California Code
Fish and Game Code - FGC
DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE

CHAPTER 1 - Organization and General Functions

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 700. - 700. (a) There is in the Natural Resources Agency a...

Section 701. - 701. The director shall be appointed by the Governor, and...

Section 701.3. - 701.3. There shall be one deputy director of the department...

Section 701.5. - 701.5. The director or one or more of his designees...

Section 702. - 702. This code shall be administered and enforced through regulations...

Section 702.1. - 702.1. (a) The department, on or before January 1, 2016,...

Section 703. - 703. (a) General policies for the conduct of the department...

Section 703.3. - 703.3. It is the policy of the state that the...

Section 703.5. - 703.5. It is the policy of the state as follows:...

Section 704. - 704. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director...

Section 705. - 705. (a) For purposes of this section, “eligible renewable energy...

Section 706. - 706. The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing at Section 11150)...

Section 707. - 707. It is the duty of the attorney for the...

Section 709. - 709. A nonprofit organization designated by the department to assist...

Section 710. - 710. The Legislature finds and declares that the department has...

Section 710.5. - 710.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the department...

Section 710.7. - 710.7. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 711. - 711. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 711.1. - 711.1. (a) The expenditure of all federal grant moneys made...

Section 711.2. - 711.2. (a) For purposes of this code, unless the context...

Section 711.4. - 711.4. (a) The department shall impose and collect a filing...

Section 711.7. - 711.7. (a) The fish and wildlife resources are held in...

Section 712. - 712. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 712.1. - 712.1. (a) (1) The department’s mission is to manage California’s...

Section 713. - 713. (a) The changes in the Implicit Price Deflator for...

Section 715. - 715. (a) The director, in consultation with the Natural Resources...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Wildlife Violator Compact

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 716. - 716. The Wildlife Violator Compact is hereby enacted into law...

Section 716.1. - 716.1. It is the policy of this state in entering...

Section 716.2. - 716.2. The purposes of this chapter include both of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 716.3. - 716.3. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

ARTICLE 3 - Issuing State Violation Procedures

Section 716.4. - 716.4. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when issuing...

ARTICLE 4 - Home State Procedures

Section 716.5. - 716.5. (a) Upon receipt of a report from the licensing...

ARTICLE 5 - Reciprocal Recognition of Suspension

Section 716.6. - 716.6. (a) As a participating member of the wildlife violator...

ARTICLE 6 - Applicability of Other Laws

Section 716.7. - 716.7. Except as expressly required by this chapter, this chapter...

ARTICLE 7 - Compact Administrator Procedures

Section 716.8. - 716.8. (a) (1) A board of compact administrators is hereby...

ARTICLE 8 - Entry Into Compact and Withdrawal

Section 716.9. - 716.9. (a) This chapter shall become effective at such time...

ARTICLE 9 - Amendments to the Compact

Section 717. - 717. (a) This compact may be amended periodically. Amendments shall...

ARTICLE 10 - Construction and Severability

Section 717.1. - 717.1. This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its...

Section 717.2. - 717.2. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any...

CHAPTER 2 - Deputies, and Other Employees; County Wardens

ARTICLE 1 - State

Section 850. - 850. The director shall, from time to time, employ or...

Section 851. - 851. A deputy appointed to enforce the provisions of this...

Section 853. - 853. (a) The director may deputize any employee of the...

Section 854. - 854. Notwithstanding Section 18932 of the Government Code, the minimum...

Section 855. - 855. Regularly employed law enforcement officers of the department may,...

Section 856. - 856. (a) All employees of the department designated by the...

Section 856.5. - 856.5. (a) The department may install patrol vehicle mounted video...

Section 857. - 857. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the status...

Section 858. - 858. (a) The department, in cooperation with landowners and landowner...

Section 859. - 859. Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the department...

Section 860. - 860. The department may offer for sale a fish and...

ARTICLE 2 - County Fish and Game Wardens

Section 875. - 875. The board of supervisors of each county may, in...

Section 876. - 876. The board of supervisors shall fix the salary to...

Section 877. - 877. The board may by a majority vote of its...

Section 878. - 878. The county fish and game warden shall enforce the...

Section 879. - 879. The county fish and game warden shall report quarterly...

Section 880. - 880. The board of supervisors of each county may, in...

