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SB-62 Endangered species: accidental take associated with routine and ongoing agricultural activities: state safe harbor agreements.(2019-2020)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 2087 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read:

2087.
 (a) An accidental take of a candidate, threatened, or endangered species resulting from an act by a person acting as a farmer or rancher, a bona fide employee of a farmer or rancher, or an individual otherwise contracted by a farmer or rancher that occurs on a farm or a ranch in the course of otherwise lawful routine and ongoing agricultural activities is not prohibited by this chapter.
(b) (1)  When an accidental take is known to occur under subdivision (a), the person shall report the take to the department within 10 days.
(2) The department shall conduct outreach to the extent feasible using existing channels to raise awareness of this reporting requirement within the agricultural community.
(c) For purposes of this section, “accidental” means unintended or unforeseen.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, 2024,  and as of that date is repealed. repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2024, deletes or extends that date. 

SEC. 2.

 Section 2089.26 of the Fish and Game Code is repealed.

SEC. 3.
 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.