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CA Fish & Game Code § 2941 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Salton Sea Restoration Act|ARTICLE 2 - Salton Sea Restoration|Section 2941.

2941.  Unless the context requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article.(a) “Agency” means the Natural Resources Agency.(b) “Habitat mosaics” means two or more proximate habitat types, such as saltwater shoreline abutting riverine deltas and irrigated farmland.(c) “Quantification Settlement Agreement” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Chapter 617 of the Statutes of 2002.(d) “Salton Sea Authority” or “authority” means the joint powers authority comprised of the County of Imperial, the County of Riverside, the Imperial Irrigation District, the Coachella Valley Water District, and the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe.(e) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.(f) “Vector management” means services that eliminate or reduce the risk of illness caused by any organism transporting a pathogen.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 402, Sec. 1. (AB 71) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2943 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Salton Sea Restoration Act|ARTICLE 2 - Salton Sea Restoration|Section 2943.

2943.  For the purposes of considering local, publicly derived input concerning habitat objectives and actions, types and levels of public access, and integration of air quality management and habitat restoration, the secretary shall seek input from the authority with regard to the following components of restoration of the Salton Sea:(a) Design opportunities and constraints, including the integration of the habitat, public access, and air quality management objectives.(b) Public access and recreational components.(c) Opportunities for economic development.(d) Habitat mosaics and location.(e) Vector management and predator control.(f) Feasible financial resources to fund all recommended restoration program components.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 402, Sec. 1. (AB 71) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2945 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Salton Sea Restoration Act|ARTICLE 2 - Salton Sea Restoration|Section 2945.

2945.  (a) Nothing in this article interferes with or prevents the exercise of authority by a public agency to carry out its programs, projects, or responsibilities.(b) Nothing in this article affects requirements imposed under any other provision of law.(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 402, Sec. 1. (AB 71) Effective January 1, 2014.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3500.

3500.  (a) Resident game birds are as follows:(1) Doves of the genus Streptopelia, including, but not limited to, spotted doves, ringed turtledoves, and Eurasian collared-doves.(2) California quail and varieties thereof.(3) Gambel’s or desert quail.(4) Mountain quail and varieties thereof.(5) Sooty or blue grouse and varieties thereof.(6) Ruffed grouse.(7) Sage hens or sage grouse.(8) Hungarian partridges.(9) Red-legged partridges including the chukar and other varieties.(10) Ring-necked pheasants and varieties thereof.(11) Wild turkeys of the order Galliformes.(b) Migratory game birds are as follows:(1) Ducks and geese.(2) Coots and gallinules.(3) Jacksnipe.(4) Western mourning doves.(5) White-winged doves.(6) Band-tailed pigeons.(c) References in this code to “game birds” means both resident game birds and migratory game birds.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 67. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3501.

3501.  It is unlawful to use any powerboat, motor vehicle, or airplane to drive any game bird toward another person with the intent that the other person shall take the bird.(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3502.

3502.  It is unlawful to use any mammal (except a dog) or an imitation of a mammal as a blind in approaching or taking game birds.(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3503.

3503.  It is unlawful to take, possess, or needlessly destroy the nest or eggs of any bird, except as otherwise provided by this code or any regulation made pursuant thereto.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1470.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3503.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3503.5.

3503.5.  It is unlawful to take, possess, or destroy any birds in the orders Falconiformes or Strigiformes (birds-of-prey) or to take, possess, or destroy the nest or eggs of any such bird except as otherwise provided by this code or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto.(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1334, Sec. 6.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3504.

3504.  Subject to the provisions of this code permitting the sale of domestically raised game birds, it is unlawful to sell or purchase a game bird or nongame bird.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 70. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3505.

3505.  It is unlawful to take, sell, or purchase any aigrette or egret, osprey, bird of paradise, goura, numidi, or any part of such a bird.(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3508.

3508.  It is unlawful to break, train, hold field trials with, or practice dogs on any wild game bird or domesticated game bird during the closed season on that bird except as authorized by the commission.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 62, Sec. 98. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3511 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3511.

3511.  (a) (1) Except as provided in this section, Section 2081.7, or Section 2835, a fully protected bird may not be taken or possessed at any time. No provision of this code or any other law shall be construed to authorize the issuance of a permit or license to take a fully protected bird, and no permit or license previously issued shall have any force or effect for that purpose. However, the department may authorize the taking of a fully protected bird for necessary scientific research, including efforts to recover fully protected, threatened, or endangered species, and may authorize the live capture and relocation of a fully protected bird pursuant to a permit for the protection of livestock. Before authorizing the take of a fully protected bird, the department shall make an effort to notify all affected and interested parties to solicit information and comments on the proposed authorization. The notification shall be published in the California Regulatory Notice Register and be made available to each person who has notified the department, in writing, of his or her interest in fully protected species and who has provided an e-mail address, if available, or postal address to the department. Affected and interested parties shall have 30 days after notification is published in the California Regulatory Notice Register to provide relevant information and comments on the proposed authorization.(2) As used in this subdivision, “scientific research” does not include an action taken as part of specified mitigation for a project, as defined in Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code.(3) A legally imported fully protected bird may be possessed under a permit issued by the department.(b) The following are fully protected birds:(1) American peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum).(2) Brown pelican.(3) California black rail (Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus).(4) California clapper rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus).(5) California condor (Gymnogyps californianus).(6) California least tern (Sterna albifrons browni).(7) Golden eagle.(8) Greater sandhill crane (Grus canadensis tabida).(9) Light-footed clapper rail (Rallus longirostris levipes).(10) Southern bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus).(11) Trumpeter swan (Cygnus buccinator).(12) White-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus).(13) Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis).(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 71. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3513 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3513.