Section 881. - 881. The deputy shall have such powers, perform such duties,...

Section 882. - 882. The salary and expenses of a deputy county fish...

CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 1000. - 1000. The department shall expend funds necessary for biological research...

Section 1000.6. - 1000.6. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 1001. - 1001. Nothing in this code or any other law shall...

Section 1002. - 1002. (a) The department may issue permits, subject to restrictions...

Section 1002.5. - 1002.5. (a) The department may issue a permit pursuant to...

Section 1003. - 1003. Mammals, birds and their nests and eggs, fish and...

Section 1004. - 1004. The department may capture and sell birds and mammals,...

Section 1005. - 1005. For the purpose of exhibiting fish and game educational...

Section 1005.5. - 1005.5. Notwithstanding Section 11005 of the Government Code, the department...

Section 1006. - 1006. The department may inspect the following: (a) All boats,...

Section 1007. - 1007. The department may import, propagate, and distribute birds, mammals,...

Section 1008. - 1008. The department shall investigate all diseases of, and problems...

Section 1009. - 1009. The department may obtain for the State rights of...

Section 1010. - 1010. The department, by and with the approval of the...

Section 1011. - 1011. (a) The department may procure insurance for any of...

Section 1012. - 1012. The department may procure insurance for its employees for...

Section 1013. - 1013. In any lease, easement, or right-of-way entered into whereby...

Section 1014. - 1014. If the Department of Parks and Recreation contracts with...

Section 1015. - 1015. Whenever the department is required, or provided an opportunity,...

Section 1016. - 1016. (a) Whenever the department determines that an oil sump,...

Section 1017. - 1017. (a) It is the policy of the state to...

Section 1018. - 1018. The director shall use the department’s resources, to the...

Section 1019. - 1019. (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the...

Section 1020. - 1020. (a) The department and the commission shall develop a...

Section 1021. - 1021. (a) The department may take feasible actions to conserve...

Section 1022. - 1022. (a) The commission may authorize, for research, educational, limited...

Section 1023. - 1023. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department may...

ARTICLE 2 - General License Provisions

Section 1050. - 1050. (a) All licenses, permits, tags, reservations, and other entitlements...

Section 1050.1. - 1050.1. Any license, permit, tag, stamp, or other entitlement authorized...

Section 1050.3. - 1050.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the department...

Section 1050.4. - 1050.4. (a) On or before January 1, 2023, the department...

Section 1050.5. - 1050.5. The department may accept a credit card charge as...

Section 1050.6. - 1050.6. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 1050.8. - 1050.8. (a) The department may issue collectible, commemorative licenses to...

Section 1051. - 1051. Licenses of each class shall be uniquely numbered. Every...

Section 1052. - 1052. It is unlawful for any person to do any...

Section 1052.5. - 1052.5. Any stamp issued pursuant to this article is not...

Section 1053.1. - 1053.1. (a) A person shall not obtain more than one...

Section 1053.5. - 1053.5. Applicants for hunting licenses shall first satisfactorily complete a...

Section 1054. - 1054. (a) It is unlawful to submit, or conspire to...

Section 1054.2. - 1054.2. Every person while engaged in taking any bird, mammal,...

Section 1054.5. - 1054.5. The department may issue and shall collect payment for...

Section 1054.8. - 1054.8. (a) The department shall establish, and keep current, written...

Section 1055.1. - 1055.1. (a) Any person, except a commissioner, officer, or employee...

Section 1055.3. - 1055.3. The department may authorize any person other than a...

Section 1055.6. - 1055.6. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each license...

Section 1056. - 1056. A license agent who fails to transmit the fees...

Section 1057. - 1057. All license, tag, permit, reservation, and other entitlement money...

Section 1058. - 1058. In case of an assignment for the benefit of...

Section 1059. - 1059. (a) The failure or refusal of any license agent...

Section 1061. - 1061. (a) The department may allow a person to purchase...

Section 1065. - 1065. (a) A nonprofit conservation organization seeking promotion, exposure, and...

Section 1068. - 1068. (a) Beginning November 1, 1991, the director shall make...

Section 1069. - 1069. The director may enter into an agreement with the...

Section 1110. - 1110. Section 1110 as added to this code by the...

ARTICLE 3 - State Fish Hatcheries

Section 1120. - 1120. The commission shall establish fish hatcheries for stocking the...

