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2023 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.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 13 - Salton Sea Restoration Act › ARTICLE 3 - Lithium › Section 2950.

2950. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Agency” means the Natural Resources Agency.
(b) “Disadvantaged community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 80002 of the Public Resources Code.
(c) “Nonprofit corporation” means a nonprofit corporation qualified to do business in California and exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(d) “Salton Sea Management Plan” means the Salton Sea Management Program Phase I: 10-Year Plan published in August 2018, or revised thereafter.
(e) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.
(f) “Severely disadvantaged community” has the same meaning as defined in Section 80002 of the Public Resources Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 251, Sec. 2. (AB 209) Effective September 6, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 13 - Salton Sea Restoration Act › ARTICLE 3 - Lithium › Section 2952.

2952. (a) Before allocating moneys pursuant to this article, the agency shall develop and adopt project solicitation and evaluation guidelines.
(b) The guidelines may include monitoring and reporting requirements, a limit on the dollar amount of grant awards, and other requirements, including eligibility requirements.
(c) The guidelines shall encourage, where feasible, inclusion of the following project components:
(1) Efficient use of water supplies and other natural resources.
(2) Protection and preservation of habitat.
(3) Mitigation of dust or other human health hazards.
(4) Protection of tribal cultural resources.
(5) Operation and maintenance of built infrastructure.
(6) Access and inclusion of underserved or underrepresented communities in public processes.
(d) Before adopting the guidelines, the agency shall consult with tribes and hold two public meetings to consider tribal input and public comments.
(e) Before holding a public meeting related to the guidelines, the agency shall publish a draft of the guidelines on its internet website.
(f) All public meetings related to the guidelines shall be conducted in the vicinity of the Salton Sea.
(g) The secretary shall cause to be posted, in an electronic form, the adopted guidelines on the agency’s internet website.
(h) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to the development and adoption of the guidelines.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 63, Sec. 1. (SB 125) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 13 - Salton Sea Restoration Act › ARTICLE 3 - Lithium › Section 2953.

2953. For purposes of implementing this article, the agency may enter into agreements with other agencies, including the Department of Water Resources.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 63, Sec. 1. (SB 125) Effective June 30, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 3 - FISH AND GAME GENERALLY › CHAPTER 13 - Salton Sea Restoration Act › ARTICLE 3 - Lithium › Section 2954.

2954. On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, the agency shall report on its internet website the projected operating and maintenance costs of state-developed or -managed public works or restoration projects at the Salton Sea for the following fiscal year that will be funded through the Salton Sea Lithium Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 251, Sec. 4. (AB 209) Effective September 6, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3000.

3000. It is unlawful to take any bird or mammal, except a nongame mammal, between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise of the following day at the place of taking, except as otherwise provided in this code or under such regulations as the commission may adopt. The commission may adopt regulations prohibiting the taking of any nongame mammal between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise of the following day at the place of taking.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1470.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3001.

3001. It is unlawful to take birds or mammals with firearms, BB devices as defined in Section 16250 of the Penal Code, crossbows, or with bow and arrow when intoxicated.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 178, Sec. 29. (SB 1115) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative January 1, 2012, by Sec. 107 of Ch. 178.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3002.

3002. It is unlawful to shoot at any game bird or mammal, including a marine mammal as defined in Section 4500, from a powerboat, sailboat, motor vehicle, or airplane.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 786.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3003.

3003. (a) It is unlawful for a person to shoot, shoot at, or kill a bird or mammal with a gun or other device accessed via an Internet connection in this state.
(b) It is unlawful for a person, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other business entity to do either of the following:
(1) Own or operate a shooting range, site, or gallery located in the state for the purpose of online shooting or spearing of a bird or mammal.
(2) Create, maintain, or utilize an Internet Web site, or other service or business in this state, for the purpose of online shooting or spearing of a bird or mammal.
(c) It is unlawful to possess or confine a bird or mammal in furtherance of an activity prohibited by this section.
(d) It is unlawful for a person in this state to import into, or export from, this state a bird or mammal that is killed by a device accessed via an Internet connection.
(e) A bird or mammal that is possessed in violation of this section shall be subject to seizure by the department.
(f) For the purposes of this section, “online shooting or spearing” means the use of a computer or other device, equipment, software, or technology to remotely control the aiming and discharge of a weapon, including, but not limited to, a firearm, bow and arrow, spear, slingshot, harpoon, or other projectile device.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 59. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3003.1.

