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California Governor signs bill to increase opportunities for
sportsmen (10/23/2003)
California Gov. Gray Davis (D) has signed a bill establishing a
program that benefits sportsmen by encouraging property owners to open
their land to hunting and other wildlife-related recreation.
Assembly Bill 396, sponsored by Assemblyman Tom Harman, R-Huntington
Beach, creates the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement
Program. It consists of a partnership between the California Department
of Fish and Game, nonprofit conservation groups, and other interested
nongovernmental organizations. The bill authorizes the partnership to
enter into voluntary agreements with property owners to make their land
available to the public for wildlife dependant recreation activities
such as hunting and fishing. Similar programs exist in Kansas and
Minnesota.
The bill passed the Assembly by a vote of 58-10 and the Senate by a
vote of 22-15. The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance urged California sportsmen
to ask Gov. Davis to sign the bill. He heeded the sportsmen's voice,
signing AB 396 on October 10.
CopyrightÓ U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance- www.ussportsmen.org
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