Section 7861 Of Article 3.5. Commercial Salmon Trollers Enhancement And Restoration Program From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.5.
7861
. (a) After deducting the administrative costs for issuing the
commercial fishing salmon stamps, the department shall deposit the
fees received pursuant to Section 7860 in the Commercial Salmon Stamp
Dedicated Subaccount, which is hereby established in the Fish and
Game Preservation Fund. The money in the subaccount shall be
available to the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
for new or expanded salmon restoration and enhancement programs in
the state that will serve to increase ocean salmon landings. No money
in this subaccount shall be used in lieu of other funds appropriated
for salmon restoration and enhancement programs authorized by law on
or before January 1, 1988.
(b) (1) Thirty dollars ($30) of the fees collected for each
commercial fishing salmon stamp issued shall be allocated by the
department to be used for raising chinook salmon to a yearling size,
at which size they shall be released into state waters. The amount of
salmon stamp revenues expended for this purpose in any fiscal year
shall not exceed the amount expended by the department for the same
purpose during the same period from other funds. The calculation of
the amount expended by the department for this purpose shall not
include expenditures made by the department for which reimbursements
are received from state or federal agencies, public utilities, or
private entities for raising chinook salmon to yearling size as part
of a fish mitigation program instituted to compensate for the adverse
effect of a dam on natural salmon production. If the department
expends no funds other than moneys collected from the sale of
commercial fishing salmon stamps or moneys for which reimbursements
are received as part of an anadromous fish mitigation program for the
raising of chinook salmon to yearling size within the period of a
fiscal year, the fees prescribed in Section 7860 shall be reduced by
an amount equivalent to that portion of the commercial fishing salmon
stamp program, as specified in this subdivision.
(2) If the salmon stamps issued pursuant to Section 7860 raise
more money for the purpose of this subdivision than is necessary to
match the funds expended by the department during any fiscal year
from other funds, then the excess salmon stamp revenue allocated
pursuant to this subdivision shall be carried over into the following
fiscal year.
(c) The department shall post on its Internet Web site an
accounting of the projects undertaken with funds from the Commercial
Salmon Stamp Dedicated Subaccount and the costs incurred to
administer the program. At a minimum, the Internet Web site shall
list the project title, the applicant, a brief description of the
project, the amount approved, and the status of the project.
(d) Any moneys that were in the Commercial Salmon Stamp Account as
of March 14, 2013, and that were retained in the Fish and Game
Preservation Fund shall be transferred to the Commercial Salmon Stamp
Dedicated Subaccount.