3003.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1001, 1002, 4002, 4004, 4007, 4008, 4009.5, 4152, 4180, or 4181:
(1) It is unlawful for any person to trap for the purposes of recreation or commerce in fur any fur-bearing mammal or nongame mammal with any body-gripping trap. A body-gripping trap is one that grips the mammal’s body or body part, including, but not limited to, steel-jawed leghold traps, padded-jaw leghold traps, conibear traps, and snares. Cage and box traps, nets, suitcase-type live beaver traps, and common rat and mouse traps shall not be considered body-gripping traps.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to buy, sell, barter, or otherwise exchange for profit, or to offer to buy, sell, barter, or otherwise exchange for profit, the raw fur, as defined by Section 4005, of any fur-bearing mammal or nongame mammal that was trapped in this state, with a body-gripping trap as described in paragraph (1).
(3) It is unlawful for any person, including an employee of the federal, state, county, or municipal government, to use or authorize the use of any steel-jawed leghold trap, padded or otherwise, to capture any game mammal, fur-bearing mammal, nongame mammal, or protected mammal, or any dog or cat. The prohibition in this subdivision does not apply to federal, state, county, or municipal government employees or their duly authorized agents in the extraordinary case where the otherwise prohibited padded-jaw leghold trap is the only method available to protect human health or safety.
(4) For purposes of this section, fur-bearing mammals, game mammals, nongame mammals, and protected mammals are those mammals so defined by statute on January 1, 1997.
(b) Nothing in this section authorizes any person to trap for purposes of recreation or commerce in fur any fur-bearing mammal or nongame mammal by any other means.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 469, Sec. 1. (SB 856) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of July 1, 2024, by its own provisions. See later operative version as added by Sec. 2 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 469.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3003.1.

3003.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 1001, 1002, 4002, 4004, 4007, 4008, 4009.5, 4152, 4180, or 4181:
(1) It is unlawful for any person to trap for the purposes of recreation or commerce in fur any fur-bearing mammal or nongame mammal with any body-gripping trap. A body-gripping trap is one that grips the mammal’s body or body part, including, but not limited to, steel-jawed leghold traps, padded-jaw leghold traps, conibear traps, and snares. Cage and box traps, nets, suitcase-type live beaver traps, and common rat and mouse traps shall not be considered body-gripping traps.
(2) It is unlawful for any person to buy, sell, barter, or otherwise exchange for profit, or to offer to buy, sell, barter, or otherwise exchange for profit, the raw fur, as defined by Section 4005, of any fur-bearing mammal or nongame mammal that was trapped in this state, with a body-gripping trap as described in paragraph (1).
(3) It is unlawful for any person, including an employee of the federal, state, county, or municipal government, to use or authorize the use of any steel-jawed leghold trap, padded or otherwise, to capture any game mammal, exotic game mammal, fur-bearing mammal, nongame mammal, or protected mammal, or any dog or cat. The prohibition in this subdivision does not apply to federal, state, county, or municipal government employees or their duly authorized agents in the extraordinary case where the otherwise prohibited padded-jaw leghold trap is the only method available to protect human health or safety.
(4) For purposes of this section, fur-bearing mammals, game mammals, nongame mammals, and protected mammals are those mammals so defined by statute on January 1, 1997, except as regards exotic game mammals.
(b) Nothing in this section authorizes any person to trap for purposes of recreation or commerce in fur any fur-bearing mammal or nongame mammal by any other means.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 469, Sec. 2. (SB 856) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative July 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3003.2.

3003.2. Notwithstanding Sections 4003, 4152, 4180, or 4180.1 of this code or Section 14063 of the Food and Agricultural Code, no person, including an employee of the federal, state, county, or municipal government, may poison or attempt to poison any animal by using sodium fluoroacetate, also known as Compound 1080, or sodium cyanide.
(Added November 3, 1998, by initiative Proposition 4, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3003.5.

