SECTIONS 3240.5-3246 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 3240.5-3246

3240.5. (a) As used in this article, "property" means a number of
contiguous legal parcels held by an owner or a combination of owners
and held out for a common purpose.
(b) A person, including, but not limited to, a renter or lessee,
in possession or control of property on or with respect to which a
fee for the privilege of taking birds or mammals is imposed or
collected, or on or with respect to which a fee for any type of entry
or use permit that includes the privilege of taking birds or mammals
on the property is imposed or collected, is maintaining a commercial
hunting club if birds or mammals are taken on the property, and
shall procure a "commercial hunting club license" before birds or
mammals are taken.
(c) This article does not apply if the property meets any of the
following conditions:
(1) The landowner, or the renter or lessee, of the property
receives less than one hundred dollars ($100) per entrant and
receives less than a total of one thousand dollars ($1,000) between
July 1 and the following June 30 for permission, entry access, or use
fees that include the privilege of hunting on the property in his or
her possession or control. The department may adjust the threshold
amounts established in this paragraph pursuant to Section 713.
(2) The property is used by a hunting club or program licensed
under regulations adopted pursuant to this code.
(3) The property is used for an officially sanctioned field trial
event pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to this code.
(4) The property is used in conjunction with the Shared Habitat
Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program under Article 3
(commencing with Section 1570) of Chapter 5 of Division 2.
(5) A domesticated game bird hunting club licensed under Article 3
(commencing with Section 3270) operates on the property.
(6) A domesticated migratory game bird shooting area licensed
under Article 4 (commencing with Section 3300) operates on the
property.
(7) The property is used in conjunction with the private wildlife
habitat enhancement and management program under Article 5
(commencing with Section 3400).
(8) The property is subject to a recorded state, federal, or
nonprofit wildlife conservation or agricultural easement or any
property enrolled in a habitat protection or enhancement program
under this code, including, but not limited to, Article 7 (commencing
with Section 3460).
(d) This article does not apply to a landowner who rents or leases
his or her property to the commercial hunting club and is not
involved in the operation of the club, if the club is licensed in
accordance with this article.

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 of the exemptions and
conditions established in Section 3240.5, shall require the applicant
to include all of the following information:
(1) The name of the club and the ownership.
(2) The business telephone number and mailing address of the club.
(3) The number of properties used by the club and the physical
location of each property.
(4) The total acreage of the club property.
(5) A list of all species of game hunted on the club property.
(6) Information as to whether the club owner owns any of the
properties used by the club.
(7) The name and address of each property owner, if the property
owner is substantially involved in the operation of the club, but
does not own the club.
(8) The signature and title of the applicant.
(9) Any other information the department may require.
(b) The department shall allow a commercial hunting club that
leases or rents more than one property for hunting purposes to submit
a single application listing each of the properties for which the
club is seeking a license, if all of the information required for
each property is submitted in a format approved by the department.

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, according to the number of properties
used by the club, as follows:
(1) The fee for one property shall be two hundred dollars ($200).
(2) The fee for two to five properties shall be five hundred
dollars ($500).
(3) The fee for six to 10 properties shall be one thousand dollars
($1,000).
(4) The fee for 11 or more properties shall be two thousand
dollars ($2,000).
(b) The fees specified in this section are applicable to the 2010
license year, and shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant to
Section 713.

3243.5. The commission may transfer a license to land owned or
controlled by the licensee, other than that land specified in the
original application, located in the same county as the original
land, without any additional fee, if it finds the new land is
suitable for the purposes of the license and such a transfer is not
in conflict with the public interest.

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 license authorizes the person to whom it
is issued to maintain a hunting club in accordance with the
provisions of this code and such regulations as the commission may
prescribe.

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 jurisdiction, upon the licensee's
conviction of a violation of this code, and no new license may be
issued to the licensee during the same license year.