Section 10503 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
10503
. For the purposes of propagating, feeding, and protecting
birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles, the commission may do
all of the following:
(a) Accept, on behalf of the state, donations of an interest in
land within a refuge.
(b) Accept, on behalf of the state, from a person owning and in
possession of patented land, other than land covered and uncovered by
the ordinary daily tide of the Pacific Ocean, the right to preserve
and protect all birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, and reptiles on the
patented land.
(c) Accept, on behalf of the state, donations of birds, mammals,
fish, amphibians, and reptiles, and of money given or appropriated.
Those donations shall be used for the purposes for which they are
accepted, and, as nearly as may be, for any purpose indicated by the
donor.
(d) Acquire, by purchase, lease, rental, or otherwise, and occupy,
develop, maintain, use, and administer land, or land and nonmarine
water, or land and nonmarine water rights, suitable for state game
farms or game refuges.