Section 8245 Of Article 4.5. Commercial Salmon Vessel Permits From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.5.
8245
. (a) The department shall conduct a drawing from the
applicants determined to be eligible for new, original permits
pursuant to Section 8244 on the first Friday in March of each year
that new, original permits are authorized to be issued pursuant to
Section 8243.
(b) (1) The department shall issue a permit to each of those
applicants who are drawn upon payment of the fees prescribed in
paragraph (2) for the permit and, except as provided in subdivision
(d), submittal of sufficient information to establish that the
applicant is the owner of a vessel within the vessel classification
designated in the application.
(2) The amount of the fees for a permit issued under this section
are the same as the amount of the fees for renewal of a permit for
the subsequent license year beginning on April 1 which are
established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8235. A successful
applicant shall pay the fees for the permit on or before March 31.
The department shall deposit the fees to the fund pursuant to Section
13001.
(c) Except as provided in subdivision (d), a successful applicant
shall submit proof of ownership of the vessel to be used under the
permit within 90 days of the drawing.
(d) (1) A successful applicant may request one extension of no
more than 90 days to obtain a vessel as designated in the
application. The department, after consultation with the review
board, may grant that extension.
(2) If any successful applicant does not establish that he or she
is the owner of a vessel as designated in the application and affix
the new permit on that vessel or on another vessel with the same or
less fishing potential, as determined by the department after
consultation with the board, within 90 days or by the end of a 90 day
extension granted by the department, the new permit is null and
void.
(3) The department or the review board is not liable for any risk
of failure by the applicant to obtain a vessel which is designated in
an application or to complete the process for determination of the
fishing potential of another vessel, or for failure by the applicant
to obtain that other vessel, in the time prescribed in this section.