BILL NUMBER: SB 1436 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 82 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 8, 2008 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 8, 2008 PASSED THE SENATE MAY 1, 2008 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY JUNE 26, 2008 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 2008 INTRODUCED BY Senator Ducheny FEBRUARY 21, 2008 An act to amend Section 2087 of the Fish and Game Code, relating to protected species. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1436, Ducheny. Protected species: accidental take: agricultural activities. The California Endangered Species Act, until January 1, 2009, exempts from its provisions the accidental take of candidate, threatened, or endangered species resulting from acts that occur on a farm or a ranch in the course of otherwise lawful routine and ongoing agricultural activities. This bill would change the repeal date of that exemption to January 1, 2011. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 2087 of the Fish and Game Code is amended to read: 2087. (a) Accidental take of candidate, threatened, or endangered species resulting from acts that occur on a farm or a ranch in the course of otherwise lawful routine and ongoing agricultural activities is not prohibited by this chapter. (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2011, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2011, deletes or extends that date.