Fish: accounting records: violation.

Existing law requires commercial licensed fishermen and any person who deals in fresh or frozen fish for profit to keep prescribed accounting records. Existing law requires any of this accounting record information that is transmitted to any business that deals in fish for profit to be in the English language. Under existing law, a violation of any provision of the Fish and Game Code, or any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under those provisions, is a misdemeanor, unless otherwise specified. This bill would require a commercial licensed fisherman and any person who deals in fresh or frozen fish for profit to transmit the prescribed accounting record information, as further specified, to any business that deals in fish for profit. The bill would permit the accounting record information to be provided in one or more additional languages. By expanding the definition of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.