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• California Fish And Game Code Section 1
  This code shall be known as the Fish and Game Code.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2
  Unless the provisions or the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this code and all regulations adopted under this
• California Fish And Game Code Section 3
  The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 4
  Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this code.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 5
  Whenever reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, the reference applies to all amendments and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 6
  Whenever a power is granted to, or duty is imposed upon, a public officer, the power may be exercised or the duty may be performed...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 7
  Whenever any statement or report is required to be made, it shall be made in the English language.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 8
  The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 9
  The masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 10
  The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 11
  Whenever in this code the doing of an act between certain dates or from one date to another is allowed or prohibited, the period of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 12
  Wherever the term "Fish Commission Fund" or "Game Preservation Fund" appears in any law, it means "Fish and Game Preservation Fund."
• California Fish And Game Code Section 13
  Unless otherwise specified by statute, any notice or other written communication required to be sent to any person by this code or regulations adopted pursuant...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 14
  "Anadromous fish" means fish which spawn in fresh water and spend a portion of their lives in the ocean.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 15
  "Angling" means the taking of, or attempting to take, fish by hook and line with the line held in the hand, or by hook and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 16
  "Affix" means physically attached to or imprinting an electronic validation to a license document.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 17
  "Aquaculture" means that form of agriculture devoted to the propagation, cultivation, maintenance, and harvesting of aquatic plants and animals in marine, brackish, and fresh water....
• California Fish And Game Code Section 18
  "Bag limit" means the maximum limit, in number or amount, of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians that may lawfully be taken by any one...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 19
  "Possession limit" means the maximum, in number or amount, of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians that may be lawfully possessed by one person.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 22
  "Bird" means any wild bird or any part thereof.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 24
  "Buy" includes an offer to buy, purchase, barter, exchange, or trade.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 27
  "Chumming" means the placing in the water of fish, parts of fish, or other material upon which fish feed, for the purpose of attracting fish...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 29
  "Closed season" means that period of time during which the taking of birds, mammals, fish, or amphibia is prohibited.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 30
  "Commission" means the Fish and Game Commission, and "commissioner" means a member of the Fish and Game Commission.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 32
  "County" includes city and county.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 35
  "Day" means calendar day, and "week" means calendar week.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 37
  "Department" means the Department of Fish and Game.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 39
  "Director" means the Director of Fish and Game.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 41
  "District" means fish and game district.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 45
  "Fish" means wild fish, mollusks, crustaceans, invertebrates, or amphibians, including any part, spawn, or ova thereof.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 46
  "Guide boat" means a boat or vessel under 25 feet in length, which is used by a guide, who is licensed under Chapter 5 (commencing...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 48
  "Hook" or "fishhook" means an implement to catch or hold fish or amphibia. "Single hook" means any hook with one point and with or without...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 51
  "Kelp" means kelp or other marine aquatic plants and the seeds thereof.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 54
  "Mammal" means any wild or feral mammal or any part thereof, but not any wild, feral, or undomesticated burro.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 54.5
  "Marine finfish aquaculture" means the propagation, cultivation, or maintenance of finfish species in the waters of the Pacific Ocean that are regulated by this state.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 55
  "Mile" means either a statute mile (5,280 feet) or a nautical mile (6,077 feet) depending on the application. Statute miles shall be the unit of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 56
  "Net" means any gear made of any kind of twine, thread, string, rope, wire, wood, or other materials used for the gilling, entangling, trapping, or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 57
  "Nonresident" means any person who has not resided continuously in the State of California for six months immediately prior to the date of his application...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 60
  "Oath" includes affirmation.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 61
  "Ocean ranching" means aquaculture where juvenile anadromous fish are reared and released into state waters to grow and return to an aquaculture facility to be...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 62
  "Open season" means that period of time during which the taking of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians is allowed as prescribed in this code...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 64
  "Order," "rule," and "regulation" are used interchangeably and each includes the others.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 67
  "Person" means any natural person or any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, or other type of association.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 68
  "Purchase" means "buy" as defined in Section 24.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 70
  "Resident" means any person who has resided continuously in the State of California for six months or more immediately prior to the date of his...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 73
  "Section" means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned. "Subdivision" means a subdivision of the section in which that term...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 75
  "Sell" includes offer or possess for sale, barter, exchange, or trade.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 79
  "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 81
  "Signature" or "subscription" includes mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by a witness...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 82
  "Slurp gun" means a self-contained, hand-held device used to capture fish by rapidly drawing water containing fish into a closed chamber.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 83
  "State" means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 86
  "Take" means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 88
  "Transport" includes offer or receive for transportation.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 89
  For the purposes of this code, "recycled water" or "reclaimed water" has the same meaning as recycled water as defined in subdivision (n) of Section...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 89.1
  "Waters of the state," "waters of this state," and "state waters" have the same meaning as "waters of the state" as defined in subdivision (e)...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 90
  The definitions in this chapter govern the construction of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1700) of Division 2 and Division 6 (commencing with Section 5500)...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 90.1
  "Adaptive management," in regard to a marine fishery, means a scientific policy that seeks to improve management of biological resources, particularly in areas of scientific...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 90.5
  "Bycatch" means fish or other marine life that are taken in a fishery but which are not the target of the fishery. "Bycatch" includes discards.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 90.7
  "Depressed," with regard to a marine fishery, means the condition of a fishery for which the best available scientific information, and other relevant information that...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 91
  "Discards" means fish that are taken in a fishery but are not retained because they are of an undesirable species, size, sex, or quality, or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 93
  "Essential fishery information," with regard to a marine fishery, means information about fish life history and habitat requirements; the status and trends of fish populations,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 94
  "Fishery" means both of the following: (a) One or more populations of marine fish or marine plants that may be treated as a unit for...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 96
  "Marine living resources" includes all wild mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and plants that normally occur in or are associated with salt water, and the marine...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 96.5
  "Maximum sustainable yield" in a marine fishery means the highest average yield over time that does not result in a continuing reduction in stock abundance,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 97
  "Optimum yield," with regard to a marine fishery, means the amount of fish taken in a fishery that does all of the following: (a) Provides...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 97.5
  "Overfished," with regard to a marine fishery, means both of the following: (a) A depressed fishery. (b) A reduction of take in the fishery is...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 98
  "Overfishing" means a rate or level of taking that the best available scientific information, and other relevant information that the commission or department possesses or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 98.2
  "Participants" in regard to a fishery means the sportfishing, commercial fishing, and fish receiving and processing sectors of the fishery.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 98.5
  "Population" or "stock" means a species, subspecies, geographical grouping, or other category of fish capable of management as a unit.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 99