3003.5. It is unlawful to pursue, drive, or herd any bird or mammal with any motorized water, land, or air vehicle, including, but not limited to, a motor vehicle, airplane, powerboat, or snowmobile, except in any of the following circumstances:
(a) On private property by the landowner or tenant thereof to haze birds or mammals for the purpose of preventing damage by that wildlife to private property.
(b) Pursuant to a permit from the department issued under regulations as the commission may prescribe.
(c) In the pursuit of agriculture.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 49. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3004.

3004. (a) It is unlawful for a person, other than the owner, person in possession of the premises, or a person having the express permission of the owner or person in possession of the premises, while within 150 yards of an occupied dwelling house, residence, or other building, or within 150 yards of a barn or other outbuilding used in connection with an occupied dwelling house, residence, or other building, to either hunt or discharge a firearm or other deadly weapon while hunting. The 150-yard area is a “safety zone.”
(b) It is unlawful for a person to intentionally discharge a firearm or release an arrow or crossbow bolt over or across a public road or other established way open to the public in an unsafe and reckless manner.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 60. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3005.5.

3005.5. (a) It is unlawful to capture any game mammal, game bird, nongame bird, nongame mammal, or furbearer, or to possess or confine any live game mammal, game bird, nongame bird, nongame mammal, or furbearer taken from the wild, except as provided by this code or regulations made pursuant to this code. Any bird or mammal possessed or confined in violation of this section shall be seized by the department.
(b) The commission may promulgate regulations permitting the temporary confinement of game mammals, game birds, nongame birds, nongame mammals, or furbearers for the purpose of treating the animals, if injured or diseased.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 469, Sec. 5. (SB 856) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of July 1, 2024, by its own provisions. See later operative version as added by Sec. 6 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 469.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3005.5.

3005.5. (a) It is unlawful to capture any game mammal, exotic game mammal, game bird, nongame bird, nongame mammal, or furbearer, or to possess or confine any live game mammal, exotic game mammal, game bird, nongame bird, nongame mammal, or furbearer taken from the wild, except as provided by this code or regulations made pursuant to this code. Any bird or mammal possessed or confined in violation of this section shall be seized by the department.
(b) The commission may promulgate regulations permitting the temporary confinement of game mammals, exotic game mammals, game birds, nongame birds, nongame mammals, or furbearers for the purpose of treating the animals, if injured or diseased.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2024.
(Repealed (in Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 469, Sec. 6. (SB 856) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative July 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3006.

3006. Except as authorized under a domesticated game breeder’s license, a deer, elk, or bear kept in captivity may be killed only with the approval of the department, and pursuant to any regulation that the commission may adopt. The carcass of a deer, elk, or bear kept in captivity may not be sold, and shall be disposed of as directed by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 61. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3007.

3007. Except as provided in this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code, it is unlawful to take a bird or mammal without a license or entitlement to do so.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 62. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3008.

3008. The physical control of a dog by its owner while the dog is engaged in hunting in an area where the owner is otherwise authorized to hunt, shall be as required by this code or regulations made pursuant thereto.
Dogs which are used for hunting which have been vaccinated for rabies in their county of residence in conformity with state law regulating vaccinations in rabies areas are not subject to rabies vaccination requirements of local ordinances outside their county of residence.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 444.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3009.

3009. Every person who while taking any bird or mammal kills or injures another person by the use of any firearm, bow and arrow, spear, slingshot, or other weapon or device used in such taking and who knowingly either abandons such person or fails to render to such injured person all necessary aid possible under the circumstances is guilty of a felony.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1815.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3010.

3010. It is unlawful for any person to take any pheasant within 300 yards of any vehicle from which pheasants are being released into an area for hunting while such pheasants are being released.
(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1674.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3011.

3011. No person, including employees of the state, federal or county government, shall take bear with iron or steel-jawed or any type of metal-jawed traps, and no provision of this code or any other law shall be construed to authorize, or to permit the authorizing of, the use of iron or steel-jawed or any type of metal-jawed traps to take bear.
(Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 310.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Methods of Taking › Section 3012.

3012. It is unlawful to use any recorded or electrically amplified bird or mammal calls or sounds, or recorded or electrically amplified imitations of bird or mammal calls or sounds, to assist in taking any bird or mammal, except nongame birds and nongame mammals as permitted by regulations of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1114.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Hunting Licenses › Section 3031.

