(a) The department may issue collectible, commemorative licenses to any person for purposes of promoting and supporting licensed hunting, fishing, and resource conservation, subject to all of the following:
(1) A commemorative license may be designed and produced as the department may determine and shall be clearly marked and identified as a commemorative license, rendering it invalid for the take of any mammal, bird, fish, reptile, or amphibian.
(2) A commemorative license shall not confer any rights, privileges, or other entitlements to any person purchasing or in possession of such a license.
(3) Subdivision (a) of Section 1052, Section 1053.1, Article 2 (commencing with Section 3031) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 4, and Article 3 (commencing with Section 7145) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 6 do not apply to the purchase of a commemorative license. A commemorative license shall not qualify as evidence required in subdivision (a) of Section 3050.
(b) All funds derived from the sale of commemorative licenses shall be deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 683, Sec. 4. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2016.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018