Section 1121. - 1121. In any lease entered into whereby the state leases...

Section 1122. - 1122. Any claim for damages arising against the state under...

Section 1122.5. - 1122.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of...

Section 1123. - 1123. The department may purchase and import spawn or ova...

Section 1123.5. - 1123.5. Notwithstanding Section 1120 or any other provision of law,...

Section 1124. - 1124. It is unlawful to take any fish in any...

Section 1125. - 1125. The Secretary of the Interior of the United States...

Section 1126. - 1126. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, department personnel may...

ARTICLE 4 - County Fish Hatcheries

Section 1150. - 1150. The boards of supervisors of the several counties may...

ARTICLE 5 - Private Nonprofit Hatcheries

Section 1170. - 1170. The commission may issue a permit, subject to such...

Section 1171. - 1171. The commission shall not issue a permit unless it...

Section 1172. - 1172. No permit will be issued which may tend to...

Section 1173. - 1173. All fish handled under authority of this article during...

Section 1174. - 1174. Any permit granted by the commission pursuant to this...

Section 1175. - 1175. The state shall assume no responsibility for the operation...

ARTICLE 6 - Cooperative Salmon and Steelhead Rearing Facilities

Section 1200. - 1200. The department is authorized to enter into agreements with...

Section 1201. - 1201. An applicant who wishes to enter into an agreement...

Section 1202. - 1202. All fish handled or released under authority of this...

Section 1203. - 1203. The release of fish reared in facilities pursuant to...

Section 1204. - 1204. The department shall fund the agreements provided for in...

Section 1205. - 1205. The department shall, subject to the limitations of appropriate...

Section 1206. - 1206. Salmon and steelhead raised pursuant to this article shall...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Transgenic Species of Salmonids

Section 1210. - 1210. (a) The hatchery production and stocking of transgenic species...

ARTICLE 7 - Nonprofit Partnerships

Section 1225. - 1225. All moneys collected or received from gifts or bequests,...

Section 1226. - 1226. (a) The department may enter into one or more...

Section 1227. - 1227. Notwithstanding any other law, the department may enter into...

CHAPTER 4 - Wildlife Conservation Law of 197

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 1300. - 1300. This chapter is known and may be cited as...

Section 1301. - 1301. The preservation, protection and restoration of wildlife within the...

ARTICLE 2 - The Wildlife Conservation Board

Section 1320. - 1320. (a) There is in the department the Wildlife Conservation...

Section 1321. - 1321. The chairman of the board shall be elected by...

Section 1322. - 1322. The members of the board shall receive their actual...

Section 1323. - 1323. Three Members of the Senate, appointed by the Committee...

Section 1324. - 1324. For the purposes of this chapter, the Members of...

ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Purposes

Section 1345. - 1345. (a) The board shall investigate, study, and determine what...

Section 1346. - 1346. The board shall also ascertain what lands are suitable...

Section 1347. - 1347. As a result of the studies, the board shall...

Section 1348. - 1348. (a) The board shall authorize the acquisition of real...

Section 1348.1. - 1348.1. Before the board authorizes the purchase of any land,...

Section 1348.2. - 1348.2. When the board acquires real property, other than by...

Section 1348.3. - 1348.3. (a) No governmental entity may condemn any wildlife conservation...

Section 1349. - 1349. No farm lands may be acquired under the provisions...

Section 1350. - 1350. (a) (1) The department shall, when authorized by the...

Section 1351. - 1351. Each recreational area shall be so managed and controlled...

Section 1352. - 1352. (a) The money in the Wildlife Restoration Fund, as...

Section 1352.5. - 1352.5. (a) The San Francisco Baylands Restoration Program Account is...

Section 1353. - 1353. The board may purchase such boats, aircraft, or equipment...

Section 1354. - 1354. The board may authorize the acquisition of such lands...

Section 1355. - 1355. The net proceeds of the sale or other disposition...

Section 1356. - 1356. The board, when it prioritizes the use of available...

Section 1357. - 1357. (a) The board may authorize advance payments on a...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Oak Woodlands Conservation Act

Section 1360. - 1360. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 1361. - 1361. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 1362. - 1362. It is the intent of the Legislature that this...

Section 1363. - 1363. (a) The Oak Woodlands Conservation Fund is hereby created...

