County Revenues for Fish and Game

Division 10, Chapter 2 deals with counties and revenues to be expended for fish and game purposes in this state.

Section 13100 requires the amounts paid to and retained in the county treasury to be deposited in a county fish and wildlife propagation fund and expended for the protection, conservation, propagation, and preservation of fish and wildlife, under the direction of the board of supervisors, pursuant to this chapter.

All proposed expenditures from a county fish and wildlife propagation fund are required to be reviewed first at a regular meeting of the county board of supervisors or its designated county fish and game commission to ensure compliance with applicable laws.

Section 13101 authorizes the board of supervisors of any county to enter into a written agreement with the board of supervisors of one or more counties for the expenditure of any funds deposited in its fish and wildlife propagation fund for any purpose in either, or any, of the counties for the joint benefit of both, or all, of the counties as the judgment of the boards of supervisors may direct.

The purchase of real property necessary for that purpose is lawful and title thereto is to be taken in the joint names of each county which contributes funds. The property may be deeded to the state upon the express condition that it must be employed for the purposes of this chapter within the counties.

Section 13102 requires expenditures from the fish and game propagation fund of any county to be subject to the provisions of law in the Government Code.

Section 13103 states that expenditures from the fish and wildlife propagation fund of any county may be made only for the fourteen specified purposes.

Section 13104 authorizes the department to audit, or require the county to audit, expenditures by the county from its fish and wildlife propagation fund in order to determine compliance with this chapter.