California Code
Fish and Game Code - FGC
DIVISION 1 - FISH AND GAME COMMISSION

CHAPTER 1 - Organization

Section 101. - 101. There is in the Resources Agency the Fish and...

Section 101.5. - 101.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the scope...

Section 102. - 102. (a) The commissioners shall annually elect one of their...

Section 103. - 103. (a) Each of the commissioners shall receive one hundred...

Section 104. - 104. The commission may employ a staff, including an executive...

Section 105. - 105. The commission shall form a marine resources committee from...

Section 106. - 106. The commission shall form a wildlife resources committee from...

Section 106.5. - 106.5. The commission shall form a tribal committee from its...

Section 107. - 107. The commission shall adopt a code of conduct that...

Section 108. - 108. By July 1, 2013, the commission shall adopt rules...

Section 110. - 110. (a) The commission shall hold no fewer than eight...

CHAPTER 2 - Regulation of Take and Possession Generally

ARTICLE 1 - Authority

Section 200. - 200. (a) There is hereby delegated to the commission the...

Section 201. - 201. Nothing in this article confers upon the commission any...

Section 203. - 203. Any regulation of the commission pursuant to this article...

Section 203.1. - 203.1. When adopting regulations pursuant to Section 203, the commission...

Section 205. - 205. Any regulation of the commission pursuant to this article...

Section 219. - 219. Any regulation adopted pursuant to this article may supersede...

ARTICLE 2 - Procedure

Section 250. - 250. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this article...

Section 255. - 255. (a) When adopting, amending, or repealing a regulation governed...

Section 260. - 260. (a) The commission and the department may do anything...

Section 265. - 265. A regulation governed by this article is not subject...

Section 270. - 270. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of a regulation governed...

Section 275. - 275. A regulation governed by this article shall remain in...

CHAPTER 3 - Other Regulatory Powers

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 301. - 301. The commission may adopt regulations that it deems necessary...

Section 302. - 302. When adopting regulations pursuant to any authority otherwise vested...

Section 303. - 303. Prior to adopting a regulation authorizing a special hunting...

Section 306. - 306. Whenever, because of extreme fire hazard, any area is...

Section 307. - 307. (a) Whenever after due investigation the commission finds that...

Section 308. - 308. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, in District...

Section 308.5. - 308.5. For the preservation, protection and restoration of mountain sheep...

Section 309. - 309. (a) The commission or any person appointed by it...

Section 310. - 310. The commission may designate salmon spawning areas. It is...

Section 312. - 312. (a) The commission may issue a permit authorizing any...

Section 313. - 313. The commission may prohibit the taking or possessing of...

Section 314. - 314. The commission at any time may close to the...

Section 315. - 315. The commission may at any time close any stream,...

Section 315.3. - 315.3. The commission may, at any time when facts are...

Section 316. - 316. The commission may prohibit the taking or possessing of...

Section 316.5. - 316.5. The commission may prohibit the taking or possessing of...

Section 317. - 317. Any organization conducting a special hunt for servicemen or...

ARTICLE 2 - Special Seasons

Section 325. - 325. Whenever after due investigation the commission finds that game...

Section 326. - 326. Before adopting a regulation pursuant to Section 325, the...

Section 327. - 327. Notice of the hearing shall be published at least...

Section 328. - 328. Such employees of the department as may be necessary...

Section 329. - 329. The regulation may fix a license fee for special...

Section 330. - 330. Cooperative hunting areas, as described in Section 1575, may...

ARTICLE 2.1 - Antelope and Elk

Section 331. - 331. (a) The commission may determine and fix the area...

Section 331. - 331. (a) The commission may determine and fix the area...

Section 332. - 332. (a) The commission may determine and fix the area...

Section 332. - 332. (a) The commission may determine and fix the area...

ARTICLE 3 - Migratory Birds

Section 355. - 355. The commission may, annually, adopt regulations pertaining to migratory...

Section 356. - 356. Migratory game birds may be taken in conformity with...

Section 357. - 357. The president of the commission may be a member...

ARTICLE 4 - California-Arizona Compact

Section 375. - 375. The commission may negotiate the terms of a compact...

ARTICLE 5 - Reciprocal Agreements With Adjoining States

Section 390. - 390. The commission, subject to the approval of the Attorney...

Section 391. - 391. The department may exchange or release to any appropriate...

Section 392. - 392. (a) The director, or a designated representative, may enter...

Section 393. - 393. (a) A regularly employed law enforcement officer of an...

ARTICLE 6 - Falconry

Section 395. - 395. (a) The commission may adopt regulations for the possession...

Section 396. - 396. (a) The falconry license shall be valid for a...

Section 397. - 397. (a) On or before three years after the date...

Section 398. - 398. The base year for determining the inflationary index applied...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Emergency Regulations

Section 399. - 399. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the commission,...

CHAPTER 4 - Acceptance of Federal Acts

Section 400. - 400. The State of California hereby assents to the provisions...

Section 401. - 401. The State of California hereby assents to the provisions...

CHAPTER 5 - Management of Deer

Section 450. - 450. It is hereby declared to be the policy of...

Section 451. - 451. As used in this chapter “general deer hunting season”...

Section 452. - 452. The department shall designate deer herd management units and...

Section 453. - 453. The department shall develop plans for such deer herd...

Section 454. - 454. Such management plans shall contain the following program elements:...

Section 455. - 455. Deer herd management unit plans shall be reviewed annually...

Section 456. - 456. The department shall biennially report to the Legislature and...

Section 457. - 457. The department shall determine prior to December 15 of...

Section 458. - 458. The department not later than December 15 shall notify,...

Section 459. - 459. The board of supervisors of any county specified in...

Section 460. - 460. Prior to each meeting of the commission at which...

CHAPTER 6 - Damages from Poaching and Illegal Sales

Section 500. - 500. (a) The commission shall, by regulation, adopt guidelines to...