Cal. FGC § 10005
This is the official text of Cal. FGC § 10005, part of California’s Fish and Game Code — regulates hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation.
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(a) Any person convicted of a violation of this division or a violation of any other provision of this code or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto relating to sturgeon shall be prohibited from engaging in the business of canning, curing, preserving, packing, or otherwise processing, or dealing at wholesale or retail in the eggs of sturgeon in this state for one year from the date of the conviction.
(b) Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this division or a violation of any other provision of this code or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto relating to sturgeon within five years of another offense resulting in a conviction of a violation of any of those provisions is prohibited from engaging in any activity for which a sturgeon egg processing license is required for five years from the date of the last conviction.
(c) The commission shall revoke any license issued pursuant to this division to the person who is prohibited from engaging in that business under this section. No sturgeon egg processing license revoked pursuant to this section shall be issued, reissued, or reinstated during the period of prohibition prescribed in this section.
(d) It is unlawful for any person to obtain, or attempt to obtain, a sturgeon egg processing license pursuant to this division during the period of prohibition prescribed in this section.
(b) Any person convicted of a second or subsequent violation of this division or a violation of any other provision of this code or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto relating to sturgeon within five years of another offense resulting in a conviction of a violation of any of those provisions is prohibited from engaging in any activity for which a sturgeon egg processing license is required for five years from the date of the last conviction.
(c) The commission shall revoke any license issued pursuant to this division to the person who is prohibited from engaging in that business under this section. No sturgeon egg processing license revoked pursuant to this section shall be issued, reissued, or reinstated during the period of prohibition prescribed in this section.
(d) It is unlawful for any person to obtain, or attempt to obtain, a sturgeon egg processing license pursuant to this division during the period of prohibition prescribed in this section.
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