(a) A nonprofit conservation organization seeking promotion, exposure, and awareness of the organization on the Automated License Data System Online License Service Internet Web site, as feasible, through the display of the organization’s logo, or other graphics agreed upon by the organization and the department, to give a prospective license buyer the opportunity to link electronically to the organization’s Internet home page, shall submit, by September 30 of each year, a letter to the department providing evidence that the organization meets the criteria set forth in subdivision (c). If the department determines that the nonprofit conservation organization is eligible, it shall include the organization’s logo or other graphics in a space with a link to the organization’s Internet home page on the Automated License Data System Online License Service Internet Web site for a time period agreed upon by both parties.
(b) The department may impose a charge on a nonprofit conservation organization for inclusion on the Automated License Data System Online License Service Internet Web site pursuant to subdivision (a) that shall not exceed the costs associated with the direct administration of this section.
(c) As used in this section, “nonprofit conservation organization” means an entity that the department determines meets all of the following:
(1) It is a nonprofit organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(c)(3)), that is exempt from taxation under Section 501(a) of that code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 501(a)).
(2) It is registered with the Attorney General.
(3) Its goals and objectives are related to the conservation of sport fish or game species.
(4) In at least one of the previous three calendar years, it has entered into, or been obligated under, a contract or other agreement, including, but not limited to, a license, easement, memorandum of understanding, or lease, with the department to perform habitat or other wildlife conservation work, to provide hunting or fishing opportunities for the public, to raise funds on behalf of the department, including, but not limited to, the sale of hunting fundraising tags or related items, or to otherwise provide assistance to the department that is consistent with the department’s mission.
(d) The department shall deposit revenues of the charge imposed pursuant to subdivision (b) in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, exclusively to pay all initial and ongoing costs associated with the direct administration of this section, including, but not limited to, a portion of the costs of making changes to the Automated License Data System necessary to implement this section.
(e) The department shall implement the links from the Automated License Data System Online License Service Internet Web site by January 1, 2015, if it determines that date is feasible.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 593, Sec. 1. (SB 1107) Effective January 1, 2013.)