Section 1364. - 1364. Moneys in the fund shall be available to local...

Section 1365. - 1365. The board shall develop and adopt guidelines and criteria...

Section 1366. - 1366. (a) To qualify for a grant pursuant to this...

Section 1367. - 1367. On or before April 1, 2002, the board and...

Section 1368. - 1368. The board may not approve a grant to a...

Section 1369. - 1369. A city or county planning department may utilize a...

Section 1370. - 1370. No money may be expended from the fund to...

Section 1372. - 1372. Nothing in this article grants any new authority to...

ARTICLE 3.7 - Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program

Section 1374. - 1374. (a) The Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Program is...

Section 1374.1. - 1374.1. (a) The Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Rescue Fund Account...

ARTICLE 4 - Cooperation With United States

Section 1375. - 1375. The board may act either independently or may cooperate...

CHAPTER 4.1 - California Riparian Habitat Conservation Program

Section 1385. - 1385. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 1386. - 1386. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 1387. - 1387. The Wildlife Conservation Board shall establish and administer, through...

Section 1388. - 1388. The board, pursuant to this chapter, shall approve projects...

Section 1389. - 1389. The preservation and enhancement of riparian habitat shall be...

Section 1390. - 1390. In order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter,...

Section 1391. - 1391. Grants to nonprofit organizations pursuant to Section 1390 for...

CHAPTER 4.3 - Inland Wetlands Conservation Program

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 1400. - 1400. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 1401. - 1401. “Fund” means the Inland Wetlands Conservation Fund, created in...

Section 1402. - 1402. “Board” means the Wildlife Conservation Board created by Section...

Section 1403. - 1403. “Inland areas” means the entire area of California except...

Section 1404. - 1404. “Program” means the Inland Wetlands Conservation Program, as provided...

Section 1405. - 1405. “Nonprofit organization” means an organization described in subsection (c)...

ARTICLE 2 - The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program

Section 1410. - 1410. The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program is hereby created in...

Section 1411. - 1411. (a) The Inland Wetlands Conservation Program is the program...

Section 1412. - 1412. The board may apply for and accept federal grants...

Section 1413. - 1413. The board may acquire or accept the gift or...

Section 1414. - 1414. The board shall coordinate its activities in the program...

Section 1415. - 1415. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board...

Section 1416. - 1416. The board may make grants or loans to nonprofit...

Section 1417. - 1417. The board may lease nonwetlands habitat in need of...

Section 1418. - 1418. The board may acquire former wetlands and associated upland...

Section 1419. - 1419. Any funds remaining after an eligible acquisition, restoration, or...

Section 1420. - 1420. In reviewing any grant or loan application, preference shall...

Section 1421. - 1421. When creating new wetlands, the board shall give preference...

Section 1422. - 1422. On or before January 1, 1992, and every third...

ARTICLE 3 - Finances

Section 1430. - 1430. The Inland Wetlands Conservation Fund is hereby created in...

Section 1431. - 1431. The board shall deposit in the fund all allocations...

CHAPTER 4.4 - California Desert Conservation Program

Section 1450. - 1450. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 1451. - 1451. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 1452. - 1452. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires...

Section 1453. - 1453. The board shall establish and administer, through the department,...

Section 1454. - 1454. The board, pursuant to this chapter, shall approve projects...

Section 1455. - 1455. The preservation and restoration of desert habitat shall be...

Section 1456. - 1456. In order to accomplish the purposes of this chapter,...

Section 1457. - 1457. Grants to nonprofit organizations, pursuant to Section 1390, for...

Section 1458. - 1458. (a) The California Desert Conservation Program Fund Account is...

CHAPTER 5 - Fish and Game Management

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 1500. - 1500. The department may, with the approval of the commission...

Section 1500.5. - 1500.5. With respect to exchanging or selling any property pursuant...

Section 1501. - 1501. The department may expend such funds as may be...

Section 1501.5. - 1501.5. (a) The department may enter into contracts for fish...

Section 1502. - 1502. The department, in accordance with policies established by the...

Section 1503. - 1503. The department shall provide for the feeding of deer...

Section 1504. - 1504. (a) When income is derived directly from real property...

Section 1505. - 1505. (a) The department may manage, control, and protect the...