  "Restricted access," with regard to a marine fishery, means a fishery in which the number of persons who may participate, or the number of vessels...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 99.5
  "Sustainable," "sustainable use," and "sustainability," with regard to a marine fishery, mean both of the following: (a) Continuous replacement of resources, taking into account fluctuations...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 101
  There is in the Resources Agency the Fish and Game Commission created by Section 20 of Article IV of the Constitution.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 102
  The commissioners shall elect one of their number as president and one as vice president.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 103
  (a) Each of the commissioners shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of actual service performed in carrying out his or her official...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 104
  The commission may employ a staff, including an executive director, to assist the commission in conducting its operations, but neither the commission nor its staff...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 105
  The commission shall form a marine resources committee from its membership consisting of at least one commissioner. The committee shall report to the commission from...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 106
  (a) The commission shall adopt and approve a Conflict of Interest Code pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 87300) of Chapter 7 of Title...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 200
  There is hereby delegated to the commission the power to regulate the taking or possession of birds, mammals, fish, amphibia, and reptiles to the extent...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 201
  Nothing in this article confers upon the commission any power to regulate any natural resources or commercial or other activity connected therewith, except as specifically
• California Fish And Game Code Section 202
  The commission shall exercise its powers under this article by regulations made and promulgated pursuant to this article. Regulations adopted pursuant to this article shall...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 203
  Any regulation of the commission pursuant to this article relating to resident game birds, game mammals and furbearing mammals may apply to all or any...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 203.1
  When adopting regulations pursuant to Section 203, the commission shall consider populations, habitat, food supplies, the welfare of individual animals, and other pertinent facts and
• California Fish And Game Code Section 204
  The commission has no power under this article to make any regulation authorizing or permitting the taking of: (a) Any bird or mammal in any...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 205
  Any regulation of the commission pursuant to this article which relates to fish, amphibia, and reptiles, may apply to all or any areas, districts, or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 206
  (a) The commission shall hold no fewer than ten regular meetings per calendar year. The commission may also hold special meetings or hearings to receive...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 207
  (a) Except for emergency regulations, the commission shall consider and adopt regulations pursuant to Sections 203 and 205 at a series of no fewer than...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 210
  (a) The commission shall provide copies of the regulations added, amended, or repealed pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 206, subdivision (e) of Section 207,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 211
  (a) Material printed pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 210 that contains advertisements shall meet all specifications prescribed by the department. The printed material shall...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 215
  Every regulation of the commission made pursuant to this article shall be filed with the Secretary of State, and shall become effective at the time...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 217.5
  (a) The department shall identify property it owns or manages that includes areas for sport fishing which are accessible to disabled persons. (b) Commencing with...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 217.6
  Commencing with the booklet of sportfishing regulations published in 1987, the booklet shall also contain any human health advisories relating to fish which are formally...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 218
  Any regulation of the commission made pursuant to this article shall be subject to review in accordance with law by any court of competent jurisdiction.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 219
  Any regulation adopted pursuant to this article may supersede any section of this code designated by number in the regulation, but shall do so only...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 220
  (a) Any regulation of the commission added or amended pursuant to this article shall remain in effect for the period specified therein or until superseded...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 240
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, the commission, when promulgating regulations pursuant to any authority otherwise vested in it by this code, may,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 250
  If Article 1 (commencing with Section 200) ceases to be effective, all regulations adopted pursuant to that article which are in effect on the day...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 300
  Any regulation issued under any subsequent provisions of this code shall be filed with the Secretary of State, as required by Chapter 4 (commencing with...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 301
  The commission may make such regulations as it deems necessary for the disposition of birds or mammals and parts thereof which are killed accidentally.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 302
  When adopting regulations pursuant to any authority otherwise vested in the commission by this code, the commission shall annually determine whether to continue, repeal, or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 303
  Prior to adopting a regulation authorizing a special hunting season for black bears for the purpose of curtailing property damage in any specified area, the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 306
  Whenever, because of extreme fire hazard, any area is closed to entry by the public by any order or proclamation issued or concurred in by...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 307
  Whenever after due investigation the commission shall find that game fish, resident or migratory birds, game or furbearing mammals, or amphibia have decreased in numbers...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 308
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, in District 22 the taking of birds, mammals, fish, amphibia, or reptiles shall be subject to regulations prescribed,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 308.5
  For the preservation, protection and restoration of mountain sheep and other birds and mammals in arid regions of the state, the commission, in cooperation with...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 309
  (a) The commission or any person appointed by it to conduct a hearing may, in any investigation or hearing, cause the deposition of witnesses, residing...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 310
  The commission may designate salmon spawning areas. It is unlawful to take salmon in any such spawning area, or within 250 feet of any salmon...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 312
  The commission may issue a permit authorizing any member of the armed forces of the United States or any student or faculty member of an...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 313
  The commission may prohibit the taking or possessing of tuna in the same manner as taking or possessing tuna is prohibited by federal law or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 314
  The commission at any time may close to the taking of any species or subspecies of bird or mammal any area newly stocked by the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 315
  The commission may at any time close any stream, lake, or other inland waters, or portions thereof, to the taking of any species or subspecies...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 315.3
  The commission may, at any time when facts are presented to the commission which were not presented to the commission at the time of its...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 316
  The commission may prohibit the taking or possessing of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus) in the same manner as the taking or possessing of Pacific halibut is...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 316.5
  The commission may prohibit the taking or possessing of salmon in the same manner as the taking or possessing of salmon is prohibited by federal...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 317
  Any organization conducting a special hunt for servicemen or veterans residing in or assigned to a United States veterans or armed services medical facility may...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 325
  Whenever after due investigation the commission finds that game mammals, other than deer, and fur-bearing mammals and resident game birds have increased in numbers in...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 326
  Prior to the making of such a regulation the commission at an open meeting shall publicly announce the contents of the proposed regulation and fix...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 327
  Notice of the hearing shall be published at least once, and at least 10 days prior to the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 328
  Such employees of the department as may be necessary or are requested by any interested group of persons, shall be present at the hearing. After...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 329
  The regulation may fix a license fee for special hunting and designate the number of special licenses to be issued, the area in which such...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 330
  Cooperative hunting areas, as described in Sections 1570 to 1572, may be established in connection with any area opened to hunting under the foregoing provisions...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 331
  (a) The commission may determine and fix the area or areas, the seasons and hours, the bag and possession limit, and the sex and total...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 332
  (a) The commission may determine and fix the area or areas, the seasons and hours, the bag and possession limit, and the number of elk...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 355
  The commission may, annually, adopt regulations pertaining to migratory birds to conform with or to further restrict the rules and regulations prescribed pursuant to the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 356
  Migratory game birds may be taken in conformity with the federal laws and regulations and the regulations of the commission as provided in Section 355....
