California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 3 - General Regulations › Chapter 3 - Miscellaneous › Section 708.9 - Bighorn Sheep License Tags, Application, Distribution and Reporting Procedures

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Fund-raising Nelson bighorn ram license tags:
Fund-raising license tags for the taking of mature Nelson
					 bighorn rams shall be sold for the purpose of raising funds to manage bighorn
					 sheep. The department may designate a nonprofit organization to sell this
					 fund-raising tag. The department may conduct a random drawing to distribute
					 fund-raising tags. Any resident or nonresident is eligible to buy the tag. The
					 sale price of a fund-raising license tag shall include the fee for processing
					 and issuing an annual hunting license for the purchaser or any person
					 designated by the purchaser. A fund-raising license tag distributed through a
					 department random drawing does not include the fee for processing and issuing
					 an annual hunting license. The purchasers of fund-raising license tags shall
					 complete a required hunter orientation program conducted by the department and
					 meet the hunter education requirements for a hunting license. The fund-raising
					 license tags are defined in subsection
					 362(b).
(b) General Nelson bighorn ram license tags:
(1) The general Nelson bighorn ram license
				  tags shall be issued by drawing, as described in Section
				  708.14.
(2) Applicants shall apply, and pay a
				  nonrefundable processing fee as specified in Section
				  702, through the department's
				  Automated License Data System terminals at any department license agent or
				  department license sales office on or before June 2 each year.
(3) Applicants shall be California residents
				  or nonresidents, at least 16 years of age on or before July 1 of the license
				  year for which they are applying
(4) Applicants shall possess an annual
				  California hunting license that is valid during the bighorn ram season for
				  which they are applying.
(5)
				  Applicants shall not have been awarded a Nelson bighorn ram license tag in the
				  department's big game drawing.
(6)
				  Applicants shall apply for only one designated zone.
(7) No applicant shall submit more than one
				  application per license year.
(8)
				  Incomplete, late and ineligible applications and applications submitted without
				  the appropriate processing fee will not be included in the drawing and the
				  applicant will not earn a preference point.
(9) Successful applicants and a list of
				  alternates for each zone shall be determined by drawing within 10 business days
				  following the application deadline date. If the drawing is delayed due to
				  circumstances beyond the department's control, the department shall conduct the
				  drawing at the earliest date possible.
(10) Not more than ten percent (10%) of
				  general license tags shall be awarded to nonresidents each year.
(11) Unsuccessful applicants shall not be
				  notified by mail. Successful applicants will be mailed notification as soon as
				  practical. Upon receipt of the notification, the applicant shall submit the
				  appropriate tag fee, as specified in Section
				  702, through the department's
				  Automated License Data System terminals at the department's License and Revenue
				  Branch. The tag fee shall be received by the department by 5:00 p.m. on July 15
				  each year. If the deadline to submit the fee falls on a weekend or holiday
				  payment will be accepted until the close of business on the first state
				  business day following the deadline to submit payment.
(12) Should the quota for each zone remain
				  unfilled after that date, the alternate lists shall be used. Successful
				  applicants shall be issued tags only after successfully completing the required
				  hunter orientation program conducted by the department.