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CA Fish & Game Code § 1786 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993|ARTICLE 3 - Wetlands Mitigation Banks|Section 1786.

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 a memorandum of understanding with the operator. The United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Fish and Wildlife Service of the United States Department of the Interior, the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the State Department of Health Services or its designee, or any of them, may be signatories by indicating to the department their interest in participating within 90 days of being notified by the department of the department’s intent to initiate the procedures described in this section. Any county located in whole or in part in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley may, by ordinance, require that it be a signatory to any memorandum of understanding for a bank site to be established within its boundary.(b) The memorandum of understanding shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following items:(1) Identification of the mitigation bank site, including the legal property description, acreage, types, and location of existing wetlands within the boundaries of the bank site.(2) An agreement, by each of the governmental agencies in subdivision (a), that all new, successfully created wetland acreage shall qualify to be credited against the approved removal or fill of wetlands located in the qualifying urban area and within 40 miles of the bank site and is consistent with the procedures set out in this chapter.(3) An agreement by the operator to do both of the following:(A) Maintain all wetland habitat within the bank in optimum condition in perpetuity, barring an unforeseen natural catastrophe that precludes the viability of wetlands.(B) Establish a trust or bond in favor of the department that provides sufficient funds to ensure administration, protection, operation, and maintenance in perpetuity of the wetland habitat acreage and values at the mitigation bank site if the operator defaults in performing the duties required pursuant to subparagraph (A).(4) In the case of privately owned bank sites, identification of the circumstances that would constitute a major breach of the agreement and that would result in either the replacement of the operator, or the passing of title from the owner to the state, or both, including identification of procedures for adequate notice and opportunity for the operator to be heard and to correct any breach.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1787 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993|ARTICLE 3 - Wetlands Mitigation Banks|Section 1787.

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 amount equal to the county taxes levied on the property at the time title to the bank site is transferred to that entity. The public entity shall also pay the assessments levied upon the property by any irrigation, drainage, or reclamation district.(b) Payments under this section shall be made on or before December 10 of each year, except for newly acquired bank sites, for which payments shall be made pursuant to subdivision (c).(c) Payments for newly acquired bank sites shall be made within one year of the date title to the property was transferred to the state, prorated for the balance of the year from the date title was transferred to the 30th day of June following the date title was transferred, and, thereafter, payments shall be made on or before December 10 of each year.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1790 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993|ARTICLE 4 - Wetlands|Section 1790.

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 on a site at least 20 acres in size, the operator may request a determination by the department of the number of acres in the mitigation bank site, and the relative habitat value thereof, that qualify for credit against prospective wetland loss in the qualifying urban area. In determining the amount of mitigation bank credit, no credit shall be provided for habitat values or acreage that was in existence prior to the establishment of the bank.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1791 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993|ARTICLE 4 - Wetlands|Section 1791.

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 based on the criteria established pursuant to Section 1784, and the department shall classify those wetlands according to established biological criteria.(b) The classifications shall include, but are not limited to, the following wetland types:(1) Perennial freshwater marsh.(2) Perennial brackish marsh.(3) Seasonal freshwater marsh.(4) Wet meadow.(5) Vernal pool.(6) Riparian woodland.(7) Riparian scrub.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1792 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993|ARTICLE 4 - Wetlands|Section 1792.

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 establish a minimum price for each bank established pursuant to this chapter. The operator may set a higher price to the extent that price is consistent with the terms of the memorandum of understanding executed pursuant to Section 1785. After the department determines the number of wetland acres in the bank site that qualify for credit against wetland loss in a qualifying urban area, the operator shall provide to the department, and the department shall verify, an accounting of the average cost for each wetland acre created, by wetland type for the purpose of determining credits, using the following factors:(a) Land costs, including the reasonable interest cost of holding the land.(b) Wetland creation costs.(c) Wetland administration, maintenance, and protection costs.(d) Annual taxes, including all tax increases allowed under applicable state law, and in-lieu payments pursuant to Section 1787, if applicable.(e) Costs incurred by the department in establishing the bank site, and the direct cost of necessary ongoing monitoring and oversight.(f) Any other information relevant to a determination of the cost of preserving the wetlands in perpetuity.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1792.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993|ARTICLE 4 - Wetlands|Section 1792.5.