• California Fish And Game Code Section 357
  The president of the commission may be a member ex officio of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission created by the act of Congress known as...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 375
  The commission may negotiate the terms of a compact between the States of Arizona and California with any appropriate officials of the State of Arizona...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 390
  The commission, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, may enter into reciprocal agreements with corresponding state or county official agencies of adjoining states...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 391
  The department may exchange or release to any appropriate federal, state, or local agency or agencies in other states, for purposes of law enforcement, any...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 395
  (a) The commission may adopt regulations for the possession or training, and the capture, importation, exportation, or intrastate transfer, of any bird in the orders...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 396
  (a) The falconry license shall be valid for a license year beginning on July 1 and ending on the last day of June of the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 398
  The base year for determining the inflationary index applied to the fee established by Section 396 shall be the 1984-85 fiscal year, and the base...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 400
  The State of California hereby assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 401
  The State of California hereby assents to the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 450
  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature to encourage the conservation, restoration, maintenance, and utilization of California's wild deer populations. Such...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 451
  As used in this chapter "general deer hunting season" means the annual season for the area in question as is set by the commission under...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 452
  The department shall designate deer herd management units and designate the manager for the units. Such units may encompass a single deer herd or a...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 453
  The department shall develop plans for such deer herd management units. The objectives of such plans shall be the restoration and maintenance of healthy deer...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 454
  Such management plans shall contain the following program elements: (a) Document existing information on deer herd management units and programs to obtain information that may...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 455
  Deer herd management unit plans shall be reviewed annually and shall be the basis for department recommendations to the commission pursuant to this chapter.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 456
  (a) The department shall biennially report to the Legislature and to the Fish and Game Commission on the progress that is being made toward the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 457
  The department shall determine prior to December 15 of each year its proposed recommendations to the commission, including its recommendations as to whether any antlerless...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 458
  The department not later than December 15 shall notify, by certified mail, the board of supervisors of each county affected of the details of its...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 459
  The board of supervisors of any county specified in Section 458 which has held a public hearing pursuant to Section 458 may, not later than...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 460
  Prior to the February meeting of the commission as required in Section 207, the department shall recommend to the commission those deer herd units to...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 500
  (a) The commission shall, by regulation, adopt guidelines to assist the director and the department in ascertaining the amount of civil penalties to be imposed...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 700
  There is in the Resources Agency a Department of Fish and Game administered through the director.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 701
  The director shall be appointed by the Governor, and receive the annual salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing at Section 11550) of Part 1...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 701.3
  There shall be one deputy director of the department who shall be a civil executive officer and shall be appointed by the Governor and serve...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 701.5
  The director or one or more of his designees may accept the office of director or alternate director of an entity established by a joint...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 702
  This code shall be administered and enforced through regulations adopted only by the department, except as otherwise specifically provided by this code or where this...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 703
  (a) General policies for the conduct of the department shall be formulated by the commission. The director shall be guided by those policies and shall...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 704
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director is the appointing power of all employees within the department, and all employees in the department...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 706
  The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing at Section 11150), Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code shall govern and apply to the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 707
  It is the duty of the attorney for the department to act as counsel in defense of any officer or deputy of the department in...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 710
  The Legislature finds and declares that the department has in the past not been adequately funded to meet its mandates. The principal causes have been...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 710.5
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the department continues to be inadequately funded to meet its mandates. While revenues have been declining, the department's...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 710.7
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The department continues to face serious funding instability due to revenue declines from traditional...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 711
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure adequate funding from appropriate sources for the department. To this end, the Legislature finds and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 711.2
  (a) For purposes of this code, unless the context otherwise requires, "wildlife" means and includes all wild animals, birds, plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and related...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 711.4
  (a) The department shall impose and collect a filing fee in the amount prescribed in subdivision (d) to defray the costs of managing and protecting...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 711.7
  (a) The fish and wildlife resources are held in trust for the people of the state by and through the department. (1) Insofar as state...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 712
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Finance shall include in the Governor's Budget sufficient moneys from the General Fund and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 712.5
  (a) Commencing July 1, 2005, any moneys appropriated from the Public Resources Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund for programs to protect,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 713
  (a) The changes in the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services, as published by the United States Department...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 714
  (a) In addition to Section 3031, 3031.2, 7149, 7149.05, or 7149.2 and notwithstanding Section 3037, the department shall issue lifetime sportsman's licenses pursuant to this...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 716
  The Wildlife Violator Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other participating states.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 716.1
  It is the policy of this state in entering into the compact to do all of the following: (a) Promote compliance with the statutes, ordinances,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 716.2
  The purposes of this chapter include both of the following: (a) To provide a means by which participating states may join in a reciprocal program...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 716.3
  For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Board" means the board of compact administrators established pursuant to Section 716.8....