3031. (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, 16 years of age or older, upon the payment of a base fee of thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents ($31.25).
(2) A resident or nonresident, who is under 16 years of age on July 1 of the licensing year, upon the payment of a base fee of eight dollars and twenty-five cents ($8.25), regardless of whether that person applies before or after July 1 of that year. A license issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be known as a junior hunting license and a person who holds one of these licenses shall be known as a junior hunter.
(3) A nonresident, 16 years of age or older, upon the payment of a base fee of one hundred eight dollars and fifty cents ($108.50).
(4) A nonresident, 16 years of age or older, valid only for two consecutive days upon payment of the fee set forth in paragraph (1). A license issued pursuant to this paragraph is valid only for taking resident and migratory game birds, resident small game mammals, fur-bearing mammals, wild pigs, and nongame mammals, as defined in this code or in regulations adopted by the commission.
(5) A nonresident, valid for one day and only for the taking of domesticated game birds and pheasants while on the premises of a licensed game bird club, or for the taking of domesticated migratory game birds in areas licensed for shooting those birds, upon the payment of a base fee of fifteen dollars ($15).
(b) The base fees specified in this section are applicable to the 2004 license year, and shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant to Section 713.
(c) The commission shall adjust the amount of the fees specified in subdivision (b), as necessary, to fully recover, but not exceed, all reasonable administrative and implementation costs of the department and the commission relating to those licenses.
(d) A person who is 16 or 17 years of age, is in possession of a valid resident or nonresident hunting license, and is issued an entry permit pursuant to Section 551 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations may hunt in the area described in the entry permit unaccompanied by a person over 18 years of age but shall not be accompanied by a person under 16 years of age.
(e) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2020.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 469, Sec. 7. (SB 856) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Hunting Licenses › Section 3031.5.

3031.5. For the purpose of obtaining a hunting license, enrollees in the Job Corps, created by the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-452), shall be deemed to be residents of California.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1086.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Hunting Licenses › Section 3032.

3032. (a) As used in this section:
(1) “Bear” and “pursue” have the same meanings as defined in Section 3960.
(2) “Hound” means a dog used to pursue mammals.
(b) The commission may establish a hound tag program.
(c) If a hound tag program is established, the commission may require all of the following:
(1) That each hound be issued a license tag bearing a unique identifying number that is to be worn at all times by the hound while pursuing mammals.
(2) That all relevant local and state laws pertaining to dogs are being followed while the hound is being used to pursue mammals.
(3) That each hound be microchipped with an implanted transponder that has a unique identification code.
(4) That the owner maintain documentation showing that the hound is current on all required vaccinations and treatments for the prevention of rabies and any other disease specified by the department.
(5) That the owner report, within 24 hours of its last sighting, any hound that is lost during hunting, pursuing, or tracking activities.
(6) That the hound’s tag identification number be recorded on the hunting tag of any animal taken using the services of the hound.
(d) If a hound tag program is established, the commission may adjust the amount of the fees for the hound tag as necessary, to fully recover, but not exceed, all reasonable administrative and implementation costs of the department and the commission relating to the program.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 595, Sec. 1. (SB 1221) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Hunting Licenses › Section 3033.

3033. (a) Pursuant to this section, the department shall issue to a disabled veteran or recovering service member who has not been convicted of a violation of this code a reduced fee hunting license that authorizes the licensee to take a bird or mammal as authorized by this code and regulations adopted pursuant to this code.
(b) The base license fee for a reduced fee hunting license shall be four dollars ($4) for the hunting license year beginning on July 1, 1995, and, for the following years, this license fee may be annually reviewed and adjusted in accordance with Section 713.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Disabled veteran” means a person having a 50 percent or greater service-connected disability and an honorable discharge from military service.
(2) “Recovering service member” means a member of the military who meets the definition of “recovering service member” in Section 1602(7) of the federal National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110-181).
(d) A person applying for a reduced fee hunting license shall submit to the department adequate documentation for the department to determine whether the person is, in fact, eligible for a reduced fee hunting license. The department shall not issue a reduced fee hunting license to a person unless it is satisfied that the person has provided adequate documentation of eligibility for that license.
(e) A disabled veteran shall submit the following documentation:
(1) Proof of an honorable discharge from military service.
(2) Proof of the disability described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), either by certification from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or by presentation of a license issued pursuant to this section in the preceding license year.
(f) A recovering service member shall submit a letter to the department stating that the person is a recovering service member as defined in subdivision (d), from either that person’s commanding officer or a military medical doctor. The letter may be submitted either in hard copy form or online.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 63. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Hunting Licenses › Section 3034.

