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Assent Language - California

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Sec. 9. Money collected under any state law relating to the protection or propagation of fish and game shall be used for activities relating thereto.

California - Creation of Agency

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(a) There is in the Natural Resources Agency a Department of Fish and Wildlife administered through the director.

California - Directors and Commissioners

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(a) There is in the Natural Resources Agency a Department of Fish and Wildlife administered through the director. The director shall be appointed by the Governor, and receive the annual salary provided for by Chapter 6 (commencing at Section 11550)…

California - Harassment Statutes

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California - Hunter Education

(Education)

(a) No hunting license may be issued to any person unless he or she presents to the person authorized to issue that license any of the following: (1) Evidence that he or she has held a hunting license issued by this state in a prior year. (

California - Hunter Education

(Education)

(a) A hunting license, granting the privilege to take birds and mammals, shall be issued to any of the following: (1) A resident of this state, 18 years of age or older, upon the payment of a base fee of thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents…

California - Jurisdiction for Cats

(Invasive Species)

Any house cat (Felis domesticus) found within the limits of any fish and game refuge is a nongame mammal, unless it is in the residence of its owner or upon the grounds of the owner adjacent to such residence.

California - Trapper Education

(Education)

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every person, other than a fur dealer, who traps fur-bearing mammals or nongame mammals, designated by the commission or who sells raw furs of those mammals, shall procure a trapping license. “Raw…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a) The funds deposited in the Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund pursuant to Article 5.2 (commencing with Section 18749) of Chapter 3 of Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code are for the…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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To be eligible for grant funding from the competitive grant program established pursuant to Section 1773.1, an applicant shall meet all of the following criteria:

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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The department shall maintain the Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund established pursuant to Section 18749.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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There is in the State Treasury the Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund to receive contributions made pursuant to Section 18749.

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a) For purposes of this chapter, “wildlife rehabilitation” means those actions that are necessary to fully mitigate for the damage from a spill caused to wildlife, fisheries, wildlife habitat, and fisheries habitat. (b) Responsible parties shall…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a) An individual may designate on the tax return that a contribution in excess of the tax liability, if any, be made to the Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund, established by Section 18749.1. That designation…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a) The administrator shall periodically evaluate the feasibility of requiring new technologies to aid in prevention, response, containment, cleanup, and wildlife rehabilitation. (b)(1) On or before January 1, 2017, the administrator shall submit a…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a) The administrator shall establish a network of rescue and rehabilitation stations for wildlife injured by oil spills, including sea otters and other marine mammals. In addition to rehabilitative care, the primary focus of the Oiled Wildlife Care…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a) Any person who discharges oil into waters of the state, upon order of the administrator, shall do all of the following: (1) Clean up the oil. (2) Abate the effects of the discharge. (3) In the case of a threatened discharge, take other necessary…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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The administrator may use volunteer workers in response, containment, restoration, wildlife rehabilitation, and cleanup efforts for oil spills in waters of the state. The volunteers shall be deemed employees of the state for the purpose of workers'…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a) The administrator may raise the fees specified in Section 8670.48 to a maximum of one dollar ($1) per barrel, provided that the fee may only be raised by maximum increments of twenty-five cents ($0.25) not more frequently than once every three…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a) The administrator shall conduct studies and evaluations necessary for improving oil spill response, containment, and cleanup and oil spill wildlife rehabilitation in waters of the state and oil transportation systems. The administrator may expend…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a) Money from the fund may only be expended to cover the costs incurred by the state and local governments and agencies for any of the following: (1) Responding promptly to, containing, and cleaning up the discharge, if those efforts are any of the…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a) Of the amount made available pursuant to Section 80130, eighteen million dollars ($18,000,000) shall be available to the Wildlife Conservation Board for direct expenditures pursuant to the Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947 (Chapter 4 (commencing…

California - Wildlife Rehabilitation

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(a)(1) The administrator may only expend money from the fund to pay for any of the following, subject to the lien established in Section 8670.53.2: (A) To pay the cost of obtaining financial security as authorized by paragraph (5) of subdivision (k)…

Definition of Take and Taking - California

(Definitions)

“Take” means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill.

