SECTIONS 716-716.2 - California Statutes

FISH AND GAME CODE

SECTION 716-716.2

716. The Wildlife Violator Compact is hereby enacted into law and
entered into with all other participating states.

716.1. It is the policy of this state in entering into the compact
to do all of the following:
(a) Promote compliance with the statutes, ordinances, and
administrative rules and regulations relating to the management of
wildlife resources in this state.
(b) Recognize the suspension of wildlife license privileges of any
person whose license privileges have been suspended by a
participating state and treat that suspension as if it had occurred
in the licensee's home state if the violation that resulted in the
suspension could have been the basis for suspension in the home
state.
(c) Allow a violator, except as provided in subdivision (b) of
Section 716.4, to accept a wildlife citation and, without delay or
detention, proceed on his or her way whether or not the violator is a
resident of the state in which the citation was issued, if the
violator's home state is a party to this compact.
(d) Report to the appropriate participating states, as provided in
the compact manual, any conviction recorded against any person whose
home state was not the issuing state.
(e) Allow the home state to recognize and treat convictions
recorded against its residents, if those convictions occurred in a
participating state, as though they had occurred in the home state.
(f) Extend cooperation to its fullest extent among the
participating states for enforcing compliance with the terms of a
wildlife citation issued in one participating state to a resident of
another participating state.
(g) Maximize effective use of law enforcement personnel and
information.
(h) Assist court systems in the efficient disposition of wildlife
violations.

716.2. The purposes of this chapter include both of the following:
(a) To provide a means by which participating states may join in a
reciprocal program to effectuate the policies enumerated in Section
716.1 in a uniform and orderly manner.
(b) To provide for the fair and impartial treatment of wildlife
violators operating within participating states in recognition of the
violator's right to due process and the sovereign status of the
participating states.