3034. (a) The department shall prepare a report to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2024, on the effects of the reduced-price tags issued pursuant to Sections 331, 332, 4751, and 4902 of the Fish and Game Code on rates of participation by junior hunters, the Big Game Management Account, and the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. The department shall collect relevant, sufficient, and appropriate data to evaluate the reduced-price tag program in the report, and make recommendations on improving the cost-effectiveness of those tags.
(b) The report required to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on July 1, 2028.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 295, Sec. 7. (AB 2151) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative July 1, 2019, pursuant to Stats. 2018, Ch. 295, Sec. 12. Repealed as of July 1, 2028, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Hunting Licenses › Section 3037.

3037. A hunting license authorizes the person to whom it is issued to take birds and mammals, in accordance with law, for a term of one year from July 1st to June 30th, or, if issued after the beginning of such term, for the remainder of the term.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1470.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Hunting Licenses › Section 3038.

3038. Any member of the armed forces of the United States who is in a military medical facility and who is at least 70 percent disabled shall be issued a hunting permit, on application therefor, by the department, in lieu of a hunting license and appropriate tags, authorizing the taking of birds and mammals. If the permit covers a period during which birds or mammals may only be taken or shipped with appropriate tags, the department may issue such tags with the permit or shall endorse the permit to authorize such taking and shipping without such tags.
Such a permit shall be valid only during the period of time such person is in the medical facility and so disabled. Certification by the commanding officer of the military medical facility shall be sufficient proof of this period of time and extent of disability.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1470.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Hunting Licenses › Section 3039.

3039. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, Section 2023, Section 3087, Section 4303, another provision of this code, or a regulation adopted pursuant to this code, it is unlawful to sell or purchase a bird or mammal found in the wild in California.
(b) Shed antlers, or antlers taken from domestically reared animals that have been manufactured into products or handicraft items, or that have been cut into blocks or units that are to be handcrafted or manufactured into those articles, may be purchased or sold at any time. However, complete antlers, whole heads with antlers, antlers that are mounted for display, or antlers in velvet may not be sold or purchased at any time, except as authorized by Section 3087.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 3504, inedible parts of domestically raised game birds may be sold or purchased at any time.
(d) A person who illegally takes a bird or mammal for profit or for personal gain by engaging in an activity authorized by this section is subject to civil liability pursuant to Section 2582.
(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2023.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 764, Sec. 3.5. (AB 44) Effective January 1, 2020. Operative January 1, 2023, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2.5 - Hunter s Safety › Section 3049.

3049. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to ensure the health and safety of its citizens engaged in activities requiring the use of hunting implements.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that individuals who engage in hunting should possess an adequate understanding of hunter safety practices, principles of conservation, and positive sporting behavior.
(c) It is also the intent of the Legislature that persons so engaged be mindful of their responsibilities to others, toward wildlife, and toward their natural environment. The department shall take all steps necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 63. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2.5 - Hunter s Safety › Section 3050.

3050. (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.
(2) Evidence that he or she holds a current hunting license, or a hunting license issued in either of the two previous hunting years by another state or province.
(3) A certificate of completion of a course in hunter education, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship, as provided in this article. A hunter education instruction validation stamp shall be permanently affixed to certificates of completion that have been issued before January 1, 2008.
(4) A certificate of successful completion of a hunter education course in another state or province.
(5) Evidence of completion of a course in hunter education, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship, which the commission may, by regulation, require.
(b) The evidence required in subdivision (a) shall be forwarded to the department.
(c) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any person purchasing a hunting license under paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 3031. However, that license shall not qualify as evidence required in subdivision (a) of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 683, Sec. 16. (SB 798) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2.5 - Hunter s Safety › Section 3051.

