CA Codes (fgc:1500-1506)FISH AND GAME CODE
SECTION 1500-1506
1500. The department may, with the approval of the commission and
the Department of General Services, exchange any portion of the
property lying within the boundaries of any area or range referred to
in this section for any property within or contiguous to such area
or range or may sell any portion of the property within such
boundaries and with the proceeds thereof acquire any property within
or contiguous to such area or range; provided, that no exchange or
sale of property authorized in this section shall materially reduce
the total area of any range or area referred to in this section. A
copy of each deed of conveyance executed and delivered by the
department, and of each deed conveying lands to the state, pursuant
to this section shall be delivered to the State Lands Commission.
The provisions of this section apply to all of the following:
(a) The Doyle Deer Winter Range, located in Lassen County.
(b) The Tehama Deer Winter Range, located in Tehama County.
(c) The Honey Lake Waterfowl Management Area, located in Lassen
County.
(d) The Imperial Waterfowl Management Area, located in Imperial
County.
(e) The Mendota Waterfowl Management Area, located in Fresno
County.
(f) The San Jacinto Wildlife Area, located in Riverside County.
(g) The Lakes Earl/Talawa Wildlife Area, located in Del Norte
County.
(h) The Santa Rosa Mountains Bighorn Sheep Reserve, located in
Riverside County.
(i) The Camp Cady Wildlife Area, located in San Bernardino County.
(j) The Butte Valley Wildlife Area, located in Siskiyou County.
(k) The Ash Creek Wildlife Area, located in Lassen and Modoc
Counties.
(l) The Moss Landing Wildlife Area, located in Monterey County.
1500.5. With respect to exchanging or selling any property pursuant
to Section 1500, the director, with respect to any parcel containing
15 acres or less, shall except and reserve to the state all mineral
deposits, as defined in Section 6407 of the Public Resources Code,
below a depth of 500 feet, without surface rights of entry. As to any
parcel containing more than 15 acres, the director shall except and
reserve to the state all mineral deposits, as defined in Section 6407
of the Public Resources Code, together with the right to prospect
for, mine, and remove the deposits.
The rights to prospect for, mine, and remove shall be limited to
those areas of the property conveyed which the director, after
consultation with the State Lands Commission, determines to be
reasonably necessary for the removal of the resources and deposits.
1501. The department
