County fish and wildlife propagation fund: wildlife coexistence: tear gas.
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Overview
This bill amends California’s Fish and Game Code to allow authorized personnel applying aversive conditioning to wolves to purchase and use tear gas weapons under specific conditions. It also expands the uses for funds in the county fish and wildlife propagation fund to include costs associated with wildlife coexistence programs aimed at preventing human-wildlife conflict. These programs can include education, public outreach, and non-lethal measures.
Key provisions
- Allows authorized wolf conditioning personnel to purchase and use tear gas weapons with sheriff or police department authorization.
- Authorizes expenditures from the county fish and wildlife propagation fund for wildlife coexistence programs.
- Expands the fund’s purpose to include costs for education, public outreach, and non-lethal measures related to wildlife conflict prevention.
- Clarifies existing fund uses to include costs incurred by district attorneys and city attorneys investigating and prosecuting wildlife-related violations.
- Updates Section 13103 to include wildlife coexistence programs as a permissible expenditure.
- Specifies that reasonable administrative costs for the county fish and wildlife commission are capped at 15% of fund revenue or $10,000 annually.
- Allows for contributions to a secret witness program for enforcement.
- Authorizes expenditures for cannabis cultivation civil penalties and injunctive relief.
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