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Fish and Game Code - FGC

DIVISION 7. REFUGES [10500 - 10932]

  ( Division 7 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Refuges and Other Protected Areas [10500 - 10741]

  ( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456. )
  

ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [10500 - 10514]
  ( Article 1 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456. )

  
10501.5.  

(a) It is unlawful to fly any aircraft, including any airplane or helicopter, less than 3,000 feet above water or land over the Sespe Condor Sanctuary, and less than 1,000 feet above water or land over the A:o Nuevo State Reserve, the Farallon Islands Game Refuge, the Point Lobos State Reserve, the California Sea Otter Game Refuge, and Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, and San Nicolas Islands, except for rescue operations, in case of any emergency, or for scientific or filmmaking purposes under a permit issued by the department after a review of potential biological impacts.

(b) This section does not apply to the landing of any aircraft, including any airplane or helicopter, on Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, San Nicolas, and Farallon Islands for administrative or operational purposes of the National Park Service, the United States Navy, or the United States Coast Guard.

(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 431, Sec. 5.)