SECTIONS 10711 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 10711

10711. The commission may close for the taking of clams not less
than eight land miles of pismo clam bearing beaches within San Luis
Obispo County as a clam refuge, but not more than 50 percent of any
individual pismo clam bearing beach or beaches may be so closed at
any time. The commission may from time to time vary the location of
the closed and open portions of those beaches.
Before the commission closes, opens, or varies the location of the
closed and open portions of pismo clam bearing beaches, one or more
members of the commission shall hold in the county to be affected a
public hearing, notice of which has been published at least once in a
newspaper of general circulation, printed, and published in that
county. The commission may determine which newspaper will be most
likely to give notice to the inhabitants of the county, and its
determination shall be final and conclusive. The commission may
authorize any employee of the department in its place to hold the
hearings, in which event a copy of a transcript of all proceedings
taken or had at the hearing shall be furnished to each commissioner
at least five days before any regulation is made by the commission.