Section 1506. - 1506. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

ARTICLE 2 - Wildlife Management Areas and Game Farms

Section 1525. - 1525. For the purposes of propagating, feeding and protecting birds,...

Section 1526. - 1526. Any property acquired for wildlife management areas or public...

Section 1526.4. - 1526.4. (a) The department, upon request of the leaseholder, shall...

Section 1527. - 1527. The department shall do all things necessary to secure...

Section 1528. - 1528. Lands, or lands and water, acquired for public shooting...

Section 1529. - 1529. The output of any state game farm shall be...

Section 1530. - 1530. Except in accordance with the regulations of the commission,...

ARTICLE 3 - Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement Program

Section 1570. - 1570. In establishing the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement...

Section 1571. - 1571. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 1572. - 1572. (a) There is hereby established the Shared Habitat Alliance...

Section 1573. - 1573. (a) (1) The department may enter into a voluntary...

Section 1574. - 1574. (a) The department may revoke, for up to three...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Cooperative Hunting Areas

Section 1575. - 1575. To provide added protection for landowners from the depredation...

ARTICLE 4 - Ecological Reserves

Section 1580. - 1580. The Legislature hereby declares that the policy of the...

Section 1581. - 1581. Any property acquired in fee for ecological reserves shall...

Section 1582. - 1582. The department shall do all things necessary to secure...

Section 1583. - 1583. Except in accordance with the regulations of the commission...

Section 1584. - 1584. As used in this article, “ecological reserve” means land...

Section 1585. - 1585. Notwithstanding Section 1580, which sets forth the primary purposes...

Section 1586. - 1586. The Upper Newport Bay Ecological Reserve Maintenance and Preservation...

Section 1587. - 1587. The Mirage Trail within the Magnesia Spring Ecological Reserve...

Section 1588. - 1588. (a) The “Eden Landing Ecological Reserve,” as specified in...

ARTICLE 5 - Classification of Marine Managed Areas with Harvest Restrictions

Section 1590. - 1590. The commission may designate, delete, or modify state marine...

Section 1591. - 1591. (a) The Marine Managed Areas Improvement Act (Chapter 7...

CHAPTER 6 - Fish and Wildlife Protection and Conservation

Section 1600. - 1600. The Legislature finds and declares that the protection and...

Section 1601. - 1601. The following definitions apply to this chapter: (a) “Agreement”...

Section 1602. - 1602. (a) An entity shall not substantially divert or obstruct...

Section 1603. - 1603. (a) After the notification is complete, the department shall...

Section 1604. - 1604. Any party affected by a decision made by an...

Section 1605. - 1605. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

Section 1606. - 1606. The department shall not condition the issuance of an...

Section 1607. - 1607. Any time period prescribed in this chapter may be...

Section 1608. - 1608. The department shall provide any entity that submits a...

Section 1609. - 1609. (a) The department may establish a graduated schedule of...

Section 1610. - 1610. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter...

Section 1611. - 1611. (a) An entity that submits a timber harvesting plan...

Section 1612. - 1612. The department may suspend or revoke an agreement at...

Section 1613. - 1613. If, after receiving a notification, but before the department...

Section 1614. - 1614. If the entity is required to perform work subject...

Section 1615. - 1615. (a) An entity that violates this chapter is subject...

Section 1616. - 1616. Any agreement or any memorandum of understanding executed by...

Section 1617. - 1617. (a) The department may adopt general agreements for the...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Act

Section 1650. - 1650. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 1651. - 1651. As used in this chapter: (a) “Fish passage guidelines”...

Section 1652. - 1652. (a) A project proponent may submit a written request...

Section 1653. - 1653. (a) A project proponent may submit a written request...

Section 1654. - 1654. (a) The director’s approval of a habitat restoration or...

Section 1655. - 1655. (a) The Habitat Restoration and Enhancement Account is hereby...

Section 1656. - 1656. (a) The department shall submit a report no later...

Section 1657. - 1657. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January...

CHAPTER 6.6 - Voluntary Stream Restoration Property Owner Liability

Section 1660. - 1660. (a) A qualifying state agency that funds a project...

CHAPTER 7 - Conservation of Aquatic Resources

Section 1700. - 1700. It is hereby declared to be the policy of...

CHAPTER 7.2 - Trout Management

Section 1725. - 1725. This act shall be known as the Trout and...

