, 2027.

What This Bill Does

• Eliminates the ability to transfer a gill net or trammel net permit to another qualified individual if the original holder becomes disabled or dies.
• Allows a permitholder to transfer their permit only to a family member after January 1, 2027.
• Prohibits further transfers of the permit once it has been given to a family member.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who have gill net or trammel net permits
• Family members of those with these permits

Terms To Know

Gill nets and trammel nets

Types of fishing equipment used to catch fish, but they are not allowed for commercial use without a special permit.

Permit

A document that allows someone to do something specific, like using gill nets or trammel nets for commercial fishing.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if a permit holder dies before January 1, 2027.
• It is unclear how the Fish and Game Commission will define 'family member' in their regulations.

Official Summary Text

AB 1056, Bennett.
Gill nets: permits.
Existing law prohibits gill nets and trammel nets from being used for commercial purposes, except under a revocable, nontransferable permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Existing law requires the Fish and Game Commission to adopt regulations for the issuance of gill net and trammel net permits as necessary to establish an orderly gill net and trammel net fishery. Existing law prohibits the department from issuing any new gill net or trammel net permits and authorizes the department to renew an existing gill net or trammel net permit. Existing law authorizes a gill or trammel net permitholder to transfer that
permit to any person qualified under the regulations adopted by the commission if the permitholder presents to the department satisfactory evidence that they have taken and landed fish for commercial purposes in at least 15 of the preceding 20 years. Existing law also authorizes the transfer of a gill or trammel net permit to another qualified individual upon the disability or death of the original permitholder, as specified.
This bill would eliminate the provisions that authorize the transfer of a gill or trammel net permit to another qualified individual upon the disability or death of the original permitholder. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2027, only allow a permitholder to transfer a permit under the other transfer authorization described above to a family member pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission, as specified. After a permit is transferred pursuant to that authorization, the bill would prohibit the further transfer of that permit.

Current Bill Text

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