CHAPTER 2. Commercial Activities [3200. - 3480.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.

§§ 3200–3480 · 66 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Domesticated Game Breeding §§ 3200–3219 · 17 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 3201 No person shall sell the carcass of any domesticated game bird or mammal without first obtaining a domesticated game breeder’s license from the department. The…
   • § 3202 There are classes of domesticated game breeder’s licenses, designated “class 1” and “class 2.” (a) A class 1 domesticated game breeder’s license authorizes the…
   • § 3203 The department shall issue a class 1 domesticated game breeder’s license upon the payment of a base fee of eight dollars ($8), as adjusted under Section 713,…
   • § 3204 Licenses issued under the provisions of this article are valid for a term of one year from January 1st, or, if issued after the beginning of such term, for the…
   • § 3205 Carriers for hire may carry within the State live domesticated game birds and mammals upon such terms and conditions as the commission may prescribe.
   • § 3206 No domesticated game bird or mammal shall be transported or sold dead unless each quarter and each loin of the carcass of each large mammal, the carcass of…
   • § 3207 The department shall collect three cents ($0.03) for each tag or seal.
   • § 3208 On or before January 31st of each year, every person to whom a domesticated game breeder’s license has been issued shall report the following to the department…
   • § 3209 (a) In lieu of the tag required by Section 3206, poultry processing plants licensed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18650) or Chapter 4.1…
   • § 3212 The keeper of a hotel, restaurant, boardinghouse, or club may sell portions of a quarter or loin of a large mammal, or the carcass of a game bird or mammal…
   • § 3213 A retail meat dealer may, without a license, sell portions of a quarter or loin of a large mammal or the carcass of a game bird or mammal raised or imported…
   • § 3214 Domesticated game breeders or other persons holding domesticated game mammals in captivity shall confine the mammals in escape-proof cages or enclosures. In…
   • § 3216 All domesticated game birds and mammals, excepting deer, sold under the provisions of this article, shall be killed otherwise than by shooting. This section…
   • § 3217 The carcass of a game bird which shows that it has been killed by shooting shall constitute prima facie evidence that it was not a domesticated game bird. The…
   • § 3218 Any license issued under this article may be revoked by the commission upon conviction of the licensee of a violation of any provision of this code, and no…
   • § 3219 Domesticated reindeer may be imported into this State and sold only in accordance with regulations which the commission may prescribe.
2. ARTICLE 2. Commercial Hunting Clubs §§ 3240.5–3246 · 6 sections

   • § 3240.5 (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Commercial hunting club” means property with respect to which a fee is…
   • § 3241 (a) An application for a commercial hunting club license shall be submitted on a form furnished by the department. The application, which shall set forth all…
   • § 3242 (a) The department may issue a commercial hunting club license to any person upon submission of a completed application and payment of the required fee,…
   • § 3243.5 The commission may transfer a commercial hunting club license to other land owned or controlled by the licensee, in the same county as the originally licensed…
   • § 3245 Commercial hunting club licenses are valid for a term of one year from July 1st, or, if issued after the beginning of such term, for the remainder thereof. A…
   • § 3246 Any license issued under this article may be revoked by the commission at one of the commission’s regularly scheduled meetings, or by a court of competent…
3. ARTICLE 3. Licensed Domesticated Game Bird Hunting Clubs § 3270 · 1 section

   • § 3270 In order to provide additional hunting by stocking domestically propagated game birds, and to permit the taking of game birds under conditions that will not…
4. ARTICLE 4. Licensed Domesticated Migratory Game Bird Shooting Areas §§ 3300–3311 · 11 sections

   • § 3300 It is unlawful for any person to engage in the raising and releasing, or the releasing, of domesticated migratory game birds for shooting by persons who pay…
   • § 3301 The application for a license shall show the size and location of the area to be licensed. If an application is approved and a license is issued, the licensee…
   • § 3302 The commission may prescribe additional regulations deemed necessary for the releasing and shooting of domesticated migratory game birds and shall set the…
   • § 3303 Where domesticated migratory game birds are reared or held for release by the licensee, the licensee shall provide proper and adequate care for the birds and…
   • § 3305 All domesticated migratory game birds at time of release for shooting shall be at least 14 weeks of age, capable of strong and sustained flight, fully…
   • § 3306 Shooting shall be confined to blinds, except for shooting necessary to recover a downed and injured bird, and not more than three shooters shall occupy or use…
   • § 3307 All birds killed or injured by shooters shall be retrieved without delay, and all injured birds shall be humanely dispatched. The licensee shall not permit…
   • § 3308 Licensees shall pay the department an inspection fee not to exceed five cents ($0.05) for each domesticated migratory game bird raised or used on a licensed…
   • § 3309 No dead, domesticated migratory game bird shall be removed from the premises of a licensed area until there is securely attached to the carcass a seal, and…
   • § 3310 It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot domesticated migratory game birds on a licensed area without having a valid hunting license as provided by Section…
   • § 3311 The licensee shall comply with all applicable federal laws or regulations relating to the releasing and shooting of domesticated migratory game birds.
5. ARTICLE 5. Enhancement and Management of Fish and Wildlife and their Habitat on Private Lands §§ 3400–3408 · 8 sections

