Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This section says the code is known as the Fish and Game Code.”
The department must assess salmon escapement on the Eel, Smith, and Klamath River systems, use sonar fish-counting devices on the Klamath River as a three-year test, and report to the Legislature by January 1, 1990. People who process or wholesale sturgeon eggs for human consumption must get a sturgeon egg processing license from the department. The department must issue and deliver a sturgeon egg processing license when an application is made and the base fee is paid. Licensed persons must keep a true, legible record of each sturgeon egg transaction and include specified details about the eggs and related parties. The license holder must keep the documentation required by Section 10002 for two years after receiving the eggs and make it available to the department for inspection during normal business hours.
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How the instrument operates
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Start with the recorded version
Enacted 1957. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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Locate the controlling provision
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Read conditions and exceptions together
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Verify currency and official wording
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Research entry points
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This section says the code is known as the Fish and Game Code.
Section 1.
Activities involving taking, possessing, using, or discharging listed wildlife equipment in specified refuges are unlawful unless covered by a permit or specific authorization.
Section 10500.
Certain University of California-related persons may take invertebrates or marine plant specimens in the San Diego Marine Life Refuge for scientific purposes without a department permit.
Section 10658.
This section designates a specified area as the Bodega Marine Life Refuge.
Section 10903.
This section defines Fish and Game District 25 and describes its geographic boundaries.
Section 11035.
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Source and current-law status
Source record view
Source record from leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · Enacted 1957
The source record does not state a definitive current-law status. Check the official publisher and later amendments before relying on this text.