Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Fund-raising Nelson bighorn ram license
tags:
Fund-raising license tags for the taking of mature Nelson
bighorn rams shall be sold for the purpose of raising funds to manage bighorn
sheep. The department may designate a nonprofit organization to sell this
fund-raising tag. The department may conduct a random drawing to distribute
fund-raising tags. Any resident or nonresident is eligible to buy the tag. The
sale price of a fund-raising license tag shall include the fee for processing
and issuing an annual hunting license for the purchaser or any person
designated by the purchaser. A fund-raising license tag distributed through a
department random drawing does not include the fee for processing and issuing
an annual hunting license. The purchasers of fund-raising license tags shall
complete a required hunter orientation program conducted by the department and
meet the hunter education requirements for a hunting license. The fund-raising
license tags are defined in subsection
362(b).
(b) General Nelson bighorn ram license tags:
(1) The general Nelson bighorn ram license
tags shall be issued by drawing, as described in Section
708.14.
(2) Applicants shall apply, and pay a
nonrefundable processing fee as specified in Section
702, through the department's
Automated License Data System terminals at any department license agent or
department license sales office on or before June 2 each year.
(3) Applicants shall be California residents
or nonresidents, at least 16 years of age on or before July 1 of the license
year for which they are applying
(4) Applicants shall possess an annual
California hunting license that is valid during the bighorn ram season for
which they are applying.
(5)
Applicants shall not have been awarded a Nelson bighorn ram license tag in the
department's big game drawing.
(6)
Applicants shall apply for only one designated zone.
(7) No applicant shall submit more than one
application per license year.
(8)
Incomplete, late and ineligible applications and applications submitted without
the appropriate processing fee will not be included in the drawing and the
applicant will not earn a preference point.
(9) Successful applicants and a list of
alternates for each zone shall be determined by drawing within 10 business days
following the application deadline date. If the drawing is delayed due to
circumstances beyond the department's control, the department shall conduct the
drawing at the earliest date possible.
(10) Not more than ten percent (10%) of
general license tags shall be awarded to nonresidents each year.
(11) Unsuccessful applicants shall not be
notified by mail. Successful applicants will be mailed notification as soon as
practical. Upon receipt of the notification, the applicant shall submit the
appropriate tag fee, as specified in Section
702, through the department's
Automated License Data System terminals at the department's License and Revenue
Branch. The tag fee shall be received by the department by 5:00 p.m. on July 15
each year. If the deadline to submit the fee falls on a weekend or holiday
payment will be accepted until the close of business on the first state
business day following the deadline to submit payment.
(12) Should the quota for each zone remain
unfilled after that date, the alternate lists shall be used. Successful
applicants shall be issued tags only after successfully completing the required
hunter orientation program conducted by the department.
(c) Tagholder Responsibilities:
(1) Only persons possessing valid Nelson
bighorn sheep license tags are entitled to hunt bighorn sheep. Tags shall not
be transferable and are valid only in the zone or zones specified.
(2) Individuals awarded a fund-raising
license tag and all successful applicants for general license tags shall attend
and successfully complete a mandatory hunter orientation program. Licensed
guides employed by successful applicants and the fund-raising license tag buyer
shall accompany their clients to this orientation program.
(3) All successful bighorn sheep tag holders
shall have their tags validated. All tags shall be returned to the department
within 10 days after the close of the season, even though the tagholder may not
have killed a Nelson bighorn ram.
(4) Upon the killing of any bighorn sheep,
the tag holder shall immediately fill out all portions of the tag including the
report card completely, legibly, and permanently, and cut out or punch out and
completely remove notches or punch holes for the month and date of the kill.
License tags shall be attached to the carcass of a bighorn ram immediately
after the animal is killed.
(5) All
tag holders will be notified by mail as to whether they will be required to
report to the department before hunting and upon completion of hunting. The
notification shall contain procedures for reporting, including appropriate
methods of contacting the department.
(6) The tagholder shall surrender his tag to
an employee of the department for any or all of the following reasons:
(A) Any act on the part of the tagholder
which violates any of the provisions of the Fish and Game Code, or any
regulations of the commission.
(B)
Any act on the part of the tagholder which endangers the person or property of
others. The decision of the department in such respects shall be final and
binding upon the tagholder.
1. New
section filed 7-8-2011; operative 7-8-2011 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2011, No. 27).
2. Amendment of subsection (a), repealer of
subsection (a)(1), amendment of subsection (a)(10) and amendment of NOTE filed
6-25-2013; operative 7-1-2013 pursuant to Fish and Game Code section
202
(Register 2013, No. 26).
3. Change without regulatory effect
amending NOTE filed 8-8-2019 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2019, No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
200,
203,
219,
265,
270,
275,
331,
332,
1050,
1572,
4302
and
10502,
Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
110,
200,
201,
203,
203.1,
219,
255,
265,
270,
275,
331,
332,
713,
1050,
1570,
1571,
1572,
3950,
3951,
4302,
4902,
10500
and
10502,
Fish and Game Code.