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 person establishing a wetland mitigation bank. The agreement shall be approved by all parties prior to the commencement of planning activities.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1793 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993|ARTICLE 5 - Discharge into Wetlands|Section 1793.

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 the wetlands that the permittee will remove according to wetland type, consistent with Article 4 (commencing with Section 1790).(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1794 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993|ARTICLE 5 - Discharge into Wetlands|Section 1794.

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) of subdivision (b) of Section 1786 and, in addition, is subject to the following conditions:(a) The full payment shall be used to purchase credits in the mitigation bank site.(b) The payment shall provide for purchase of bank site wetland acreage required by Section 1793 that has the same hydrologic, vegetative, and other characteristics as the system for which it will serve as mitigation.(c) A permittee shall not participate in a wetlands mitigation bank if a net loss of wetland habitat values or acreage occurs.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1795 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993|ARTICLE 5 - Discharge into Wetlands|Section 1795.

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 which payment was made, unless the permittee has an equity involvement in the bank.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1254, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1796 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 7.8 - Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Wetlands Mitigation Bank Act of 1993|ARTICLE 5 - Discharge into Wetlands|Section 1796.

1796.  No bank site shall be qualified under Section 1785 on or after January 1, 2015.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 294, Sec. 8. (AB 1442) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 8 - Conservation of Wildlife Resources|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 1800.

1800.  As used in this chapter “wildlife” means birds, mammals, and reptiles not raised in captivity.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1190.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 8 - Conservation of Wildlife Resources|ARTICLE 2 - Policy|Section 1801.

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 influence of the state. This policy shall include the following objectives:(a) To maintain sufficient populations of all species of wildlife and the habitat necessary to achieve the objectives stated in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d).(b) To provide for the beneficial use and enjoyment of wildlife by all citizens of the state.(c) To perpetuate all species of wildlife for their intrinsic and ecological values, as well as for their direct benefits to all persons.(d) To provide for aesthetic, educational, and nonappropriative uses of the various wildlife species.(e) To maintain diversified recreational uses of wildlife, including the sport of hunting, as proper uses of certain designated species of wildlife, subject to regulations consistent with the maintenance of healthy, viable wildlife resources, the public safety, and a quality outdoor experience.(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 regulated management. Such management shall be consistent with the maintenance of healthy and thriving wildlife resources and the public ownership status of the wildlife resources.(g) To alleviate economic losses or public health or safety problems caused by wildlife to the people of the state either individually or collectively. Such resolution shall be in a manner designed to bring the problem within tolerable limits consistent with economic and public health considerations and the objectives stated in subdivisions (a), (b) and (c).(h) It is not intended that this policy shall provide any power to regulate natural resources or commercial or other activities connected therewith, except as specifically provided by the Legislature.(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 279, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 1802 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 2 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE|CHAPTER 8 - Conservation of Wildlife Resources|ARTICLE 2 - Policy|Section 1802.

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. The department, as trustee for fish and wildlife resources, shall consult with lead and responsible agencies and shall provide, as available, the requisite biological expertise to review and comment upon environmental documents and impacts arising from project activities, as those terms are used in the California Environmental Protection Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1706, Sec. 10.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2050 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2050.

2050.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Endangered Species Act.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2051 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2051.

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 of man’s activities, untempered by adequate concern and conservation.(b) Other species of fish, wildlife, and plants are in danger of, or threatened with, extinction because their habitats are threatened with destruction, adverse modification, or severe curtailment, or because of overexploitation, disease, predation, or other factors.(c) These species of fish, wildlife, and plants are of ecological, educational, historical, recreational, esthetic, economic, and scientific value to the people of this state, and the conservation, protection, and enhancement of these species and their habitat is of statewide concern.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2052 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2052.

