Fish and Game Code section 2089.22
(a)
If any of the following agreements have been approved pursuant to applicable provisions of federal law and the federal agreement contains species that are endangered, threatened, candidate, or declining or vulnerable species pursuant to this chapter, no further authorization or approval is necessary under this article for any person authorized by that federal agreement to take the species identified in and in accordance with the federal agreement, if that person and the department follow all of the procedures specified in Section 2080.1, except that the determination of consistency shall be made by the department based only on the issuance criteria contained in this article:(1)
A federal safe harbor agreement.(2)
A federal candidate conservation agreement with assurances.(3)
A federal conservation benefit agreement with an enhancement of survival permit in compliance with Part 17 (commencing with Section 17.1) of Subchapter B of Chapter I of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(b)
Any authority pursuant to subdivision (a) to take species identified in a federal agreement shall terminate immediately upon the expiration or termination of the federal agreement.
Source:
Section 2089.22, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FGC§ionNum=2089.22. (updated Jan. 1, 2026; accessed Aug. 17, 2026).