Section 1726. - 1726. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is...

Section 1726.1. - 1726.1. The Legislature further finds and declares all of the...

Section 1726.4. - 1726.4. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, “trout” includes...

Section 1726.5. - 1726.5. The Legislature further finds and declares that activities and...

Section 1727. - 1727. (a) In order to provide for a diversity of...

Section 1728. - 1728. (a) Every five years the department shall update the...

Section 1729. - 1729. (a) The department shall give priority to stocking native...

Section 1730. - 1730. (a) By January 1, 2014, the department shall form...

CHAPTER 7.3 - Black Bass Conservation and Management

Section 1740. - 1740. This chapter shall be known as the Black Bass...

Section 1741. - 1741. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is...

Section 1742. - 1742. The Legislature further finds and declares that the black...

Section 1743. - 1743. (a) The department’s black bass management program shall include,...

CHAPTER 7.4 - Department-Managed Lands

Section 1745. - 1745. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 1745.1. - 1745.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the...

Section 1745.2. - 1745.2. (a) The department shall do both of the following:...

CHAPTER 7.5 - Native Species Conservation and Enhancement

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title

Section 1750. - 1750. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

ARTICLE 2 - Findings and Declarations

Section 1755. - 1755. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 1756. - 1756. (a) The policy set forth in this chapter is...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Bird Habitat Conservation

Section 1758. - 1758. The department shall annually provide an opportunity for licensed...

ARTICLE 3 - Native Species Conservation and Enhancement Account

Section 1760. - 1760. The department shall maintain within the Fish and Game...

Section 1761. - 1761. Whenever the department receives funds from persons or organizations...

Section 1762. - 1762. The department shall provide each person or organization making...

Section 1763. - 1763. The department may take all appropriate measures to encourage...

Section 1764. - 1764. (a) The director shall designate those particular areas of...

Section 1765. - 1765. (a) The department may issue an annual wildlife area...

Section 1766. - 1766. The department may also offer for sale a native...

Section 1767.5. - 1767.5. (a) The revenues from fees and sales under this...

Section 1768. - 1768. The Legislature finds and declares that the revenues from...

Section 1769. - 1769. The department may take all appropriate measures to encourage...

ARTICLE 4 - Endangered and Rare Fish, Wildlife, and Plant Species Conservation and Enhancement Account

Section 1770. - 1770. The department shall maintain within the Fish and Game...

Section 1771. - 1771. (a) Whenever the department receives funds from the Treasurer...

Section 1772. - 1772. The department may take all appropriate measures to encourage...

ARTICLE 5 - Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation Voluntary Tax Contribution Fund

Section 1773. - 1773. The department shall maintain the Native California Wildlife Rehabilitation...

Section 1773.1. - 1773.1. (a) The funds deposited in the Native California Wildlife...

Section 1773.2. - 1773.2. To be eligible for grant funding from the competitive...

CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 1775. - 1775. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 1776. - 1776. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Wetlands...

Section 1776.5. - 1776.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 1777. - 1777. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 1777.2. - 1777.2. “Bank site” or “mitigation bank site” means a publicly...

Section 1777.5. - 1777.5. “Credit” means a numerical value that represents the wetland...

Section 1778. - 1778. “Operator” means the department, or a public or private...

Section 1778.5. - 1778.5. “Permittee” means a public or private person or entity...

Section 1779. - 1779. “Qualifying urban area” means any of the following when...

Section 1779.5. - 1779.5. “Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley” means the central valley region, as...

ARTICLE 2 - Legislative Goals

Section 1780. - 1780. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that...

Section 1781. - 1781. It is the state’s goal to increase the total...

ARTICLE 3 - Wetlands Mitigation Banks

Section 1784. - 1784. (a) The department, in cooperation with those agencies specified...

Section 1785. - 1785. If any person desires to establish a wetlands mitigation...

Section 1786. - 1786. (a) Before any wetlands are created on the bank...

Section 1787. - 1787. (a) If the bank site owner is a public...

ARTICLE 4 - Wetlands

Section 1790. - 1790. Upon the successful creation of any wetlands of at...

Section 1791. - 1791. (a) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to Section...

Section 1792. - 1792. In the interest of assuring that the minimum price...

