(a) Notwithstanding Section 12002, the maximum punishment for each violation of Section 3503.5 relating to a bird-of-prey designated as endangered, threatened, or fully protected is a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed one year, or both the fine and imprisonment.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 12002, the maximum punishment for a violation of Section 3503.5 relating to any bird-of-prey that was taken from the wild and that is subsequently reported to the department as having been bred in captivity is a fine of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not to exceed one year, or both the fine and imprisonment.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1334, Sec. 7.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018