(a) The department may authorize under this chapter, by permit, the take of the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum) resulting from impacts attributable to the construction along the State Route 156 corridor through Moro Cojo Slough in the County of Monterey for the purpose of enhancing safety and access, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 2081 are satisfied for the take of the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander.

Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 2081.5

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Fish and Game Code 32
  • Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife. See California Fish and Game Code 37
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Fish and Game Code 83
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Fish and Game Code 73
  • Take: means hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill, or attempt to hunt, pursue, catch, capture, or kill. See California Fish and Game Code 86

(2) The department ensures that all further measures necessary to satisfy the conservation standard of subdivision (d) of Section 2805 are incorporated into the construction project.

(3) The take authorization provides for the development and implementation, in cooperation with federal and state agencies, of a monitoring program and an adaptive management process until the department determines that any impacts resulting from the construction project described in this subdivision have been fully mitigated.

(b) The conditions for the permit are subject to amendment if required by the monitoring program and the adaptive management process adopted pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).

(c) This section shall not be construed to exempt the construction project described in subdivision (a) from any other law.

(Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 237, Sec. 1. (SB 1231) Effective January 1, 2021.)

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