Cal. FGC § 1857
This is the official text of Cal. FGC § 1857, part of California’s Fish and Game Code — regulates hunting, fishing, and wildlife conservation.
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(a) The Fish and Wildlife Regional Conservation Investment Strategy Program Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
(b) The department shall collect fees or other compensation from a person or entity that proposes to enter into a mitigation credit agreement, and from a public agency or federally recognized tribe that proposes a regional conservation investment strategy or a regional conservation assessment, to pay for all or a portion of the department’s costs relating to the mitigation credit agreement, proposed strategy, or proposed assessment. Fees received pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Regional Conservation Investment Strategy Program Fund.
(b) The department shall collect fees or other compensation from a person or entity that proposes to enter into a mitigation credit agreement, and from a public agency or federally recognized tribe that proposes a regional conservation investment strategy or a regional conservation assessment, to pay for all or a portion of the department’s costs relating to the mitigation credit agreement, proposed strategy, or proposed assessment. Fees received pursuant to this subdivision shall be deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Regional Conservation Investment Strategy Program Fund.
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