Fish & G. Code, § 5002 · Article 1. Desert Tortoises
Fish & G. Code, § 5002
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The department may issue permits, subject to any terms and conditions prescribed by the commission, authorizing the possession of a tortoise (Gopherus) or product of a tortoise by an educational or scientific institution or a public zoological garden.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 78. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.
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