3513.  (a) It is unlawful to take or possess any migratory nongame bird as designated in the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 703 et seq.) before January 1, 2017, any additional migratory nongame bird that may be designated in that federal act after that date, or any part of a migratory nongame bird described in this section, except as provided by rules and regulations adopted by the United States Secretary of the Interior under that federal act before January 1, 2017, or subsequent rules or regulations adopted pursuant to that federal act, unless those rules or regulations are inconsistent with this code.(b) This section shall become inoperative on January 20, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 349, Sec. 2. (AB 454) Effective January 1, 2020. Inoperative January 20, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 3 of Stats. 2019, Ch. 349.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3513 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3513.

3513.  (a) It is unlawful to take or possess any migratory nongame bird as designated in the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 703 et seq.), or any part of a migratory nongame bird described in this section, except as provided by rules and regulations adopted by the United States Secretary of the Interior under that federal act.(b) This section shall become operative on January 20, 2025.(Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 349, Sec. 3. (AB 454) Effective January 1, 2020. Operative January 20, 2025, by its own provisions.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3514 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3514.

3514.  Exotic nonresident game birds are those birds of the order Galliformes (pheasant, grouse, quail) which are not established as a wild resident population in this State.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 398.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3515 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3515.

3515.  Exotic nonresident game birds may be released in this State only on prior approval of the commission.(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 398.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3516 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions|Section 3516.

3516.  The commission may adopt such regulations as it deems necessary to govern the release, taking, and possession of exotic nonresident game birds.The commission may adopt such regulations as it deems necessary to govern the inspection of resident game birds imported into this State.(Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 306.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 3 - Nongame Birds|Section 3800.

3800.  (a) All birds occurring naturally in California that are not resident game birds, migratory game birds, or fully protected birds are nongame birds. It is unlawful to take any nongame bird except as provided in this code or in accordance with regulations of the commission or, when relating to mining operations, a mitigation plan approved by the department.(b) (1) Mitigation plans relating to mining operations approved by the department shall, among other criteria, require avoidance of take, where feasible, and include reasonable and practicable methods of mitigating the unavoidable take of birds and mammals. When approving mitigation plans, the department shall consider the use of the best available technology on a site-specific basis.(2) Mitigation plans relating to mining operations approved by the department shall include provisions that address circumstances where mining operations contribute to bird deaths, including ponding of process solutions on heap leach pads and exposure of process solution channels, solution ponds, and tailing ponds.(3) The mine operator shall prepare a mitigation plan that shall be submitted to the department for approval. For ongoing mining operations, the mitigation plan alone or in conjunction with regulations adopted by the commission shall result in an overall reduction in take of avian or mammal species. The department shall provide an opportunity for public review and comment on each mitigation plan during the department’s approval process. The mitigation plan shall be prepared on a site-specific basis and may provide for offsite mitigation measures designed to reduce avian mortality. The mine operator shall submit monthly monitoring reports on avian mortality to the department to aid in evaluating the effectiveness of onsite mitigation measures.(4) The mining operator shall reimburse the department for its direct costs to provide appropriate notice of the mitigation plan to affected local government entities and other affected parties. The mine operator shall provide the department a limited number of copies, as determined by the department, of the mitigation plan for public review.(c) The department shall monitor and evaluate implementation of the mitigation plan by the mine operator and require modification of the plan or other remedial actions to be taken if the overall reduction in take of avian or mammal species required pursuant to paragraph (3) is not being achieved.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 768, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 3 - Nongame Birds|Section 3801.

3801.  Notwithstanding Section 3007 or any other provision of this code or regulations made pursuant thereto requiring the possession of a hunting license, a landowner or lessee or agent of either in immediate possession of written authority from the landowner or lessee, shall not be required to obtain a hunting license or a depredation permit to take the following nongame birds on land owned or leased by the landowner or lessee. Hunters otherwise taking the following nongame birds shall be licensed pursuant to Section 3007. The following nongame birds taken in compliance with this section may be taken and possessed by any person at any time, except as provided in Section 3000:(a) English sparrows (Passer domesticus).(b) Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 70. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3801.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 3 - Nongame Birds|Section 3801.5.

