Section 12013.3 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 9. >> Chapter 1.
12013.3
. (a) Notwithstanding Section 12002, 12003.2, 12008, or
12008.5, the punishment for a person who knowingly violated and has
been convicted of the following provisions where the violation
involved a trophy deer, elk, antelope, or bighorn sheep shall be a
fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than
forty thousand dollars ($40,000), and where the violation involved a
wild turkey, a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000)
nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than one year, or both that fine and
imprisonment:
(1) Section 2001, if the person took an animal outside the
established season.
(2) Section 2005.
(3) Section 257.5 of Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations.
(4) Section 4304.
(5) Section 4330.
(6) Section 1054.2, if the person failed to procure the required
license or tag prior to taking a deer, elk, antelope, or bighorn
sheep.
(b) The commission shall adopt regulations to implement this
section, including establishing a trophy designation and monetary
value based on the size or related characteristics of deer, elk,
antelope, bighorn sheep, and wild turkeys.
(c) All revenue from fines imposed pursuant to this section for
deer, elk, antelope, and bighorn sheep violations shall be deposited
in the Big Game Management Account established in Section 3953 and
shall be used for the big game management purposes described in that
section.
(d) All revenue from fines imposed pursuant to this section for
wild turkey violations shall be deposited in the Upland Game Bird
Account established in Section 3684 and shall be used for the upland
game bird conservation purposes described in that section.
(e) Moneys equivalent to 50 percent of the revenue from any fine
collected pursuant to this section shall be paid to the county in
which the offense was committed, pursuant to Section 13003. The
county board of supervisors shall first use revenues pursuant to this
subdivision to reimburse the costs incurred by the district attorney
or city attorney in investigating and prosecuting the violation. Any
excess revenues may be expended in accordance with Section 13103.