SECTIONS 3080-3087 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 3080-3087

3080. (a) For the purposes of this section, "donor intermediary"
means a recipient who receives game birds or mammals from a donor to
give to a charitable organization or charitable entity. A donor
intermediary possessing game birds or mammals during a period other
than the open season shall have the documentation described in
paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (b). There is no required format
for the documentation. Any written documentation containing the
required information shall be deemed to comply with this section.
(b) The possession limit of any game bird or mammal may be
possessed during a period other than the open season if one of the
following conditions apply:
(1) The person has in his or her possession a hunting license and
validated tag or tags for the species possessed, or copies thereof.
The license and tag or tags shall have been issued to that person for
the current or immediate past license year.
(2) The person received the game bird or mammal from a person
described in paragraph (1), and the recipient has a photocopy of the
donor's hunting license and the applicable validated tag or tags that
has been signed and dated by the donor confirming the donation. The
photocopied license and tag or tags shall be from the current or
immediate past license year.
(3) The person received the game bird or mammal from a person
described in paragraph (1), and the recipient has a signed and dated
document confirming the donation that includes the donor's name,
address, hunting license number, and applicable tag numbers for the
species possessed. The license and tag or tags shall be for the
current or immediate past license year.
(c) The documentation required by subdivision (b) shall be made
available to the department as described in Section 2012. Charitable
organizations or charitable entities receiving and distributing game
birds or mammals for charitable or humane purposes, shall maintain
the documentation described in paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision
(b) for one year from the date of disposal.
(d) Nothing in this section authorizes the possession of game
birds or carcasses or parts thereof contrary to regulations issued
pursuant to the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 703
et seq.).

3086. Cold storage plants and frozen food locker plants shall make
and keep a complete detailed record of all game birds or mammals
stored in such plants. A record of each game bird or mammal shall be
made at the time it is received at the plant for storage.
The record shall be open for inspection at all times by wardens of
the department.

3087. (a) (1) Every person who prepares, stuffs, or mounts the skin
of any fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal for another person
for a fee shall make and keep an accurate and detailed record, as
prescribed by regulations of the commission, regarding all fish,
reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal carcasses, skins, or parts
thereof that are acquired, possessed, or stored for taxidermy
purposes.
(2) The record required by this section shall be made at the time
the fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal carcasses, skins, or
parts thereof, are received, and shall include the name and address
of each person from and to whom fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or
mammal carcasses, skins, or parts thereof are received or delivered
and the number and species of all fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or
mammal carcasses, skins, or parts thereof received or delivered. The
record shall be open for inspection at all times pursuant to
regulations adopted by the commission.
(b) (1) Where a taxidermist has prepared, stuffed, or mounted the
skin of any fish, reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal for another
person and that person does not pay the cost thereof, or take
delivery thereof, the taxidermist may sell the skin only if the
commission adopts regulations permitting the sale.
(2) The commission may adopt regulations permitting a sale
pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 3046) of Title 14 of
Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, and may adopt any other
regulations governing the sale, including, but not limited to,
regulations that require a taxidermist to record, and provide to the
department, the name and address of any person failing to pay for
work performed on a skin, that list species of fish, reptiles,
amphibians, birds, or mammals whose prepared skins shall not be sold,
and that limit the sales price of prepared skins to the actual cost
of preparation.
(3) The commission may adopt regulations permitting a sale of a
prepared skin pursuant to this subdivision only if the commission
also adopts regulations that require the posting of a notice or
otherwise giving notice at the place of business of the taxidermist
informing patrons of this subdivision and regulations adopted
pursuant thereto.