3051. (a) The department shall provide for a course of instruction in hunter education, principles of conservation, and positive sporting behavior, and for this purpose may cooperate with any reputable association or organization having as one of its objectives the promotion of hunter safety, principles of conservation, and positive sporting behavior.
(b) The department may designate as a hunter education instructor any person found by it to be competent to give instruction in the courses required in this article.
(c) A hunter education instructor shall issue a certificate of completion as provided by the department to a person who completes a course of instruction in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and positive sporting behavior.
(d) The department shall prescribe a minimum level of skill and knowledge to be required of all hunter education instructors, and may limit the number of students per instructor in all required classes.
(e) The department may revoke the certificate of an instructor when, in the opinion of the department, it is in the best interest of the state to do so.
(f) In order to recruit and retain hunter education instructors, the department shall offer special hunting opportunities to qualified hunter education instructors by providing a limited number of existing tags and other hunting opportunities. The department may provide these tags and hunting opportunities through any of the following methods:
(1) The private lands management program described in Article 5 (commencing with Section 3400) of Chapter 2.
(2) The Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program described in Article 3 (commencing with Section 1570) of Chapter 5 of Division 2.
(3) Entering into cooperative agreements with federal, state, and local agencies that hold title to, or administer, lands or waters.
(4) Entering into cooperative agreements with landowners or tenants seeking depredation permits for game mammals as described in Section 4188.
(5) Authorizing a maximum of 15 tags from the annual tag quota, as determined by the department.
(g) The department shall determine eligibility criteria for hunter education instructors seeking the hunting opportunities offered pursuant to subdivision (f). The department shall offer hunting opportunities to eligible hunter education instructors only by random drawing.
(h) The department may adopt regulations to implement this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 64. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2.5 - Hunter s Safety › Section 3052.

3052. A person receiving instruction from a hunter education instructor shall not be charged a fee for the service provided by the instructor, but may be charged a fee to cover the costs incurred by the instructor in teaching the class. A record of these costs shall be kept for inspection by the department. Costs may include, but are not limited to, range fees, ammunition, and transportation of students.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 66. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2.5 - Hunter s Safety › Section 3053.

3053. In the case of loss or destruction of a certificate, a duplicate certificate may be issued by the instructor who issued the original certificate, or, by an instructor of the sponsoring organization having adequate records to establish successful completion of the prescribed course, or by the department if verified by adequate records to establish successful completion of the prescribed course. An administrative fee of three dollars ($3) shall be charged for the issuance of a duplicate certificate, for the hunting license year commencing on July 1, 1990, and, for the following years as adjusted pursuant to Section 713.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 530, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2.5 - Hunter s Safety › Section 3054.

3054. The department shall furnish information on hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship that shall be distributed free of charge to persons designated as hunter education instructors for instructional purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 60. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Special Colorado River Hunting Licenses › Section 3060.

3060. The department, in conformity with such regulations as the commission may prescribe, may issue special Colorado River hunting licenses when the commission finds and determines that under the laws of the State of Arizona substantially similar licenses are authorized to be issued to licensees of the State of California upon substantially the same terms and conditions as are provided for in this article as to the issuance of licenses to licensees of the State of Arizona.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Special Colorado River Hunting Licenses › Section 3061.

3061. A special Colorado River hunting license may be issued to any person holding a hunting license issued by the State of Arizona.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Special Colorado River Hunting Licenses › Section 3062.

3062. A special Colorado River hunting license shall entitle the holder thereof to take only migratory waterfowl and only in, on, or along the Colorado River in accordance with the applicable state and federal laws and regulations or orders made pursuant thereto.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Special Colorado River Hunting Licenses › Section 3063.

3063. The fee for a special Colorado River hunting license shall be two dollars ($2), and each such license shall be valid until the end of the calendar year in which it is issued.
(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 4 - Possession of Birds and Mammals After Season › Section 3080.