• California Fish And Game Code Section 716.4
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when issuing a citation for a wildlife violation for purposes of this chapter, a wildlife officer of the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 716.5
  (a) Upon receipt of a report from the licensing authority of the issuing state reporting the failure of a violator to comply with the terms...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 716.6
  (a) As a participating member of the wildlife violator compact, the licensing authority of this state may recognize the suspension of license privileges of any...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 716.7
  Except as expressly required by this chapter, this chapter shall not be construed to affect the right of any participating state to apply any of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 716.8
  (a) (1) A board of compact administrators is hereby established to serve as a governing body for the resolution of all matters relating to the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 716.9
  (a) This chapter shall become effective at such time as it is adopted in substantially similar form by this state and one or more other...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 717
  (a) This compact may be amended periodically. Amendments shall be presented in resolution form to the chairperson of the board, and shall be initiated by...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 717.1
  This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 717.2
  The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid or contrary to the constitution of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 850
  The director shall, from time to time, employ or appoint, with or without pay, such deputies, clerks, assistants, and other employees as the department may...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 851
  A deputy appointed to enforce the provisions of this code is a peace officer. The deputy has all the powers and authority conferred by law...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 853
  The director may deputize any employee of the department to check persons for licenses required under Section 7145 and to enforce any violation of that...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 854
  Notwithstanding Section 18932 of the Government Code, the minimum age limit for appointment to the position of fish and game warden of the Department of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 855
  Regularly employed law enforcement officers of the department may, when authorized by the director, expend such sums as authorized for the purchase of fish, birds,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 856
  (a) All employees of the department designated by the director as deputized law enforcement officers are peace officers as provided by Section 830.2 of the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 857
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the status of a person as an employee, agent, or licensee of the department does not confer upon...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 858
  (a) The department, in cooperation with landowners and landowner organizations, shall, on or before January 1, 1995, develop a statewide policy and procedure for recording...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 875
  The board of supervisors of each county may, in its discretion, appoint a suitable person to serve for a period of two years from the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 876
  The board of supervisors shall fix the salary to be paid and the expenses to be allowed the county fish and game warden, which salary...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 877
  The board may by a majortiy vote of its members remove the warden at any time.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 878
  The county fish and game warden shall enforce the state laws relating to the protection of fish and game. The warden has the powers and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 879
  The county fish and game warden shall report quarterly to the board of supervisors, giving a detailed statement of all arrests made, convictions had and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 880
  The board of supervisors of each county may, in its discretion, appoint a deputy fish and game warden, to serve at the pleasure of the
• California Fish And Game Code Section 881
  The deputy shall have such powers, perform such duties, and receive such salary and be entitled to such expenses as the board may provide.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 882
  The salary and expenses of a deputy county fish and game warden shall be paid from the county treasury.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1000
  The department shall expend such funds as may be necessary for biological research and field investigation and for the collection and diffusion of such statistics...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1000.6
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The commercial fishing industry of the North Coast has been greatly affected by decisions...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1001
  Nothing in this code or any other law shall prohibit the department from taking, for scientific, propagation, public health or safety, prevention or relief of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1002
  (a) The department may issue permits, subject to restrictions and regulations that the commission determines are desirable, to take or possess, in any part of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1003
  Mammals, birds, and the nest and eggs thereof, fish and eggs thereof, reptiles, mollusks, crustaceans, or any other form of plant or animal life taken...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1004
  The department may capture and sell birds and mammals, at prices to be fixed by the commission, to persons engaged in the domestication and sale...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1005
  For the purpose of exhibiting fish and game educational material at fairs or sportsmen's shows and making other public displays, and to make conservation educational...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1005.5
  Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the department may accept gifts of personal property if the donor is a county of the state and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1006
  The department may inspect the following: (a) All boats, markets, stores and other buildings, except dwellings, and all receptacles, except the clothing actually worn by...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1007
  The department may import, propagate, and distribute birds, mammals, or fish.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1008
  The department shall investigate all diseases of, and problems relating to, birds, mammals, or fish, and establish and maintain laboratories to assist in such investigation.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1009
  The department may obtain for the State rights of way over private lands for the purpose of furnishing access for the public to lands or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1010
  The department, by and with the approval of the Department of General Services, may sell grazing permits or otherwise dispose of excess vegetation or other...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1011
  (a) The department may procure insurance for any of the following purposes: (1) For itself and landowners who agree to permit the department to use...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1012
  The department may procure insurance for its employees for injury or death against the liability of the owner or operator of any vessel boarded by...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1013
  In any lease, easement, or right-of-way entered into whereby the department leases real property or obtains a grant of easement or right-of-way in real property...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1014
  In the event the Department of Parks and Recreation contracts with the federal government pursuant to Public Law 89-161 for the administration of recreation development...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1015
  Whenever the department is required, or provided an opportunity, to assess the adequacy of a project or to provide a detailed environmental impact statement or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1016
  (a) Whenever the department determines that an oil sump, as defined by Section 3780 of the Public Resources Code, is hazardous to wildlife, but does...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1017
  (a) It is the policy of the state to anticipate and resolve potential conflicts between the management, conservation, and protection of fish and wildlife resources...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1018
  The director shall use the department's resources, to the fullest extent feasible, to coordinate with the federal government to promote the preservation of species, including...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1019
  (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the Legislature for that purpose, for parcels wholly within its jurisdiction acquired on or after January 1,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1050
  (a) All licenses, permits, tags reservations, and other entitlements authorized by this code shall be prepared and issued by the department. (b) The commission shall...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1050.1
  Any license, permit, tag, stamp, or other entitlement authorized pursuant to this code is not valid until it is filled out completely and accurately and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1050.5
  The department may accept a credit card charge as a method of payment. Any contract executed by the department with credit card issuers or draft...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1050.6
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the names and addresses contained in records submitted and retained by the department for the purpose of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1051
  Licenses of each class shall be uniquely numbered. Every license shall contain its expiration date and the fee for which it is issued. If no...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1052
  It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Transfer any license, tag, stamp, permit, application, or reservation. (b) Use or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1052.5
  Any stamp issued pursuant to this article is not valid unless affixed to the appropriate license document.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1053
  No person shall obtain more than one license, permit, reservation, or other entitlement of the same class, or more than the number of tags authorized...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1053.5
  Applicants for hunting licenses pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1053 shall first satisfactorily complete a hunter education equivalency examination and obtain a certificate of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1054
  (a) It is unlawful to submit, or conspire to submit, any false, inaccurate, or otherwise misleading information on any application or other document offered or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1054.2
  Every person while engaged in taking any bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, or reptile shall have on his or her person or in his or her...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1054.5
  The department may issue and shall collect payment for any entitlement, document, or authorization for which a fee is authorized pursuant to this code.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1054.8
  (a) The department shall establish, and keep current, written policies and procedures relating to the application process and the award of hunting tags for fundraising...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1055
  (a) Any person, except a commissioner, officer, or employee of the department, may submit an application to the department, to be a license agent to...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1055.1
  (a) Any person, except a commissioner, officer, or employee of the department, may submit an application to the department to be a license agent to...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1055.3
  The department may authorize any person, except a commissioner or an officer or employee of the department, to issue, as an agent of the department,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1055.4
  Any person authorized pursuant to Section 1055 who submits a check or money order for payment of licenses, permits, reservations, tags, and other entitlements that...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1055.5
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (c), each authorized license agent who receives licenses, permits, reservations, tags, and other entitlements, pursuant to subdivision...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1055.6
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each license agent authorized pursuant to Section 1055.1 shall remit to the department the fees prescribed in this...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1056
  (a) Authorized license agents who receive licenses, permits, reservations, tags, and other entitlements pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1055 may be required to execute,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1057
  All license, tag, permit, reservation, and other entitlement money shall be accounted for separately from other funds of a license agent, and shall at all...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1058
  In case of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, receivership, or bankruptcy, the state shall have a preferred claim against the license agent, receiver,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1059
  (a) The failure or refusal of any license agent to account for licenses, permits, reservations, tags, and other entitlements, or any fees received from their...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1060
  (a) The department may accept from any authorized license agent an affidavit for settlement on its account in lieu of licenses, permits, reservations, tags, and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1061
  (a) The department may allow a person to purchase a license voucher as a gift for a licensee when the licensee's complete and accurate personal...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1068
  (a) Beginning November 1, 1991, the director shall make a grant in installments to a nonprofit organization of sea urchin divers in an amount not...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1069
  The director may enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Food and Agriculture for the collection of an assessment on behalf of any marketing...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1070