3801.5.  Nongame birds not covered by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act which are found to be injuring growing crops or property may be taken by the owner or tenant of the premises. They may also be so taken by officers or employees of the Department of Food and Agriculture or by federal or county officers or employees when acting in their official capacities pursuant to the provisions of the Food and Agricultural Code pertaining to pests, or pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 6021) of Chapter 9 of Part 1 of Division 4 of the Food and Agricultural Code.Landowners and tenants taking birds in accordance with this section are exempt from Section 3007.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 101, Sec. 34.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3801.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 3 - Nongame Birds|Section 3801.6.

3801.6.  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code or regulations made pursuant thereto, it is unlawful to possess the carcass, skin, or parts of any nongame bird. The feathers, carcass, skin, or parts of any nongame bird possessed by any person in violation of any of the provisions of this code shall be seized by the department and delivered to a California Native American tribal government or a scientific or educational institution, used by the department, or destroyed.(b) (1) It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this section if the possessor of feathers, carcass, skin, or parts of a nongame bird legally acquired the feathers, carcass, skin, or parts, possesses them for tribal, cultural, or spiritual purposes, and satisfies either of the following criteria:(A) The possessor is an enrolled member of a federally recognized Native American tribe or nonfederally recognized California Native American tribe listed on the California Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission who has, in his or her immediate possession, valid tribal identification or other irrefutable proof of current enrollment.(B) The possessor has a certificate of degree of Indian blood issued by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs in his or her immediate possession.(2) Nothing in this section allows any person to sell nongame bird feathers, carcasses, skins, or parts. Native Americans meeting the affirmative defense requirements may salvage dead nongame birds so long as the person salvaging these birds does not possess, nor is in the company of any person who possesses, a firearm, BB device as defined in Section 16250 of the Penal Code, trap, snare, net archery equipment, device capable of discharging a projectile, or any apparatus designed to take birds. Salvaging shall not take place by any person involved in the take of the nongame bird to be salvaged, any person present at the time of the take, or by any person who received related information originating from any person present at the time of the take of the nongame bird. Salvaging pursuant to this subdivision shall not take place if a bird has been struck with any thrown or discharged projectile, trapped, netted, caught, or snared.(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), any officer deputized pursuant to this code may interrupt any ongoing salvaging of dead nongame carcasses, feathers, skins, or parts if, in the officer’s judgment, the activity causes a public disruption, safety hazard, or is detrimental to the ability of the department to prevent a possible violation of this section. The officer may seize any of the salvaged feathers, carcasses, skins, or parts and has the option of returning them to the general location from where they were salvaged.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 178, Sec. 30. (SB 1115) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 107 of Ch. 178.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3802 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 3 - Nongame Birds|Section 3802.

3802.  The department may enter into cooperative contracts with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of the Interior in relation to the control or eradication of predatory birds, and for that purpose may expend any money made available to the department for expenditure for the control or eradication of predatory birds.(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3803 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 3 - Nongame Birds|Section 3803.

3803.  The department may take any individual bird, or birds of any species, that, in its opinion, are unduly preying upon any species of bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian, or fish.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 72. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3806 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 3 - Nongame Birds|Section 3806.

3806.  In order to aid in relieving widespread waterfowl depredation of agricultural crops, the department may issue licenses under regulations which the commission may prescribe to permit the feeding of migratory game birds. The commission may prescribe an annual fee for the license.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1368, Sec. 15.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3850 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 4 - California Condor|Section 3850.

3850.  The department may carry out a California condor preservation project which has the following objectives:(a) Habitat protection, consistent with the department’s existing legal authority.(b) Field research, including mortality studies.(c) Captive breeding program.(d) Condor release program.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 88, Sec. 1. Effective April 25, 1988.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3851 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 4 - California Condor|Section 3851.

3851.  The department, jointly with the federal-state condor recovery team established pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act shall develop a plan to respond to the objectives in Section 3850. Based on the plan, the department shall develop specific activities, studies, and programs to be administered by the department in the areas of habitat protection and field research. The department may contract for all or some of these activities, studies, and programs.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 88, Sec. 1. Effective April 25, 1988.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3852 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 4 - California Condor|Section 3852.

3852.  The department shall provide funds to the Zoological Society of San Diego and to the Los Angeles Zoo for a condor breeding program on the grounds of each zoo.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 88, Sec. 1. Effective April 25, 1988.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3853 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 4 - California Condor|Section 3853.

3853.  In addition to the programs in Section 3852, a condor release program administered by the department and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service may be contracted to the Zoological Society of San Diego and the Los Angeles Zoo.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 88, Sec. 1. Effective April 25, 1988.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 3854 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS|PART 2 - BIRDS|CHAPTER 4 - California Condor|Section 3854.

3854.  Not more than 10 percent of the funds provided to the zoos under this chapter may be used for administrative costs of the program.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 88, Sec. 1. Effective April 25, 1988.)