California Fish and Game Code

§ 3480

FGC § 3480 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 4 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)(1) The department shall establish the Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program, which may include direct payments or other incentives, to encourage landowners to voluntarily cultivate or retain upland cover crops, cereal grains, grasses, forbs, pollinator plants, or a combination thereof to provide waterfowl and other game bird nesting habitat cover, including, but not limited to, for the purposes described in Section 1018 of the Water Code.

(2)The program is established for waterfowl, ring-necked pheasant, and other game bird breeding purposes and shall not be used to provide managed wetland habitat, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1506, for wintering waterfowl habitat purposes.

(3)For purposes of this section, “landowner” means any entity with authority to manage real property to provide waterfowl, ring-necked pheasant, and other game bird nesting habitat cover.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 521, Sec. 3. (AB 614) Effective January 1, 2022.