  The department shall transmit monthly to the Department of Finance, for review, a summary report of the fee remittances and accounting reports received under Section...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1110
  Section 1110 as added to this code by the initiative measure adopted at the General Election of November 8, 1938, is set forth at Section...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1120
  The commission shall establish fish hatcheries for stocking the waters of this State with fish. The department shall maintain and operate such hatcheries.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1121
  In any lease entered into whereby the state leases from any county, city, irrigation district, or other public agency in this state, real property for...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1122
  Any claim for damages arising against the state under Section 1121 shall be presented to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board in accordance...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1122.5
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of General Services, with the consent of the department, may lease to the Friends of the Mount...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1123
  The department may purchase and import spawn or ova of fish suitable for food, and stock with such spawn or ova the waters of this
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1123.5
  Notwithstanding Section 1120 or any other provision of law, all funds allocated for fish purchases for the department's urban fishing program shall be used to...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1124
  It is unlawful to take any fish in any pond, reservoir, or other water-retaining structure belonging to or controlled by the department and used for...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1125
  The Secretary of the Interior of the United States and his duly authorized agents may conduct fish cultural operations and scientific investigations in the waters...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1126
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, department personnel may construct or repair bird exclosures at state owned or operated fish hatcheries. These activities shall not...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1150
  The boards of supervisors of the several counties may establish and maintain fish hatcheries, and may purchase the spawn or ova of fish.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1170
  The commission may issue a permit, subject to such restrictions and regulations as the commission deems desirable, to a nonprofit organization to construct and operate...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1171
  The commission shall not issue a permit unless it determines the nonprofit organization has the financial capability to successfully construct and operate the hatchery and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1172
  No permit will be issued which may tend to deplete the natural runs of anadromous fish, result in waste or deterioration of fish, or when...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1173
  All fish handled under authority of this article during the time they are in the hatchery or in the wild are the property of the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1174
  Any permit granted by the commission pursuant to this article shall contain all of the following conditions: (a) If after a hearing the commission finds...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1175
  The state shall assume no responsibility for the operation of a hatchery pursuant to this article and shall not be in any manner liable for...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1200
  The department is authorized to enter into agreements with counties, nonprofit groups, private persons, individually or in combination, for the management and operation of rearing...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1201
  An applicant who wishes to enter into an agreement to operate a rearing facility shall demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the department prior to executing...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1202
  All fish handled or released under authority of this article are the property of the state and may be taken only after their release into...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1203
  The release of fish reared in facilities pursuant to this article shall be made in accordance with the policy of the commission.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1204
  The department shall fund the agreements provided for in Section 1200 only on a matching basis with the persons or entities who enter into such...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1205
  The department shall, subject to the limitations of appropriate egg sources and funding, make available fish of appropriate size and species to persons or entities...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1206
  Salmon and steelhead raised pursuant to this article shall be released in streams, rivers, or waters north of Point Conception and upon release shall have...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1300
  This chapter is known and may be cited as the Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1301
  The preservation, protection and restoration of wildlife within the State is an inseparable part of providing adequate recreation for our people in the interest of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1320
  There is in the department the Wildlife Conservation Board, hereafter referred to as the board. The board consists of the president of the commission, the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1321
  The chairman of the board shall be elected by the members of the board.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1322
  The members of the board shall receive their actual and necessary traveling expenses, which shall be paid from the Wildlife Restoration Fund.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1323
  Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Committee on Rules thereof, and three Members of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker thereof, shall meet...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1324
  For the purposes of this chapter, the Members of the Legislature shall constitute an interim investigating committee on the subject of this chapter and as...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1345
  The board shall investigate, study, and determine what areas within the State are most essential and suitable for wildlife production and preservation, and will provide...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1346
  The board shall also ascertain what lands are suitable for providing cover for the propagation and rearing in a wild state of waterfowl, shore birds,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1347
  As a result of the studies, the board shall determine what areas, lands, or rights in lands or waters should be acquired by the state...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1348
  (a) The board shall authorize the acquisition of such real property, rights in real property, water, or water rights as may be necessary to carry...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1348.1
  Before the board authorizes the purchase of any land, or any interest therein, the board shall notify all owners of record of adjacent parcels of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1348.2
  When the board acquires real property, other than by eminent domain, the purchase price for the real property shall not exceed the fair market value...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1348.3
  (a) No governmental entity may condemn any wildlife conservation easement acquired by a state agency, except as provided in subdivision (b). As used in this...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1349
  No farm lands may be acquired under the provisions of this chapter by proceedings in eminent domain except by specific authorization of the Legislature, notwithstanding...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1350
  (a) The department shall, when authorized by the board, construct in accordance with law such facilities as are suitable for the purpose for which the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1351
  Each recreational area shall be so managed and controlled that the public shall have access to and use of the area for all recreational purposes.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1352
  (a) The money in the Wildlife Restoration Fund, as provided for by Section 19632 of the Business and Professions Code, is available for expenditure under...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1352.5
  (a) The San Francisco Baylands Restoration Program Account is hereby established within the Wildlife Restoration Fund, as provided for by Section 19632 of the Business...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1353
  The board may purchase such boats, aircraft, or equipment as it deems necessary for the use of the department for the improvement and protection of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1354
  The board may authorize the acquisition of such lands or rights in land as may be necessary for the purpose of furnishing public access to...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1355
  The net proceeds of the sale or other disposition of real property used as a fish hatchery that has been acquired by or is under...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1356
  The board, when it prioritizes the use of available funds for proposed acquisitions, with regard to the priority of a proposal to acquire forestland, may...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1360
  This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Oak Woodlands Conservation Act.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1361
  For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Board" means the Wildlife Conservation Board established pursuant to Section 1320. (b)...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1362
  It is the intent of the Legislature that this article accomplish all of the following: (a) Support and encourage voluntary, long-term private stewardship and conservation...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1363
  (a) The Oak Woodlands Conservation Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the board. Moneys in the fund...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1363.5
  (a) Commencing on June 30, 2003, and every two years thereafter, the board shall report to the Legislature and the Governor concerning the activities and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1364
  Moneys in the fund shall be available to local government entities, park and open-space districts, resource conservation districts, private landowners, and nonprofit organizations for the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1365
  The board shall develop and adopt guidelines and criteria for awarding grants that achieve the greatest lasting conservation of oak woodlands. The board shall develop...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1366
  (a) To qualify for a grant pursuant to this article, the county or city in which the grant money would be spent shall prepare, or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1367
  On or before April 1, 2002, the board and the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection shall develop a memorandum of understanding regarding the protection...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1368
  The board may not approve a grant to a local government entity, park and open-space district, resource conservation district, or nonprofit organization if the entity...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1369
  A city or county planning department may utilize a grant awarded for the purposes of this article to consult with a citizen advisory committee and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1370
  No money may be expended from the fund to adopt guidelines or to administer the fund until at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) is deposited...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1372
  Nothing in this article grants any new authority to the board or any other agency, office, or department to affect local policy or land use
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1375
  The board may act either independently or may cooperate with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior, or any other federal agency...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1385
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Riparian Habitat Conservation Act.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1386
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California's rivers, wetlands, and waterways, and the fisheries and wildlife habitat they provide, are valuable...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1387
  The Wildlife Conservation Board shall establish and administer, through the department, the California Riparian Habitat Conservation Program pursuant to this chapter and Chapter 4 (commencing...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1388
  The board, pursuant to this chapter, shall approve projects to acquire, preserve, restore, and enhance riparian habitat throughout the state, and coordinate its activities undertaken...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1389
  The preservation and enhancement of riparian habitat shall be a primary concern of the Wildlife Conservation Board and the department, and of all state agencies...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1390
  In order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter, the Wildlife Conservation Board may authorize the department to do all of the following: (a) Acquire...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1391
  Grants to nonprofit organizations pursuant to Section 1390 for the acquisition of real property or interests therein shall be subject to all of the following...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1400
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1401
  "Fund" means the Inland Wetlands Conservation Fund, created in the Wildlife Restoration Fund by Section 1430.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1402
  "Board" means the Wildlife Conservation Board created by Section 1320.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1403
  "Inland areas" means the entire area of California except lands under the jurisdiction of the State Coastal Conservancy, lands within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1404
  "Program" means the Inland Wetlands Conservation Program, as provided in this chapter.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1405
  "Nonprofit organization" means an organization described in subsection (c) of Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States (26 U.S.C. 501(c)).
