DIVISION 5. PROTECTED REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS 5000-5062›CHAPTER 1. Turtles 5000-5002›ARTICLE 1. Desert Tortoises 5000-5002

§ 5002

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The department may issue permits, subject to any terms and conditions prescribed by the commission, authorizing the possession of a tortoise (Gopherus) or product of a tortoise by an educational or scientific institution or a public zoological garden.

(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 154, Sec. 78. (AB 1527) Effective January 1, 2016.)

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