   • § 3400 It is the policy of the state actively to ensure the improvement of wildlife habitat on private land in order to encourage the propagation, utilization, and…
   • § 3401 (a) The commission may authorize the department to issue revocable, nontransferable licenses for the operation of wildlife habitat enhancement and management…
   • § 3402 (a) A license for a wildlife habitat enhancement and management area may be issued to any landholder or combination of landholders upon approval by the…
   • § 3403 The commission shall require the landowners of a wildlife habitat enhancement and management area to post all or part of its boundaries with public land. The…
   • § 3404 (a) The commission may adopt regulations necessary for the administration of this article. (b) After notice and a hearing, the commission may revoke the…
   • § 3406 (a) Upon approval of the wildlife habitat enhancement and management plan, the department shall issue a license, which shall be valid for five calendar years,…
   • § 3407 (a) The commission may require that any fish, bird, or mammal taken in a wildlife habitat enhancement and management area licensed pursuant to this article be…
   • § 3408 Any landholder who has paid the fee required by this article, has a valid license issued pursuant to this article, and who is conducting activities pursuant to…
6. ARTICLE 6. Management of Fish and Wildlife on Military Lands §§ 3450–3453 · 4 sections

   • § 3450 It is the policy of the state to actively encourage the biologically sound management of fish and other wildlife resources on lands administered by the United…
   • § 3451 The department may coordinate and cooperate with all branches of the United States military service, Department of Defense, for the purpose of developing fish…
   • § 3452 The commission may adopt regulations and authorize the department to enter into agreements with the United States Department of Defense for the administration…
   • § 3453 (a) Upon approval of specific management plans and programs, which reflect the recommendations of the department, the commission may authorize actions and…
7. ARTICLE 7. The California Waterfowl Habitat Program §§ 3460–3467.5 · 8 sections

   • § 3460 (a) Subject to appropriation pursuant to Section 3467, the director may enter into contracts with nonpublic entities which are owners of record, or with…
   • § 3461 Each contract shall be for an initial term of 10 years and shall include all of the following: (a) The designation of the owner of record and any lessee, and…
   • § 3462 (a) Not later than 20 days after the director has entered into a contract pursuant to this article, a copy of the contract particularly describing the subject…
   • § 3464 The contract shall be automatically renewed in the same manner as contracts are renewed and extended, or noticed for nonrenewal, under the Williamson Act…
   • § 3465 (a) If during the contract period the owner or lessee is divested of the use of the waterfowl habitat subject to the contract, the owner or lessee shall notify…
   • § 3466 The director and the owner or lessee may mutually agree to modify the terms and conditions of a contract under this article as the director may determine to be…
   • § 3467 The California Waterfowl Habitat Preservation Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund, and the money in the account shall be…
   • § 3467.5 The Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. Moneys deposited in the Nesting Bird Habitat…
8. ARTICLE 7.5. The California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program §§ 3469–3469.8 · 5 sections

   • § 3469 (a) There is established the California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program subject to the requirements of this article. (b) Subject to appropriation for…
   • § 3469.2 Each contract shall be for an initial term of three years and shall include the following: (a) The designation of the owner of record or the lessee, and the…
   • § 3469.4 If during the contract period the owner or lessee is divested of the use of the waterfowl habitat subject to the contract, the owner or lessee shall notify the…
   • § 3469.6 The director and the owner or lessee may mutually agree to modify the terms and conditions of a contract under this article as the director may determine to be…
   • § 3469.8 The California Winter Rice Habitat Incentive Program Account is hereby created in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund. Funds deposited in the California Winter…
9. ARTICLE 8. Management of Wildlife at Public Use Airports §§ 3470–3472.2 · 5 sections

   • § 3470 It is the policy of the state to actively encourage the safe and biologically sound management of wildlife resources on California’s public use airports as…
   • § 3471 The Legislature recognizes that, in a public use airport’s ongoing efforts to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the traveling public in compliance…
   • § 3472 The taking of birds by a public use airport certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate in California that has obtained, and is in…
   • § 3472.1 Take is authorized pursuant to this article only to relieve or prevent injurious situations affecting public safety and shall only be performed as part of an…
   • § 3472.2 A public use airport certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration shall provide to the department any federal depredation permit and all federal reports…
10. ARTICLE 9. Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program § 3480 · 1 section

    • § 3480 (a) (1) The department shall establish the Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program, which may include direct payments or other incentives, to encourage…