California Fish and Game Code 331 – (a) The commission may determine and fix the area or areas, the …
(a) The commission may determine and fix the area or areas, the seasons and hours, the bag and possession limit, and the sex and total number of pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana) that may be taken under regulations that the commission may adopt from time to time. Only a person possessing a valid hunting license may obtain a tag for the taking of pronghorn antelope.
(b) The department may issue a pronghorn antelope tag upon payment of a fee. The fee for a pronghorn antelope tag for a resident of the state, except for a pronghorn antelope tag issued to a resident junior hunter, shall be fifty-five dollars ($55), as adjusted under Section 713. The fee for a pronghorn antelope tag for a resident junior hunter shall be twenty dollars ($20), as adjusted under Section 713. On or before July 1, 2007, the commission shall, by regulation, fix the fee for a nonresident of the state at not less than a fee of three hundred fifty dollars ($350), as adjusted under Section 713. The fees shall be deposited in the Big Game Management Account established in Section 3953 and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be expended, in addition to moneys budgeted for salaries of persons in the department as set forth in Section 3953.
Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 331
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Commission: means the Fish and Game Commission, and "commissioner" means a member of the Fish and Game Commission. See California Fish and Game Code 30
- Department: means the Department of Fish and Wildlife. See California Fish and Game Code 37
- Nonresident: means a person who is not a resident as defined in Section 70. See California Fish and Game Code 57
- Person: means any natural person or any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, or other type of association. See California Fish and Game Code 67
- Possession limit: means the maximum, in number or amount, of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles, or amphibians that may be lawfully possessed by one person. See California Fish and Game Code 19
- Resident: means any person who has resided continuously in the State of California for six months or more immediately prior to the date of application for a license or permit, any person on active military duty with the Armed Forces of the United States or auxiliary branch thereof, or any person enrolled in the Job Corps established pursuant to former Section 2883 of Title 29 of the United States Code. See California Fish and Game Code 70
- 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
(c) The commission shall direct the department to annually authorize not less than one pronghorn antelope tag or more than 1 percent of the total number of tags available for the purpose of raising funds for programs and projects to benefit pronghorn antelope. These tags may be sold at auction to residents or nonresidents of the state or by another method and are not subject to the fee limitation prescribed in subdivision (b). All revenues from sales pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in the Big Game Management Account established in Section 3953 and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be expended as set forth in that section.
(d) The commission shall direct the department to annually authorize one pronghorn antelope tag of the total number of tags available for issuance to nonresidents of the state.
(e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2025, and, as of January 1, 2026, is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 295, Sec. 1. (AB 2151) Effective January 1, 2019. Section operative July 1, 2019, pursuant to Stats. 2018, Ch. 295, Sec. 12. Inoperative July 1, 2025. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 295.)