Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Nicholas J. Calderon, Parks Director
Subject: Appropriation of California Fish & Game Propagation Funds
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Parks Director, or the Parks Director's Designee, to execute grant agreements with the San Bruno Mountain Watch ($11,500), the San Mateo County Parks Foundation ($15,000), the San Mateo Resource Conservation District ($22,156.16), and Vida Verde Nature Education ($10,000) totaling $58,656.16, using appropriations from the County's California Fish & Game Propagation Fund in accordance with Section 13100 of the California Fish & Game Code.
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BACKGROUND:
The California Fish & Game Propagation Fund ("Fund") is a special revenue fund that is maintained by the Parks Department ("Department") and comprised of revenue generated when individuals are fined for violating Sections 12009 and 13003 of the California Fish & Game Code while in San Mateo County. Pursuant to Section 12009, "the money collected from any fine or forfeiture imposed or collected for the taking of abalone for any purpose other than for profit in violation of this article or any other provision of law shall be deposited" in the treasury of the county in which the violation occurs. Section 13003 states "[u]nless otherwise provided by law, all fines and forfeitures imposed or collected in any court of this state for violations of any of the provisions of this code or regulation made pursuant thereto, or any other law providing for the protection or preservation of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibia, shall be deposited as soon as practicable after the receipt thereof with the county treasurer of the county in which the court is situated."
Section 13100 of the California Fish & Game Code states, "[t]he amounts paid to and retained in the county treasury pursuant to Sections 12009 and 13003 shall be deposited in a c...
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