3080. (a) For the purposes of this section, “donor intermediary” means a recipient who receives a game bird or mammal from a donor to give to a charitable organization or charitable entity.
(b) A person may possess a game bird or mammal during a period other than the open season for that game bird or mammal, up to the possession limit allowed for that game bird or mammal during the open season, in any of the following circumstances:
(1) The person possesses a hunting license and a validated tag or tags for the species possessed, or a copy of the license and tag or tags. The license and tag or tags shall have been issued to that person for the current or immediate past license year.
(2) The person is a donor intermediary who received the game bird or mammal from a donor described in paragraph (1), and has a written confirmation of the donation that is signed and dated by the donor, and a photocopy of the donor’s hunting license and the applicable validated tag or tags from the current or immediate past license year.
(3) The person is a donor intermediary who received the game bird or mammal from a donor described in paragraph (1), and has a written confirmation of the donation signed and dated by the donor, which includes the donor’s name, address, hunting license number, and applicable tag numbers for the species possessed. The license and tag or tags shall be for the current or immediate past license year.
(c) The documentation required by subdivision (b) shall be made available to the department as described in Section 2012. There is no required format for the documentation. Any written documentation containing the required information shall be deemed to comply with this section. A charitable organization or charitable entity receiving and distributing a game bird or mammal for a charitable or humane purpose shall maintain the documentation described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (b) for one year from the date of disposal.
(d) This section does not authorize the possession of a game bird contrary to regulations adopted pursuant to the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 703 et seq.).
(e) On or before January 1, 2015, and subject to the requirements of subdivision (d), the commission shall recommend legislation or adopt regulations to clarify when a possession limit is not violated by processing into food lawfully taken game birds or mammals.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 67. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 4 - Possession of Birds and Mammals After Season › Section 3086.

3086. Cold storage plants and frozen food locker plants shall make and keep a complete detailed record of all game birds or mammals stored in such plants. A record of each game bird or mammal shall be made at the time it is received at the plant for storage.
The record shall be open for inspection at all times by wardens of the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 253.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 4 - Possession of Birds and Mammals After Season › Section 3087.

3087. (a) (1) Every person who prepares, stuffs, or mounts the skin of any fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal for another person for a fee shall make and keep an accurate and detailed record, as prescribed by regulations of the commission, regarding all fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal carcasses, skins, or parts thereof that are acquired, possessed, or stored for taxidermy purposes.
(2) The record required by this section shall be made at the time the fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal carcasses, skins, or parts thereof, are received, and shall include the name and address of each person from and to whom fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal carcasses, skins, or parts thereof are received or delivered and the number and species of all fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal carcasses, skins, or parts thereof received or delivered. The record shall be open for inspection at all times pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission.
(b) (1) Where a taxidermist has prepared, stuffed, or mounted the skin of any fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal for another person and that person does not pay the cost thereof, or take delivery thereof, the taxidermist may sell the skin only if the commission adopts regulations permitting the sale.
(2) The commission may adopt regulations permitting a sale pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 3046) of Title 14 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, and may adopt any other regulations governing the sale, including, but not limited to, regulations that require a taxidermist to record, and provide to the department, the name and address of any person failing to pay for work performed on a skin, that list species of fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds, or mammals whose prepared skins shall not be sold, and that limit the sales price of prepared skins to the actual cost of preparation.
(3) The commission may adopt regulations permitting a sale of a prepared skin pursuant to this subdivision only if the commission also adopts regulations that require the posting of a notice or otherwise giving notice at the place of business of the taxidermist informing patrons of this subdivision and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 64. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Fish and Game Code - FGC › DIVISION 4 - BIRDS AND MAMMALS › PART 1 - PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO BOTH › CHAPTER 2 - Commercial Activities › ARTICLE 1 - Domesticated Game Breeding › Section 3200.

3200. Any person engaged in raising or importing, or who keeps in captivity, in this state domesticated game birds or domesticated game mammals which normally exist in the wild in this state shall procure a domesticated game breeder’s license if the birds or mammals are kept more than 30 days after acquisition. No license is, however, required of any of the following:
(a) Licensed pheasant clubs.
(b) Licensed domesticated migratory game bird shooting areas as defined in Article 4 (commencing with Section 3300) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 4.
(c) Keepers of hotels, restaurants, boardinghouses, or clubs serving the meat of those birds or mammals for actual consumption on the premises.
(d) Retail meat dealers selling that meat to customers for actual consumption.
(e) Public zoological gardens possessing those birds or mammals for exhibition purposes or for the purpose of disposing of the birds or mammals by sale, exchange, or donation to other public zoological gardens.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 65. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)