Section 312 Of Article 1. Generally From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 1. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The commission may issue a permit authorizing any member
of the armed forces of the United States or any student or faculty
member of an elementary or secondary school in the public school
system actually assigned to, and participating in, an organized
survival training course to take fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds,
or mammals, except rare or endangered species, notwithstanding any
other law or regulation, pursuant to the terms and conditions of that
permit. A permit involving training by the armed forces of the
United States shall be issued to the commanding officer of the unit
having jurisdiction over the conduct of the survival training course.
A permit involving training by an elementary or secondary school in
the public school system shall be issued to the governing board or
superintendent of the district having jurisdiction over that school
and the conduct of the survival training course. A permit shall be
applicable only to the area established for that survival training as
designated by the commission in the permit and for the species and
numbers designated in the permit.
(b) The commission may revise a condition of a permit if it finds
revision is necessary to properly protect the fish, amphibians,
reptiles, birds, or mammals in the area.
(c) The term of a permit issued pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
be for not more than a calendar year.
(d) A report shall be submitted on the expiration of the permit
period specified pursuant to subdivision (c), or as otherwise
required by the commission, of all fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds,
or mammals taken during the period covered by the report in each
permit area. A new permit shall not be issued until the report has
been submitted and an existing permit may be canceled if a report is
not submitted when required by the commission.
(e) A person engaged in survival training taking a fish,
amphibian, reptile, bird, or mammal pursuant to a permit issued under
this section shall not use a firearm, bow and arrow, steel trap,
explosive, chemical, poison, drug, net, or fish tackle, except that
hooks, handlines, and improvised poles and lines may be used to take
fish.