Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Nicholas J. Calderon, Parks Director
Subject: Expenditure of California Fish and Game Propagation Funds for the Coastside Fishing Club/Coastside Fishing Foundation's Net Pen Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the expenditure of $10,000 in the Parks Department's California Fish and Game Propagation Fund for the Coastside Fishing Club/Coastside Fishing Foundation's Net Pen Program.
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BACKGROUND:
The California Fish and Game Propagation Fund ("Fund") is a special revenue fund that is maintained by the County Parks Department and comprised of revenue generated when individuals are fined for violating Sections 12009 and 13003 of the California Fish and 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 and 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 county fish and wildlife propagation fund and expended for the protection, conservation, propagation, and preservation of fish and wildlife, under the direction of the board of supervisors, pursuan...
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