§ 10500. — 10500. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 95.)

Except under a permit or specific authorization, it is unlawful to do any of the following:
(a)
To take or possess a bird or mammal in a game refuge.
(b)
To use or have in possession in a game refuge, a firearm, BB device as defined in Section 16250 of the Penal Code, crossbow, bow and arrow, or a trap or other contrivance designed to be, or capable of being, used to take birds or mammals, or to discharge a firearm or BB device or to release an arrow or crossbow bolt into a game refuge.
(c)
To take or possess a fish or amphibian in a fish refuge, or to use or have in possession in that refuge a contrivance designed to
be used for catching fish.
(d)
To take or possess a bird, discharge a firearm or BB device, or release an arrow or crossbow bolt, within or into a waterfowl refuge.
(e)
To take or possess a quail in a quail refuge.
(f)
To take or possess an invertebrate or specimen of marine plant life in a marine life refuge.
(g)
To take or possess a clam or an instrument or apparatus capable of being used to dig clams in a clam refuge.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 95. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.