Section 2120 Of Article 1. Generally From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
2120
. (a) The commission, in cooperation with the Department of
Food and Agriculture, shall adopt regulations governing both (1) the
entry, importation, possession, transportation, keeping, confinement,
or release of any and all wild animals that will be or that have
been imported into this state pursuant to this chapter, and (2) the
possession of all other wild animals. The regulations shall be
designed to prevent damage to the native wildlife or agricultural
interests of this state resulting from the existence at large of
these wild animals, and to provide for the welfare of wild animals
and the safety of the public.
(b) The regulations shall also include criteria for all of the
following:
(1) The receiving, processing, and issuing of a permit and
conducting inspections.
(2) Contracting out inspection activities.
(3) Responding to public reports and complaints.
(4) The notification of the revocation, termination, or denial of
permits, and related appeals.
(5) The method by which the department determines that the
breeding of wild animals pursuant to a single event breeding permit
for exhibitor or a breeding permit is necessary and will not result
in unneeded or uncared for animals, and the means by which the
criteria will be implemented and enforced.
(6) How a responding agency will respond to an escape of a wild
animal. This shall include, but not be limited to, the establishment
of guidelines for the safe recapture of the wild animal and
procedures outlining when lethal force would be used to recapture the
wild animal.
(c) These regulations shall be developed and adopted by the
commission on or before January 1, 2007.