3600 Department of Fish & Wildlife
Legal Citations & Authority

DEPARTMENT AUTHORITY

California Constitution, Article XB.

PROGRAM AUTHORITY

20-Biodiversity Conservation Program:

Fish and Game Code Sections 200, 400, 700-715, 1000, 1002, 1301, 1385-1391, 1400-1431, 1600-1603, 1700, 1750-1772, 1775-1796, 1801-1802, 1900-1913, 1925, 1930-1933, 2003.5, 2050-2116, 2073-2075, 2077, 2079, 2105, 2150, 2600-2651, 2700-2729, 2760-2765, 2780-2799.6, 2800-2835, 3503, 3503.5, 3511, 3513, 3850-3857, 4700, 4900-4901, 5050, 5515, 5520-5522, 5980-6028, 6100, 6900-6924, 7050, 7360-7363, and 13014.

25-Hunting, Fishing, and Public Use Program:

Fish and Game Code Sections 203, 207-208, 331-332, 355-357, 450-460, 1050, 1054.8, 1170-1175, 1200-1206, 1570-1572, 1801-1802, 3000, 3003.1, 3270, 3400-3409, 3450-3453, 3460-3467, 3500-3516, 3682-3686, 3950-3951, 3960, 4000-4004, 4181-4181.5, 4370, 4650-4657, 4750-4763, 4800-4809, 4900-4904, 6300-6306, 6400-6403, 6440-6460, 6850-6896, 6900-6924, 7360-7363, 7370, 7380-7381, 7850, 8430-8437.1, 8460-8492, 9004, 10000-10005, 13007, and 15000-15703.

30-Management of Department Lands and Facilities:

Fish and Game Code Sections 1525-1528, 1530, 1580-1584, and 13007.

40-Law Enforcement Program:

Fish and Game Code Sections 850-858, 1000, 1005, 1006, 1700, 1755, 1776, 1800, 1900, 1910, 1931, 2012, 2119, 2123, 2701, 2853, 3049-3055.1, and 7702.

45-Communications, Education, And Outreach Program

Fish and Game Code Sections 210-211, 217.5-217.6, 1005, 1571, 1585, 1755, 2109, 3863, 13103.

50-Spill Prevention and Response:

Fish and Game Code Sections 1008, 1600, 5650-5656, 12015-12017, and 13010-13013; and Government Code Sections 8574.1-8574.10, and Sections 8670.1-8670.73.

61- Fish And Game Commission

Section 20, Article IV of the Constitution; Fish and Game Code Sections 30, 101-106, 200-250, 300-317, 325-332, 355-357, 375, 390, 395-398, 400-401, 450-460, 10503.