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HomeFish and Game CodeDiv. 3Ch. 7Art. 2§ 2620 Wildlife Habitat Funding Allocation

§ 2620 Wildlife Habitat Funding Allocation

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§ 2620 Wildlife Habitat Funding Allocation

This law tells the state that money put into the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Fund can be spent on buying, fixing up, or building land for wildlife, with set amounts for different kinds of projects.

Key Takeaways

  • •Money in the fund can only be used for wildlife habitat projects, not anything else.
  • •The $40 M for inland lands is split into $30 M for marsh‑related wildlife and $10 M for waterway restoration.
  • •The $30 M for coastal projects includes $20 M for grants to local agencies, with at least $5 M reserved for the San Francisco Bay area.

Example

A city in the San Francisco Bay area wants to protect a wetland that helps ducks and fish. It can apply for a grant from the State Coastal Conservancy.

Because the law sets aside $20 million for grants to local agencies in the Bay area, the city could receive up to $5 million of that money to buy or improve the wetland.

How to Calculate

Allocated amount for a sub‑project = Total amount set for that category × (Requested amount ÷ Total requests) (When the law splits a larger sum into smaller parts, the split is simply the numbers the law lists, e.g., $30 M = $40 M × 30/40)

  1. Find the total amount the law says can be used for the big group (e.g., $40 M for inland lands).
  2. Look at how the law divides that total (e.g., $30 M for marsh‑related wildlife and $10 M for waterways).
  3. If you need a specific share, multiply the total by the fraction shown (30/40 = 0.75 gives $30 M).

A wildlife board wants to know how much money is available for marsh habitat for wildfowl under the inland‑land allocation.

Result: $30,000,000 (because 40,000,000 × 0.75 = 30,000,000)

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 2620 Wildlife Habitat Funding Allocation

All money deposited in the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Fund shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for the following purposes: (a) Forty million dollars ($40,000,000) for expenditure by the Wildlife Conservation Board pursuant to the Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947 for the acquisition, enhancement, or development, or any combination thereof, of lands located outside the coastal zone for the preservation of resources and the management of wildlife and fisheries, in accordance with the following schedule: (1) Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) for the acquisition, enhancement, or development, or any combination thereof, of lands for habitat for wildfowl and other wildlife benefitted by a marsh or aquatic environment. (2) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the restoration of waterways for the management of fisheries and the enhancement or development, or both, of habitat for other wildlife. (b) Five million dollars ($5,000,000) for expenditure by the Wildlife Conservation Board pursuant to the Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947 for the acquisition, enhancement, or development, or any combination thereof, of lands for habitat for rare, endangered, and fully protected species. (c) Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) for expenditure by the State Coastal Conservancy for the acquisition, enhancement, or development, or any combination thereof, of marshlands and associated and adjacent lands and the development of associated facilities and for grants to local public agencies for those purposes, in accordance with the following schedule: (1) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for grants by the conservancy to local public agencies in the coastal zone and in the San Francisco Bay region for the acquisition, enhancement, or development, or any combination thereof, of marshlands and adjacent lands for habitat for wildlife benefitted by a marsh or aquatic environment and the improvement of drainage into wetlands to control or retard erosion and sedimentation, and biologically and hydrologically associated upland habitat areas. Of the amount made available pursuant to this paragraph, not less than five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be available for grants for projects in the San Francisco Bay region. (2) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for expenditure by the conservancy for the purposes authorized in this subdivision. (d) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for expenditure by the Wildlife Conservation Board pursuant to the Wildlife Conservation Law of 1947 for the acquisition, enhancement, or development, or any combination thereof, inside the coastal zone of marshlands and adjacent lands for habitat for wildlife benefitted by a marsh or aquatic environment. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 19 at the June 5, 1984, election. Operative July 1, 1984, by Stats. 1984, Ch. 6, Sec. 3.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

Fish and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Fund

Related Statutes

  • § 2621 Wildlife Board Funding Limits
  • § 2622 Coastal Conservancy Annual Funding
  • § 2623 Fund Use Restrictions
  • § 2624 Habitat Protection Fund Use
  • § 2625 Land Acquisition Alternatives Review

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Fish and Game Code. Section 2620.
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