Section 1792.5. - 1792.5. The department shall be reimbursed for those expenses of...

ARTICLE 5 - Discharge into Wetlands

Section 1793. - 1793. A permittee shall provide compensation pursuant to Section 404...

Section 1794. - 1794. Compensation pursuant to Section 1793 is subject to the...

Section 1795. - 1795. After payment to the operator pursuant to this article,...

Section 1796. - 1796. No bank site shall be qualified under Section 1785...

CHAPTER 7.9 - Conservation Bank and Mitigation Bank Applications and Fees

Section 1797. - 1797. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Mitigation...

Section 1797.5. - 1797.5. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms...

Section 1798. - 1798. (a) (1) Any person interested in establishing any bank...

Section 1798.5. - 1798.5. (a) (1) If the department determines that a bank...

Section 1798.6. - 1798.6. (a) Any person seeking to amend any bank shall...

Section 1798.7. - 1798.7. A bank prospectus, agreement, or amendment package submitted to...

Section 1799. - 1799. (a) Until the department has approved a bank, in...

Section 1799.1. - 1799.1. (a) The department shall annually adjust the fees in...

CHAPTER 8 - Conservation of Wildlife Resources

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 1800. - 1800. As used in this chapter “wildlife” means birds, mammals,...

ARTICLE 2 - Policy

Section 1801. - 1801. It is hereby declared to be the policy of...

Section 1802. - 1802. The department has jurisdiction over the conservation, protection, and...

CHAPTER 9 - Advance Mitigation And Regional Conservation Investment Strategies

Section 1850. - 1850. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it would...

Section 1851. - 1851. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Areas of Conservation...

Section 1852. - 1852. (a) The department may approve a regional conservation investment...

Section 1853. - 1853. (a) The department may approve a regional conservation assessment...

Section 1854. - 1854. (a) The department may prepare or approve a regional...

Section 1855. - 1855. (a) Regional conservation investment strategies shall not affect the...

Section 1856. - 1856. (a) A conservation action or habitat enhancement action that...

Section 1857. - 1857. (a) The Fish and Wildlife Regional Conservation Investment Strategy...

Section 1858. - 1858. (a) The department may adopt guidelines and criteria to...

Section 1860. - 1860. Nothing in this chapter supersedes, limits, or otherwise modifies...

CHAPTER 10 - Native Plant Protection

Section 1900. - 1900. The intent of the Legislature and the purpose of...

Section 1901. - 1901. The department shall establish criteria for determining if a...

Section 1904. - 1904. The commission may, after public hearing, designate endangered and...

Section 1905. - 1905. The department may undertake botanical research and field investigations...

Section 1906. - 1906. Nothing in this code or any other law shall...

Section 1907. - 1907. (a) The commission may adopt regulations governing the taking,...

Section 1908. - 1908. No person shall import into this state, or take,...

Section 1909. - 1909. When any power or authority is given by any...

Section 1910. - 1910. A peace officer or an employee or agent of...

Section 1911. - 1911. All state departments and agencies shall, in consultation with...

Section 1912. - 1912. The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable...

Section 1913. - 1913. (a) The provisions of this chapter are not intended...

CHAPTER 11 - California Desert Native Plants

Section 1925. - 1925. The department shall enforce the provisions of the California...

Section 1926. - 1926. In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the...

CHAPTER 12 - Significant Natural Areas

Section 1930. - 1930. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Areas containing...

Section 1930.5. - 1930.5. (a) Contingent upon funding being provided by the Wildlife...

Section 1931. - 1931. The Legislature further finds and declares that it is...

Section 1932. - 1932. There is hereby established the Significant Natural Areas Program...

Section 1932.5. - 1932.5. (a) In carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to this...

Section 1933. - 1933. No authority or responsibility provided for in this chapter...

Section 1940. - 1940. (a) The department shall undertake the development of a...

CHAPTER 13 - Nonvehicular Wildlife Crossings

Section 1950. - 1950. (a) For purposes of this chapter, “nonvehicular wildlife crossing”...

CHAPTER 13.5 - Wildlife Connectivity Actions

Section 1955. - 1955. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 1956. - 1956. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply:...

Section 1957. - 1957. (a) The department may approve compensatory mitigation credits for...

Section 1958. - 1958. The department may adopt guidelines and criteria to aid...