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 threatened species and its habitat and that it is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with conserving the species, to acquire lands for habitat for these species.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2052.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2052.1.

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 particular impact on a candidate species, threatened species, or endangered species, the measures or alternatives required shall be roughly proportional in extent to any impact on those species that is caused by that person. Where various measures or alternatives are available to meet this obligation, the measures or alternatives required shall maintain the person’s objectives to the greatest extent possible consistent with this section. All required measures or alternatives shall be capable of successful implementation. This section governs the full extent of mitigation measures or alternatives that may be imposed on a person pursuant to this chapter. This section shall not affect the state’s obligations set forth in Section 2052.(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 485, Sec. 74. Effective January 1, 1999.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2053 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2053.

2053.  (a) The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state that public agencies should not approve projects as proposed which would jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of habitat essential to the continued existence of those species, if there are reasonable and prudent alternatives available consistent with conserving the species or its habitat which would prevent jeopardy.(b) Furthermore, it is the policy of this state and the intent of the Legislature that reasonable and prudent alternatives shall be developed by the department, together with the project proponent and the state lead agency, consistent with conserving the species, while at the same time maintaining the project purpose to the greatest extent possible.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 329, Sec. 1. (SB 473) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2054 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2054.

2054.  The Legislature further finds and declares that, in the event specific economic, social, or other conditions make infeasible such alternatives, individual projects may be approved if appropriate mitigation and enhancement measures are provided.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2055 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2055.

2055.  The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of this state that all state agencies, boards, and commissions shall seek to conserve endangered species and threatened species and shall utilize their authority in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2056 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2056.

2056.  The Legislature further finds and declares that the cooperation of the owners of land which is identified as habitat for endangered species and threatened species is essential for the conservation of those species and that it is the policy of this state to foster and encourage that cooperation in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. Therefore, a landowner of property on which an endangered, threatened, or candidate species lives shall not be liable for civil damages for injury to employees of, or persons under contract with, the department if the injury occurs while those persons are conducting survey, management, or recovery efforts with respect to those species.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 286, Sec. 1.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2060 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2060.

2060.  The definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2061 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2061.

2061.  “Conserve,” “conserving,” and “conservation” mean to use, and the use of, all methods and procedures which are necessary to bring any endangered species or threatened species to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to this chapter are no longer necessary. These methods and procedures include, but are not limited to, all activities associated with scientific resources management, such as research, census, law enforcement, habitat acquisition, restoration and maintenance, propagation, live trapping, and transplantation, and, in the extraordinary case where population pressures within a given ecosystem cannot be otherwise relieved, may include regulated taking.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2062 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2062.

2062.  “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 loss of habitat, change in habitat, overexploitation, predation, competition, or disease. Any species determined by the commission as “endangered” on or before January 1, 1985, is an “endangered species.”(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2063 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2063.

2063.  “Feasible” means feasible as defined in Section 21061.1 of the Public Resources Code.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2064 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2064.

2064.  “Project” means project as defined in Section 21065 of the Public Resources Code.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2064.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2064.5.

2064.5.  “Recover” and “recovery” mean to improve, and improvement in, the status of a species to the point at which listing is no longer appropriate under the criteria set out in this chapter and any regulations adopted thereunder, and, if the department has approved a recovery plan, satisfaction of the conditions of that plan.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 329, Sec. 2. (SB 473) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Fish & Game Code § 2065 (2021)
2021 California Code|Fish and Game Code - FGC|DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY|CHAPTER 1.5 - Endangered Species|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 2065.

2065.  “State lead agency” means the state agency, board, or commission which is a lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Sec. 21000) of the Public Resources Code).(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.)