California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 2 - Game, Furbearers, Nongame, and Depredators › Chapter 7 - Migratory Game Birds › Section 509 - Concurrence with Federal Regulations

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The regulations adopted by the United
				  States through its Secretary of Interior under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act,
				  as amended annually in Part 10, subparts A and B, and Part 20, Title 50, Code
				  of Federal Regulations, are hereby adopted and made a part of this Title 14
				  except where said federal regulations are less restrictive than the provisions
				  of Chapter 7 of this Title 14 (sections
				  500-509), the provisions of
				  Chapter 7 prevail.
(b) Any
				  violations of the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (a) are violations
				  of this section.
(c) It shall be
				  unlawful for any person aged sixteen years or older to take any migratory
				  waterfowl unless at the time of such taking the person carries in his or her
				  immediate possession an unexpired Federal migratory-bird hunting and
				  conservation stamp validated by his or her signature written by him or herself
				  in ink across the face of the stamp or an unexpired Federal migratory-bird
				  hunting and conservation electronic stamp issued in his or her name prior to
				  any taking of such birds.
1. Amendment
					 filed 9-4-75; effective upon filing (Register 75, No. 36). For prior history,
					 see Register 74, No. 35.
2. Amendment filed 8-31-76; effective upon
					 filing (Register 76, No. 36).
3. Amendment filed 9-7-77; designated
					 effective upon filing (Register 77, No. 37).
4. Amendment filed
					 8-31-78; designated effective upon filing (Register 78, No. 35).
5.
					 Amendment filed 9-26-79; effective upon filing (Register 79, No.
					 39).
6. Amendment filed 9-23-80; designated effective 10-1-80
					 (Register 80, No. 39).
7. Amendment filed 10-5-81; effective
					 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 41).
8. Amendment filed
					 10-14-82; effective upon filing (Register 82, No. 42).
9. Amendment
					 filed 10-7-83; effective upon filing (Register 83, No. 41).
10.
					 Amendment filed 10-12-84; effective upon filing (Register 84, No.
					 41).
11. Amendment filed 10-11-85; effective upon filing (Register
					 85, No. 44).
12. Amendment filed 10-10-86; effective upon filing
					 (Register 86, No. 41).
13. Amendment filed 10-2-87; operative
					 10-2-87 (Register 87, No. 41).
14. Amendment filed 10-5-88;
					 operative 10-5-88 (Register 88, No. 41).
15. Amendment filed
					 10-13-89; operative 10-13-89 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 355
					 (Register 89, No. 42).
16. Amendment filed 11-15-90; operative
					 11-15-90 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 355
					 (Register 91, No. 3).
17. Amendment filed 11-5-92; operative 11-5-92
					 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 92, No. 45).
18. Amendment filed 11-4-93; operative
					 11-4-93 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 93, No. 45).
19. Designation of existing regulation as
					 subsection (a), new subsections (b)-(c) and amendment of NOTE filed 9-19-2007;
					 operative 9-19-2007 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 355
					 (Register 2007, No. 38).
20. Amendment of subsection (c) filed
					 7-30-2019; operative 7-30-2019 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
					 355
					 (Register 2019, No. 31).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						355,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Part 10, subparts A and B, and Part 20, Title
						50, CFR, amended Sept. 18, 1987, 52 Fed. Reg. 35248;
						16 USC
						718a; and Sections
						355 and
						356, Fish and Game
						Code.