Title FGC, California Fish & Game Code

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the fund is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, as follows: (a) To the Department of Parks and Recreation, four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) annually for allocation as …

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the fund is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the board. This section shall become operative only if, and on the date that, Section 2787 is repealed. (Added June 5, 1990, by initiative …

In areas where habitats are or may become isolated or fragmented, preference shall be given by the agencies expending money from the fund to projects which will serve as corridors linking otherwise separated habitat so that the genetic integrity of wildlife populations will be ma…

Each agency receiving money from the fund pursuant to Section 2787 shall report to the board on or before July 1 of each year the amount of money that was expended and the purposes for which the money was expended. The board shall prescribe the information in the agencies reports…

The board shall expend the money appropriated to it from the fund subject to the following conditions: (a) Not more than one and one-half (112) percent shall be expended for administration of this chapter. (b) The board shall, to the extent practicable, expend the money in a mann…

If any agency designated in Section 2787 ceases to exist, or is otherwise unable to expend the funds appropriated by Section 2787 to that agency for the period specified, the board or its successor agency shall expend the same funds for the same purpose. (Added June 5, 1990, by i…

The board and any other state or local agency that expends any funds appropriated from the fund on environmental enhancement, restoration, or improvement projects shall utilize the services of the California Conservation Corps and local community conservation corps to the extent …

In implementing this chapter, the state or local agency that manages lands acquired with funds appropriated from the fund shall prepare, with full public participation, a management plan for lands that have been acquired, which plan shall reasonably reduce possible conflicts with…

(a) The Controller shall annually transfer 10 percent of the funds in the Unallocated Account in the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund to the Habitat Conservation Fund. (b) No additional allocation of funds from that account shall be made by the Legislature for purposes …

(a) The Controller shall annually transfer the sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) from the General Fund to the Habitat Conservation Fund, less any amount transferred to the Habitat Conservation Fund from, but not limited to, the following accounts and funds: (1) The Publ…

(a) The people find it necessary to acquire, restore, and improve the rapidly disappearing wildlife habitat of southern California in the quickest and most efficient manner possible using existing governmental resources. Therefore, notwithstanding Section 33216 of the Public Reso…

Acquisitions of real property made pursuant to this chapter shall be done in compliance with the land acquisition law as existing or as hereafter amended and as it applies to the agencies designated in Section 2787, and in compliance with subdivision (a) of Section 5929 of the Pu…

Every expenditure made pursuant to this chapter shall comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code). (Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 117.)

Reasonable public access to lands acquired in fee with funds made available pursuant to this chapter shall be provided except when that access may interfere with habitat protection. (Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 117.)

Only those amounts of money which are transferred to the fund from the General Fund pursuant to Section 2796 may be reappropriated for purposes of this chapter by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature. (Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 117.)

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that it would be beneficial to identify species and habitat conservation initiatives at a regional scale, including actions to address the impacts of climate change and other wildlife stressors, in order to guide voluntary investments in con…

For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Areas of Conservation Emphasis” means the biodiversity analysis completed by the department in 2010, or the latest update of that analysis. (b) “Compensatory mitigation” means actions taken to fulfill, in whole or in part, mitigation requirement…

(a) The department may approve a regional conservation investment strategy pursuant to this chapter. A regional conservation investment strategy may be proposed by the department or any other public agency or federally recognized tribe and shall be developed after consulting with…

(a) The department may approve a regional conservation assessment pursuant to this chapter. A regional conservation assessment may be proposed by the department or any other public agency. A regional conservation assessment is not required for department approval of a regional co…

(a) The department may prepare or approve a regional conservation investment strategy, or approve an amended strategy, for an initial period of up to 10 years after finding that the strategy meets the requirements of Section 1852. The department may extend the duration of an appr…

(a) Regional conservation investment strategies shall not affect the authority or discretion of any public agency and shall not be binding upon public agencies other than parties to a mitigation credit agreement. Nothing in this chapter increases or decreases the authority or jur…

(a) A conservation action or habitat enhancement action that measurably advances the conservation objectives of an approved regional conservation investment strategy may be used to create mitigation credits that can be used to compensate for impacts to focal species and other spe…

(a) The Fish and Wildlife Regional Conservation Investment Strategy Program Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. (b) The department shall collect fees or other compensation from a person or entity that proposes to enter into a mitigation credit agreement, and from a …

(a) The department may adopt guidelines and criteria to aid in the implementation of this chapter. 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, adoption, or amendment of guidelines or crit…

Nothing in this chapter supersedes, limits, or otherwise modifies the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Reform Act of 2009 (Division 35 (commencing with Section 85000) of the Water Code) or Division 22.3 (commencing with Section 32300) of the Public Resources Code. (Added by Stats. 20…

It is unlawful to take any bear with firearm, trap, or bow and arrow without first procuring a tag authorizing the taking of that bear in accordance with this chapter, but no iron or steel-jawed or any type of metal-jawed trap shall be used to take any bear. (Amended by Stats. 20…

(a) Any resident of this state, 12 years of age or older, who possesses a valid hunting license, may procure the number of bear tags corresponding to the number of bear that may legally be taken by one person during the current license year, upon payment of a base fee of fifteen …

Bear tags are valid only during that portion of the current hunting license year in which bear may be taken or possessed in any district. (Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 97. Effective January 1, 2008.)

The person to whom a bear tag has been issued shall carry the tag while hunting bear. Upon the killing of any bear, that person shall immediately fill out the tag completely, legibly, and permanently, and cut out or punch out and completely remove notches or punch holes for the m…

(a) Any person who is convicted of a violation of any provision of this code, or of any rule, regulation, or order made or adopted under this code, relating to bears shall forfeit his or her bear tags, and new bear tags shall not be issued to that person during the then current l…

Any person legally killing a bear in this state shall have the tag for that bear countersigned by a commissioner, a person employed in the department, a person designated for that purpose by the commission, a notary public, a postmaster, a peace officer, or by an officer authoriz…

Any person taking a bear must retain possession of the skin of the bear and the portion of the bear’s head that includes both ears, during the open season for that bear and for 15 days thereafter, and must produce the skin and that portion of the head upon the demand of any offic…

(a) Subject to the provisions of this code permitting the sale of domestically raised game mammals, it is unlawful to sell or purchase, or possess for sale, the meat, skin, hide, teeth, claws, or other parts of any bear in this state. (b) The possession of more than one bear gall…

The skin, hide, teeth, claws, or other parts of any bear lawfully taken and possessed for the period provided in Section 4757 may be tanned or utilized for personal use only. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4757, the skin, hide, teeth, claws, or other parts of any bear …

The provisions of this chapter relating to the possession of bear apply to bear taken outside this State and transported into this State. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1916.)

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the taking of bear which is otherwise authorized to protect livestock, land, or property from damage or threatened damage from bear. (Added by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1916.)

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Local agencies” means local agencies that have a role in the conservation, restoration, and management of salmonid species. (b) “Program” means the California Monitoring Program established pursuant to this chapt…

The department shall establish the California Monitoring Program to collect comprehensive data on anadromous salmonid populations, in coordination with relevant agencies, to inform salmon and steelhead recovery, conservation, and management activities. The department may consult …