California Fish and Game Code

§ 715

FGC § 715 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The director, in consultation with the Natural Resources Agency, shall establish a formal program, which may be called the Science Institute, to assist the department and commission in obtaining independent scientific review, and recommendations to help inform the scientific work of the department and the commission. The program shall include one or more ad hoc independent scientific committees consisting of independent scientists who are scientific experts in their fields with expertise in biological sciences and with a range of multidisciplinary expertise pertinent to the work of the department and the commission, and which may be convened pursuant to this section. The purpose of the program shall be to assist the department and the commission in obtaining and establishing an independent and objective view of the scientific issues underlying important policy decisions.

(b)The objectives of the program shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following:

(1)Providing independent scientific guidance of the scientific research, monitoring, and assessment programs that support the department’s and the commission’s work with fish and wildlife species and their habitats.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 559, Sec. 12. (AB 2402) Effective January 1, 2013.