Fish & G. Code, § 3472 · Article 8. Management of Wildlife at Public Use Airports
Fish & G. Code, § 3472
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The taking of birds by a public use airport certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate in California that has obtained, and is in compliance with, a federal depredation permit that authorizes, under specified conditions, the lawful taking of birds, does not violate any provision of this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code if the taking is in compliance with the federal depredation permit for the purposes specified in Section 3472.1 and all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The taking occurs on lands owned or leased by the airport.
(b) The taking does not occur on lands owned or leased by the airport that are reserved for habitat mitigation or conservation purposes of the species being taken, including lands in a habitat conservation plan, or a natural communities conservation plan.
(c) There is no taking of a fully protected, candidate, threatened, or endangered species.
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History
Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 186, Sec. 1. (SB 481) Effective January 1, 2010.
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