Endangered Species - Definitions - California

(Protected Species)

"Endangered species" means a native species or subspecies of a bird, mammal, fish, amphibian, reptile, or plant which is in serious danger of becoming extinct throughout all, or a significant portion, of its range due to one or more causes, including…

Endangered Species - Enforcement and Penalties - California

(Protected Species)

The judge before whom any person is tried for a violation of a provision of this code that prohibits the taking of any endangered species, threatened species, or fully protected bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian, or fish, as specified by Sections…

Endangered Species - Funding Provisions - California

(Protected Species)

(c) The surface mining operator shall pay a fee to the department in the amount the department determines is necessary to pay the department's actual costs incurred in preparing interim management measures and developing and finalizing a memorandum…

Endangered Species - Habitat Provisions - California

(Protected Species)

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan" means the completed conservation plan in the Mojave and Colorado Desert regions adopted pursuant to the Natural…

Endangered Species - Listing Authority and Process - California

(Protected Species)

(a) At the meeting scheduled pursuant to Section 2074, the commission shall hold a public hearing on the petition (for consideration by commission to list a species as endangered/threatened) and shall receive information, written or otherwise, and…

Endangered Species - Permitting Process - California

(Protected Species)

Nothing in this chapter or in any other provision of law prohibits the taking or the incidental taking of any endangered, threatened, or candidate species if the taking was authorized by the department through a permit or memorandum of…

Endangered Species - Protections and Prohibited Actions - California

(Protected Species)

Where recovery plans for coho salmon, steelhead trout, or other threatened or endangered aquatic species exist, projects funded under this article shall be consistent with those plans, and to the extent feasible, shall seek to implement actions…

Endangered Species - Statement of Policy - California

(Protected Species)

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 threatened species and its habitat and that it is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with…

Free Fishing - California

(Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping)

Notwithstanding Section 7145, the director may designate not more than two days, which may or may not be consecutive, in each year as free sportfishing days..

Invertebrates - Crustaceans - California

(Law Enforcement)

Spiny lobster may not be taken under a sport fishing license except by use of a hoop net or by hand.

Invertebrates - Crustaceans - California

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Spiny lobster may not be taken under a sport fishing license except by use of a hoop net or by hand...

Invertebrates - Included in Definitions - California

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"Fish" means a wild fish, mollusk, crustacean, invertebrate, amphibian, or part, spawn, or ovum of any of those animals.

Invertebrates - Included in Definitions? - California

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"Fish" means a wild fish, mollusk, crustacean, invertebrate, amphibian, or part, spawn, or ovum of any of those animals...

Invertebrates - Mollusks - California

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No pismo clam not in the shell may be possessed, except when it is being prepared for immediate consumption.

Invertebrates - Mollusks - California

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No pismo clam not in the shell may be possessed, except when it is being prepared for immediate consumption...

Jurisdiction for Swine - Definition - California

(Invasive Species)

(a) Game mammals are: deer (genus Odocoileus), elk (genus Cervus), prong-horned antelope (genus Antilocapra), wild pigs, including feral pigs and European wild boars (genus Sus), black and brown or cinnamon bears (genus Euarctos), mountain lions…

Jurisdiction for Swine - Enforcement and Penalties - California

(Invasive Species)

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the judge before whom any person is tried for a violation of any provision of this code, or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, may, upon the conviction of the person tried, order the forfeiture of any…

Public Ownership - Fish and Coastal Waters - California

(Public Trust and Agencies)

(f) To provide for economic contributions to the citizens of the state, through the recognition that wildlife is a renewable resource of the land by which economic return can accrue to the citizens of the state, individually and collectively, through…

Public Ownership - Wildlife Compact - California

(Public Trust and Agencies)

(a) To provide a means by which participating states may join in a reciprocal program to effectuate the policies enumerated in Section 716.1 in a uniform and orderly manner.

Reptiles & Amphibians - Authority/Jurisdiction - California

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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the commission shall establish rules for the commercial take, sale, transport, export, or import of native amphibians.; The department may issue a permit to take and dispose of frogs under such…

Reptiles & Amphibians - Definition - California

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“Native amphibians” as used in this article means salamanders, toads, or any other member of the class amphibia native to California.; As used in this article, “frog” means all species of frog...

Reptiles & Amphibians - Enforcement and Penalties - California

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Any person who conducts a place of business where frogs are sold to the public for food, or who takes or possesses frogs for sale to, or for use by, educational or scientific institutions for scientific purposes, may possess only at the place of…

Reptiles & Amphibians - Prohibited Actions and Protections - California

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Except as otherwise provided in this code or in regulations adopted by the commission, it is unlawful to take or possess any frog for commercial purposes. This article does not apply to frogs grown pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Section…

Search and Seizure - Inspection - California

(Law Enforcement)

(a) The department or an eligible local entity shall inspect the wild animal facilities, as determined by the director's advisory committee, of each person holding a permit issued pursuant to Section 2150 authorizing the possession of a wild animal.…

Search and Seizure - Inspection - California

(Law Enforcement)

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 to be, and capable of being, used to take birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians…

Search and Seizure - Inspection - California

(Law Enforcement)

(a) Any person who transports, receives, or imports into the State, or transports within the State, any live wild animal enumerated in or designated pursuant to Section 2118, shall hold said animal in confinement for inspection and immediately notify…

Search and Seizure - Special Officers - California

(Law Enforcement)

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 a person at the time of inspection, where birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or…