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1410
  The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program is hereby created in the board.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1411
  (a) The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program is the program designated for use of the funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 2791, as enacted...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1412
  The board may apply for and accept federal grants and receive gifts, donations, subventions, rent, royalties, and other financial support from public and private sources...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1413
  The board may acquire or accept the gift or dedication of fee title, easements, leases, development rights, or other interests in lands in inland areas...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1414
  The board shall coordinate its activities in the program with federal surplus land sales in inland areas.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1415
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board may lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any land, interest in land, or option acquired...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1416
  The board may make grants or loans to nonprofit organizations, local governmental agencies, and state departments and agencies for the purpose of wetland and associated...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1417
  The board may lease nonwetlands habitat in need of restoration to nonprofit organizations, local governmental agencies, and state departments and agencies under agreements in which...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1418
  The board may acquire former wetlands and associated upland habitat, restore those areas, and sell the lands, or any interest therein, to private owners, local...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1419
  Any funds remaining after an eligible acquisition, restoration, or enhancement of any project under this article shall be returned to the board and shall be...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1420
  In reviewing any grant or loan application, preference shall be given to projects on wetlands that have a secure source of water or are adjacent...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1421
  When creating new wetlands, the board shall give preference to lands most suitable for this purpose due to elevations, existence of levees, proximity to existing...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1422
  On or before January 1, 1992, and every third year thereafter, the board shall prepare and submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1430
  The Inland Wetlands Conservation Fund is hereby created in the Wildlife Restoration Fund. The money in the fund shall be solely used to carry out...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1431
  The board shall deposit in the fund all allocations made pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 2791. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1500
  The department may, with the approval of the commission and the Department of General Services, exchange any portion of the property lying within the boundaries...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1500.5
  With respect to exchanging or selling any property pursuant to Section 1500, the director, with respect to any parcel containing 15 acres or less, shall...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1501
  The department may expend such funds as may be necessary for the improvement of property, including nonnavigable lakes and streams, riparian zones, and upland, in...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1501.5
  (a) The department may enter into contracts for fish and wildlife habitat preservation, restoration, and enhancement with public and private entities whenever the department finds...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1502
  The department, in accordance with policies established by the commission, may provide for the feeding of game birds, mammals, or fish at such times as...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1503
  The department shall provide for the feeding of deer wherever the director finds that natural forage is unavailable therefor due to excessive snow. The times,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1504
  (a) When income is derived directly from real property acquired and operated by the state as wildlife management areas, and regardless of whether income is...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1505
  In addition to any other powers vested in the department, it may manage, control and protect such portions of the following spawning areas which occupy...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1506
  (a) The fisheries management program described in the Kings River Fisheries Management Program Framework Agreement, effective May 28, 1999, as approved by the department, is...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1507
  (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to control mosquito production on managed wetland habitat that is owned or managed by the department,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1525
  For the purposes of propagating, feeding and protecting birds, mammals, and fish, and establishing wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds the department, with the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1526
  Any property acquired for wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds shall be acquired in the name of the State, and shall, at all times,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1526.4
  (a) The department, upon request of the leaseholder, shall extend any existing lease for a recreational homesite on Lower Sherman Island to the holder of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1527
  The department shall do all things necessary to secure a valid title in the State to the property acquired for wildlife management areas or public...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1528
  Lands, or lands and water, acquired for public shooting grounds, state marine (estuarine) recreational management areas, or wildlife management areas shall be operated on a...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1529
  The output of any state game farm shall be distributed on public lands or where the department determines that the output will receive adequate protection...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1530
  Except in accordance with the regulations of the commission, it is unlawful to enter upon any wildlife management areas or public shooting grounds established under...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1570
  In establishing the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement ("SHARE") program, it is the intent of the Legislature to encourage private landowners to voluntarily make...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1571
  For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) "Agreement" includes, but is not limited to, a contract, license, easement, memorandum of understanding, or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1572
  (a) The department, in partnership with nonprofit conservation groups and other interested nongovernmental organizations that seek to increase and enhance wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities, shall work...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1573
  (a) (1) The department may enter into a voluntary agreement with a private landowner, including an agreement under which the private landowner is compensated by...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1574
  (a) The department may revoke, for up to three years, the public access privilege granted pursuant to this article, of any person who violates any...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1575
  To provide added protection for landowners from the depredation of trespassers and to provide additional hunting opportunities to public hunters and private landowners, the department...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1580
  The Legislature hereby declares that the policy of the state is to protect threatened or endangered native plants, wildlife, or aquatic organisms or specialized habitat...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1581
  Any property acquired in fee for ecological reserves shall be acquired in the name of the state, and shall, at all times, be subject to...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1582
  The department shall do all things necessary to secure a valid title in the state to the property acquired in fee for ecological reserves but...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1583
  Except in accordance with the regulations of the commission it is unlawful to enter upon any ecological reserves established under the provisions of this article,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1584
  As used in this article, "ecological reserve" means land or land and water areas that are designated as an ecological reserve by the commission pursuant...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1585
  Notwithstanding Section 1580, which sets forth the primary purposes of ecological reserves, the department may construct facilities and conduct programs in ecological reserves it selects...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1586
  The Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve Maintenance and Preservation Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1590
  The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine recreational management areas established by the commission for hunting purposes, state marine reserves, and state marine...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1591
  (a) The Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 36600) of Division 27 of the Public Resources Code) establishes a uniform classification...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1600
  The Legislature finds and declares that the protection and conservation of the fish and wildlife resources of this state are of utmost public interest. Fish...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1601
  The following definitions apply to this chapter: (a) "Agreement" means a lake or streambed alteration agreement. (b) "Day" means calendar day. (c) "Emergency" has the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1602
  (a) An entity may not substantially divert or obstruct the natural flow of, or substantially change or use any material from the bed, channel, or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1603
  (a) After the notification is complete, the department shall determine whether the activity may substantially adversely affect an existing fish and wildlife resource. If the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1604
  Any party affected by a decision made by an arbitration panel pursuant to this chapter may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for confirmation, correction,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1605
  (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the term of an agreement shall not exceed five years. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), after the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1606
  The department shall not condition the issuance of an agreement on the receipt of another local, state, or federal permit.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1607
  Any time period prescribed in this chapter may be extended by mutual agreement.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1608
  The department shall provide any entity that submits a notification pursuant to Section 1602 with all of the following information: (a) The time period for...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1609
  (a) The director may establish a graduated schedule of fees to be charged to any entity subject to this chapter. The fees charged shall be...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1610
