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  • California Fish and Game Code
    • FISH AND GAME CODE SECTION 2098-2100

2098.  The department shall pay the costs of administration of this
chapter from the Endangered and Rare Fish, Wildlife, and Plant
Species Conservation and Enhancement Account in the Fish and Game
Preservation Fund.


2100.  (a) The commission established pursuant to Section 2099 shall
represent the full range of opinions and viewpoints regarding the
protection of candidate, endangered, and threatened species and the
regulatory taking of private property.  The membership of the
commission shall consist of equal numbers of persons meeting each of
the following criteria:
   (1) Persons who advocate the primacy of the market.  This group
shall include advocates of the free market philosophy and
representatives of regulated industries and landowners, including the
extractive industries.
   (2) Persons who advocate that natural resources and endangered
species are public trust resources, the protection of which should be
regulated.  This group shall include conservation biologists,
environmental economists, historic preservationists, and others who
advocate that the market should take full account of the claims of
public trust values associated with protection of the public's
natural heritage and the cost of environmental degradation.
   (b) The California Research Bureau shall provide staffing for the
commission.