California Senate Bill SB1330 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1330INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Galgiani FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 12300 of the Fish and Game Code, relating to Native Americans. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1330, as introduced, Galgiani. California Indian tribe members. Existing law, except as specified, exempts members of California Indian tribes from laws regulating fish and wildlife while on the tribal reservation. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 12300 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read: 12300. (a) Notwithstanding any other  provision of  law, the provisions of this code are not applicable to  a member of a  California  Indians whose names are   Indian tribe whose name is  inscribed upon the tribal  rolls,   roll,  while on the reservation of that tribe and under those circumstances in this state where the code was not applicable to them immediately before the effective date of Public Law 280, Chapter 505, First Session, 1953, 83d Congress of the United States. (b)  No Indian   A member of a California Indian tribe  described in subdivision (a)shall  not  be prosecuted for  the   a  violation  of any provision  of this code occurring in the places and under the circumstances described in subdivision (a). Nothing in this section, however, prohibits or restricts the prosecution of  an Indian   any member of a California Indian tribe  for the violation of a provision of this code prohibiting the sale of a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, or reptile.