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter does not apply to any of the following: (1) Immediate emergency work necessary to protect life...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1611
  (a) An entity that submits a timber harvesting plan in accordance with Section 4581 of the Public Resources Code or directly to the department is...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1612
  The department may suspend or revoke an agreement at any time if it determines that an entity is not in compliance with the terms of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1613
  If, after receiving a notification, but before the department executes a final agreement, the director of the department informs the entity, in writing, that the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1614
  If the entity is required to perform work subject to this chapter pursuant to a court or administrative order or notice, the entity shall include...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1615
  (a) A person who violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each violation. (b)...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1616
  Any agreement or any memorandum of understanding executed by the department pursuant to this chapter prior to January 1, 2004, shall be subject to, and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1700
  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to encourage the conservation, maintenance, and utilization of the living resources of the ocean...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1725
  This act shall be known as the Trout and Steelhead Conservation and Management Planning Act of 1979.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1726
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to do all of the following: (a) Establish and maintain wild...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1726.4
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the department, in administering its existing wild trout program, shall conduct a biological and physical inventory...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1726.5
  The Legislature further finds and declares that activities and programs mandated by this chapter are a continuation and perpetuation of the department's existing wild trout...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1727
  (a) In order to provide for a diversity of available angling experiences throughout the state, it is the intent of the Legislature that the commission...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1728
  For purposes of this chapter, "trout" includes steelhead trout.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1740
  This chapter shall be known as the Black Bass Conservation and Management Act of 1980.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1741
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to preserve and enhance black bass resources and to manage black...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1742
  The Legislature further finds and declares that the black bass management program components specified in this chapter are a continuation of the department's existing warmwater...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1743
  (a) The department's black bass management program shall include, but not be limited to, the following components: (1) The department shall determine the angler harvest...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1750
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Native Species Conservation and Enhancement Act.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1755
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That it is the policy of this state: (1) To maintain sufficient populations of all...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1756
  (a) The policy set forth in this chapter is in the public interest without regard to the economic value or the lack of economic value...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1760
  The department shall maintain within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund a Native Species Conservation and Enhancement Account, which is hereby created, to permit separate...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1761
  Whenever the department receives funds from persons or organizations for the support of nongame and native plant species conservation and enhancement programs, such funds shall...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1762
  The department shall provide each person or organization making a contribution of five dollars ($5) or more for the support of nongame and native plant...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1763
  The department may take all appropriate measures to encourage donations by individuals, organizations, and public agencies to the Native Species Conservation and Enhancement Account, including,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1764
  (a) The director shall designate those particular areas of land managed by the department at which possession of a valid annual wildlife pass or day...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1765
  (a) The department may issue an annual wildlife area pass or a day use pass that authorizes the bearer to enter and use facilities and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1766
  The department may also offer for sale a native species stamp, promotional materials, and nature study aids. The fee for a native species stamp is...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1767.5
  (a) The revenues from fees and sales under this article and Section 1055.3 shall be deposited in the Native Species Conservation and Enhancement Account in...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1768
  The Legislature finds and declares that the revenues from fees and sales under this article are related to the protection and propagation of fish and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1769
  The department may take all appropriate measures to encourage persons to obtain annual wildlife area passes and day use passes issued pursuant to Section 1765,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1770
  The department shall maintain within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund an Endangered and Rare Fish, Wildlife, and Plant Species Conservation and Enhancement Account which...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1771
  (a) Whenever the department receives funds from the Treasurer under Article 7 (commencing with Section 18520) of Chapter 17 of Part 10 of Division 2...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1772
  The department may take all appropriate measures to encourage donations to this account through the tax return checkoff system provided for in Article 7 (commencing...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1775
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1776
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Wetlands are an important natural resource of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley because they provide significant habitat for...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1776.5
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the funds necessary to cover the costs of administering this chapter be provided by the purchase of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1777
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1777.2
  "Bank site" or "mitigation bank site" means a publicly or privately owned and operated site on which wetlands have been or will be created in...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1777.5
  "Credit" means a numerical value that represents the wetland acreage and habitat values of a mitigation bank site.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1778
  "Operator" means the department, or a public or private person or entity approved by the department, to administer a wetlands mitigation bank site.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1778.5
  "Permittee" means a public or private person or entity that meets all of the following conditions: (a) Has received a permit pursuant to Section 404...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1779
  "Qualifying urban area" means any of the following when they occur within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley: (a) A geographical area having a population of 50,000...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1779.5
  "Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley" means the central valley region, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 13200 of the Water Code.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1780
  The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that no net loss of wetland acreage or habitat values within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley occurs as...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1781
  It is the state's goal to increase the total wetlands acreage and values within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1784
  (a) The department, in cooperation with those agencies specified in Section 1786, shall adopt regulations that establish standards and criteria for the bank site qualification...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1785
  If any person desires to establish a wetlands mitigation bank site under this chapter, the person shall apply to the department for a determination that...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1786
  (a) Before any wetlands are created on the bank site qualified pursuant to Section 1785, the department shall coordinate and shall be a signatory to...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1787
  (a) If the bank site owner is a public entity, that entity shall pay annually to the county in which the property is located an...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1790
  Upon the successful creation of any wetlands of at least 20 acres, or in the case of vernal pools, upon successful creation of vernal pools...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1791
  (a) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to Section 1790, the department shall determine the number of acres which are wetlands in the bank site...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1792
  In the interest of assuring that the minimum price for wetland credit is sufficient to ensure the financial integrity of the bank, the department may...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1792.5
  The department shall be reimbursed for those expenses of the department identified in Section 1792 according to a schedule contained in an agreement with the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1793
  A permittee shall provide compensation pursuant to Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1344 et seq.). The department shall classify...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1794
  Compensation pursuant to Section 1793 is subject to the condition that the operator establish the trust or bond required by subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3)...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1795
  After payment to the operator pursuant to this article, the permittee has no further obligations with respect to the operation of the bank site to...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1796
  No bank site shall be qualified under Section 1785 on or after January 1, 2010.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1800
  As used in this chapter "wildlife" means birds, mammals, and reptiles not raised in captivity.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1801
  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to encourage the preservation, conservation, and maintenance of wildlife resources under the jurisdiction and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1802
  The department has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and management of fish, wildlife, native plants, and habitat necessary for biologically sustainable populations of those species....
