Section 7078 Of Chapter 6. Fishery Management Plan Preparation, Approval, And Regulations From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 1.7. >> Chapter 6.
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. (a) The commission shall hold at least two public hearings on
a fishery management plan or plan amendment prior to the commission'
s adoption or rejection of the plan.
(b) The plan or plan amendment shall be heard not later than 60
days following receipt of the plan or plan amendment by the
commission. The commission may adopt the plan or plan amendment at
the second public hearing, at the commission's meeting following the
second public hearing, or at any duly noticed subsequent meeting,
subject to subdivision (c).
(c) When scheduling the location of a hearing or meeting relating
to a fishery management plan or plan amendment, the commission shall
consider factors, including, among other factors, the area of the
state, if any, where participants in the fishery are concentrated.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, prior
to the adoption of a fishery management plan or plan amendment that
would make inoperative a statute, the commission shall provide a copy
of the plan or plan amendment to the Legislature for review by the
Joint Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture or, if there is no such
committee, to the appropriate policy committee in each house of the
Legislature.
(e) The commission shall adopt any regulations necessary to
implement a fishery plan or plan amendment no more than 60 days
following adoption of the plan or plan amendment. All implementing
regulations adopted under this subdivision shall be adopted as a
regulation pursuant to the rulemaking provisions of the
Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. The
commission's adoption of regulations to implement a fishery
management plan or plan amendment shall not trigger an additional
review process under the California Environmental Quality Act
(Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources
Code).
(f) Regulations adopted by the commission to implement a plan or
plan amendment shall specify any statute or regulation of the
commission that is to become inoperative as to the particular
fishery. The list shall designate each statute or regulation by
individual section number, rather than by reference to articles or
chapters.