State California FGC Sec 3049-3055.1 General Provisions Hunter Safety (BIRDS AND MAMMALS) FISH AND GAME CODE SECTION 3049-3055.1 3049. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to ensure the health and safety of its citizens engaged in activities requiring the use of hunting implements. The Legislature finds and declares that individuals who engage in hunting should possess an adequate understanding of hunter safety practices, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship. It is also the intent of the Legislature that persons so engaged be mindful of their responsibilities to others, toward wildlife, and toward their natural environment. The department shall take all steps necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. 3050. (a) No hunting license may be issued to any person unless he or she presents to the person authorized to issue that license any of the following: (1) Evidence that he or she has held a hunting license issued by this state in a prior year. (2) Evidence that he or she holds a current hunting license, or a hunting license issued in either of the two previous hunting years by another state or province. (3) A certificate of completion of a course in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship, as provided in this article, with a hunter safety instruction validation stamp affixed thereto. (4) A certificate of successful completion of a hunter safety course in another state or province. (5) Evidence of completion of a course in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship, which the commission may, by regulation, require. (b) The evidence required in subdivision (a) shall be forwarded to the department with the license agent's report of hunting license sales as required pursuant to Section 1055.5. (c) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any person purchasing a hunting license under paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 3031. However, that license may not qualify as evidence required in subdivision (a) of this section. 3051. The department shall provide for a course of instruction in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship, and for this purpose may cooperate with any reputable association or organization having as one of its objectives the promotion of hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship. The department may designate as a hunter safety instructor any person found by it to be competent to give instruction in the courses required in this article. A person so appointed shall give that course of instruction, and, upon completion thereof, shall issue to the person instructed a certificate of completion as provided by the department in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship. The department shall prescribe a minimum level of skill and knowledge to be required of all hunter safety instructors, and may limit the number of students per instructor in all required classes. The department may revoke the certificate of any instructor when, in the opinion of the department, it is in the best interest of the state to do so. 3052. No fee shall be charged for the instructor's service, however, a fee to cover the cost of giving such instructions may be charged each person participating and receiving such instructions. A record of such expenses shall be kept for inspection by the department. Such expenses may include, but not be limited to, such items as range fees, ammunition and transportation of students. 3053. In the case of loss or destruction of a certificate, a duplicate certificate may be issued by the instructor who issued the original certificate, or, by an instructor of the sponsoring organization having adequate records to establish successful completion of the prescribed course, or by the department if verified by adequate records to establish successful completion of the prescribed course. An administrative fee of three dollars ($3) shall be charged for the issuance of a duplicate certificate, for the hunting license year commencing on July 1, 1990, and, for the following years as adjusted pursuant to Section 713. 3054. The department shall furnish information on hunter safety, principles of conservation and sportsmanship which shall be distributed free of charge to persons designated as hunter safety instructors for instructional purposes. 3055. (a) Any person who applies for a hunting license and qualifies for the license through the issuance of a certificate of completion of a course in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship as provided by this article, shall obtain a hunter safety instruction validation stamp. The hunter safety instruction validation stamp shall be issued by license agents for a base fee of two dollars ($2), as adjusted under Section 713, in the same manner as resident hunting licenses. The validation stamp shall be affixed to the certificate of completion. A certificate of competence issued by this state prior to January 1, 1990, shall be accepted as equivalent to a certificate of completion issued by this state after January 1, 1990. (b) This section does not apply to licenses, permits, reservations, tags, or other entitlements issued through the Automated License Data System. 3055.1. (a) Any person who applies for a hunting license and qualifies for the license through the issuance of a certificate of completion of a course in hunter safety, principles of conservation, and sportsmanship as provided by this article, shall obtain a hunter safety instruction validation. The hunter safety instruction validation shall be issued by license agents for a base fee of two dollars ($2), as adjusted under Section 713, in the same manner as resident hunting licenses. The validation shall be affixed to the certificate of completion. A certificate of competence issued by this state prior to January 1, 1990, shall be accepted as equivalent to a certificate of completion issued by this state after January 1, 1990. (b) This section applies only to licenses, permits, reservations, tags, and other entitlements issued through the Automated License Data System.