SECTIONS 395-398 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 395-398

395. (a) The commission may adopt regulations for the possession or
training, and the capture, importation, exportation, or intrastate
transfer, of any bird in the orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes
(birds-of-prey) used in the practice of falconry and may authorize
the issuance and provide for the revocation of licenses and permits
to persons for the practice of falconry.
(b) It is unlawful to capture, possess, or train any bird in the
orders Falconiformes and Strigiformes (birds-of-prey) in the practice
of falconry without procuring a falconry license.

396. (a) The falconry license shall be valid for a license year
beginning on July 1 and ending on the last day of June of the next
succeeding calendar year. If issued after July 1 of any year, a
falconry license is valid for the remainder of that license year.
(b) For the license years beginning on or after March 1, 1987, the
fee for a falconry license is a base fee of thirty dollars ($30) as
adjusted under Section 713.

398. The base year for determining the inflationary index applied
to the fee established by Section 396 shall be the 1984-85 fiscal
year, and the base year for determining the inflationary index to be
applied to the fee established by Section 397 shall be the 1985-86
fiscal year.