DEPARTMENT AUTHORITY

California Fish and Game Code Section 700 et seq.

• Listed below are the primary sections of the Fish and Game Code and other State laws that govern the various programs of the Department. Not all sections providing the authority for the programs are listed below.

PROGRAM AUTHORITY

20-Biodiversity Conservation Program:

Fish and Game Code Sections 703, 703.3, 1000-1002, Division 2, Chapters 4 4.1 and 4.3, , 1600-1616, 1700, Division 2, Chapters 7.5, 7.8, 7.9, 8-12, Division 3, Chapters 1.5, 7 - 10.5, Sections 3503, 3503.5, 3511, 3513, 3850-3857, 4700, 4900-4903, 5050, 5515, 5520-5522, 5980-6028, 6100, 6590-6594, 6900-6924, Division 6, Part 1.7, and 13014.

25-Hunting, Fishing, and Public Use Program:

Fish and Game Code Sections 200-217.6, 331-332, 355-357, 450-460, 1050, 1054.8, 1120-1150, 1170-1175, 1200-1206, 1525-1530, 1570-1574, 1725-1730, 1801-1802, 2850-2863, Division 4, Parts 1, 2, 3, Sections 7360-7364, 7370, 7380-7381, 7600-7655, 7700-7715, 7850-7862.5, 7920-7925, 8030-8080, 8100-8104, Division 6, Parts 2 and 3, 10000-10005, 13007, and Divisions 12, 13, and 13.5.

30-Management of Department Lands and Facilities:

Fish and Game Code Sections 1120-1126, 1348, 1350, 1500-1506, 1525-1528, 1530, 1580-1584, 1745, Divisions 7 and 8.

40-Law Enforcement Program:

Fish and Game Code Sections 716-717.2, 850-860, 1005, 1006, 1910, 2012, 2116-2127, 2150-2157, 2185-2195, 3049-3054, 7702, 8120-8123 and 12000-12166; and Penal Code section 830.2.

45-Communications, Education, And Outreach Program

Fish and Game Code Sections 210-211, 217.5-217.6, 1005, 1585, 1750-1772, 2300-2302, 3863, 13103.

50-Spill Prevention and Response:

Government Code Sections 8574.1-8574.10, and Sections 8670.1-8670.73; Fish and Game Code Sections 1008, 5650-5656, 12015-12017, and 13010-13013.

61- Fish And Game Commission

Section 20, Article IV of the California Constitution; Fish and Game Code Division 1, Chapters 1-6 Sections 2070-2079, 2850-2863, 7050-7090, and 10503.