Section 3080 Of Article 4. Possession Of Birds And Mammals After Season From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 4. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 4.
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. (a) For the purposes of this section, "donor intermediary"
means a recipient who receives a game bird or mammal from a donor to
give to a charitable organization or charitable entity.
(b) A person may possess a game bird or mammal during a period
other than the open season for that game bird or mammal, up to the
possession limit allowed for that game bird or mammal during the open
season, in any of the following circumstances:
(1) The person possesses a hunting license and a validated tag or
tags for the species possessed, or a copy of the license and tag or
tags. The license and tag or tags shall have been issued to that
person for the current or immediate past license year.
(2) The person is a donor intermediary who received the game bird
or mammal from a donor described in paragraph (1), and has a written
confirmation of the donation that is signed and dated by the donor,
and a photocopy of the donor's hunting license and the applicable
validated tag or tags from the current or immediate past license
year.
(3) The person is a donor intermediary who received the game bird
or mammal from a donor described in paragraph (1), and has a written
confirmation of the donation signed and dated by the donor, which
includes the donor's name, address, hunting license number, and
applicable tag numbers for the species possessed. The license and tag
or tags shall be for the current or immediate past license year.
(c) The documentation required by subdivision (b) shall be made
available to the department as described in Section 2012. There is no
required format for the documentation. Any written documentation
containing the required information shall be deemed to comply with
this section. A charitable organization or charitable entity
receiving and distributing a game bird or mammal for a charitable or
humane purpose shall maintain the documentation described in
paragraph (2) or (3) of subdivision (b) for one year from the date of
disposal.
(d) This section does not authorize the possession of a game bird
contrary to regulations adopted pursuant to the federal Migratory
Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 703 et seq.).
(e) On or before January 1, 2015, and subject to the requirements
of subdivision (d), the commission shall recommend legislation or
adopt regulations to clarify when a possession limit is not violated
by processing into food lawfully taken game birds or mammals.