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1850
  On or before January 1, 2002, the department shall establish an updated data base of all existing and operating wetlands mitigation banks that sell credits...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1851
  On or before January 1, 2002, and biennially thereafter, the department shall review the data base and the data catalog described in Section 1850, and...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1852
  This article shall not be implemented until sufficient funds for its implementation have been appropriated in the annual Budget Act or other legislation.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1900
  The intent of the Legislature and the purpose of this chapter is to preserve, protect and enhance endangered or rare native plants of this state....
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1901
  The department shall establish criteria for determining if a species, subspecies, or variety of native plant is endangered or rare. As used in this chapter,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1904
  The commission may, after public hearing, designate endangered and rare native plants. To the extent that the location of such plants is known, the department...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1905
  The department may undertake botanical research and field investigations and may collect and diffuse such statistics and information as shall pertain to the conservation, protection,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1906
  Nothing in this code or any other law shall prohibit the department from taking, for scientific or propagation purposes, any species of native plants. The...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1907
  (a) The commission may adopt regulations governing the taking, possession, propagation, transportation, exportation, importation, or sale of any endangered or rare native plants. Such regulations...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1908
  No person shall import into this state, or take, possess, or sell within this state, except as incident to the possession or sale of the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1909
  When any power or authority is given by any provision of this chapter to any person, it may be exercised by any deputy, inspector, or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1910
  A peace officer or an employee or agent of the department may, in the enforcement of this chapter, make arrests without warrant for a violation...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1911
  All state departments and agencies shall, in consultation with the department, utilize their authority in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter by carrying out...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1912
  The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to emergency work necessary to protect life or property; however, notification by the person or agency...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1913
  (a) The provisions of this chapter are not intended and shall not be construed as authorizing any public agency to mandate, prescribe, or otherwise regulate...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1925
  The department shall enforce the provisions of the California Desert Native Plants Act Division 23 (commencing with Section 80001) of the Food and Agricultural Code...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1926
  In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the department shall cooperate fully with the Department of Food and Agriculture.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1930
  The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Areas containing diverse ecological and geological characteristics are vital to the continual health and well being of the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1931
  The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of this state to encourage the cooperation of federal, state, local, and private sectors,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1932
  There is hereby established the Significant Natural Areas Program which shall be administered by the department. The department, in administering this program, shall do all...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1933
  No authority or responsibility provided for in this chapter shall, of itself, change or prevent the change of the use of any area identified pursuant...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 1940
  (a) The Department of Fish and Game shall undertake the development of a vegetation mapping standard for the state. (b) The development of a state...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2000
  It is unlawful to take any bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian except as provided in this code or regulations made pursuant thereto. Possession of...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2000.5
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 219, 2000, or any other provision of law, and notwithstanding any requirement for a permit or license or other entitlement to take...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2001
  (a) It is unlawful to take mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians outside of established seasons or to exceed any bag limit or possession limit...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2002
  It is unlawful to possess any bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian, or parts thereof, taken in violation of any of the provisions of this...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2003
  (a) Except as specified in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), it is unlawful to offer any prize or other inducement as a reward for the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2003.5
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the fish of this state are a vital, renewable resource which provides recreation, outdoor experiences, and food for...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2003.6
  The department may implement the "Adopt a Lake Program" to facilitate private groups' and associations' undertaking volunteer efforts to rehabilitate and improve fisheries, fish habitat,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2004
  It is unlawful for any person, while taking any bird, mammal, fish, reptile, or amphibian, to cause damage, or assist in causing damage, to real...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2005
  (a) Except as otherwise authorized by this section, it is unlawful to use an artificial light to assist in the taking of game birds, game...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2006
  It is unlawful to possess a loaded rifle or shotgun in any vehicle or conveyance or its attachments which is standing on or along or...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2007
  It is unlawful to set, cause to be set, or placed any trap gun. A "trap gun" is a firearm loaded with other than blank...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2009
  (a) A person shall not willfully interfere with the participation of any individual in the lawful activity of shooting, hunting, fishing, falconry, or trapping at...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2010
  It is unlawful to use or possess a shotgun larger than 10-gauge, or to use or possess a shotgun capable of holding more than six...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2011
  (a) It is unlawful for any person to take, mutilate, or destroy any bird or mammal lawfully in the possession of another. (b) For the...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2012
  All licenses, tags, and the birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians taken or otherwise dealt with under this code, and any device or apparatus designed...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2013
  Unless otherwise provided, the provisions of this code relating to the possession of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibia, or parts thereof apply to birds, mammals,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2014
  (a) It is the policy of this state to conserve its natural resources and to prevent the willful or negligent destruction of birds, mammals, fish,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2015
  It is unlawful to possess any bird, mammal, fish or amphibian which may not be legally sold, in any restaurant or other eating establishment unless...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2016
  It is unlawful to enter any lands under cultivation or enclosed by a fence, belonging to, or occupied by, another, or to enter any uncultivated...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2017
  It is unlawful to take any mammal or bird or to discharge any firearm upon any land (whether fenced, cultivated, or not) where signs, at...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2018
  It is unlawful to post any sign indicating an area is a state or federal refuge unless it is established by state or federal law,...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2019
  It is unlawful for any person, including state, federal, county, and city officials or their agents, to authorize, offer or pay a bounty for any...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2050
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Endangered Species Act.
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2051
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Certain species of fish, wildlife, and plants have been rendered extinct as a consequence...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2052
  The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance any endangered species or any...
• California Fish And Game Code Section 2052.1
  The Legislature further finds and declares that if any provision of this chapter requires a person to provide mitigation measures or alternatives to address a...