2007 California Fish and Game Code Article 2. Commercial Hunting Clubs

CA Codes (fgc:3240.5-3246)

3240.5.  (a) A person, including, but not limited to, a renter or
lessee, in possession or control of property on or with respect to
which a fee for the privilege of taking birds or mammals is imposed
or collected, or on or with respect to which a fee for any type of
entry or use permit that includes the privilege of taking birds or
mammals on the property is imposed or collected, is maintaining a
commercial hunting club if birds or mammals are taken on the
property, and shall procure a "commercial hunting club license."
   (b) This article does not apply to any of the following:
   (1) Any hunting club or program licensed under other provisions of
this code.
   (2) Any person who receives less than fifty dollars () per
entrant and receives less than a total of five hundred dollars (0)
between July 1 and the following June 30 for permission, entry
access, or use fees that include the privilege of hunting on property
in his or her possession or control.
   (3) Any landowner who rents or leases his or her property to a
commercial hunting club and is not involved in the operation of the
club.



3241.  The department may permit a commercial hunting club that
leases or rents more than one property for hunting purposes to submit
one application listing each of the properties for which they are
seeking a license. The department shall assess a separate license fee
for each property to be licensed, except as otherwise provided under
this code.



3242.  Upon submission of a completed application on a form approved
by the commission, a commercial hunting club license shall be issued
to any person upon the payment of a base fee of one hundred
sixty-five dollars (5), as adjusted under Section 713.




3243.5.  The commission may transfer a license to land owned or
controlled by the licensee, other than that land specified in the
original application, located in the same county as the original
land, without any additional fee, if it finds the new land is
suitable for the purposes of the license and such a transfer is not
in conflict with the public interest.



3245.  Commercial hunting club licenses are valid for a term of one
year from July 1st, or, if issued after the beginning of such term,
for the remainder thereof.  A license authorizes the person to whom
it is issued to maintain a hunting club in accordance with the
provisions of this code and such regulations as the commission may
prescribe.



3246.  Any license issued under this article may be revoked by the
commission at one of the commission's regularly scheduled meetings,
or by a court of competent jurisdiction, upon the licensee's
conviction of a violation of this code, and no new license may be
issued to the licensee during the same license year.