{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fgc-1023","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FGC § 1023","heading":"","body":"(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department may develop a pilot program to collect and compile information and data on wildlife-vehicle collisions to support wildlife conservation efforts conducted through regional conservation investment strategies approved pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 1850), the Advance Mitigation Program (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 800) of Chapter 4 of Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code), or any policy or project implemented to reduce the loss of wildlife from vehicle collisions. The pilot program shall be at a maximum of three geographically dispersed sites identified by the department to be areas of high wildlife-vehicle collisions.\n(b) In developing the pilot program, the department may coordinate with other state agencies that remove dead wildlife from roadways to determine the scope of data collected on wildlife-vehicle collisions.\n(c) At the conclusion of the pilot program, the department shall report to the commission on the number of wildlife-vehicle collisions identified during the study period, barriers to additional data collection, and the feasibility of creating a statewide wildlife-vehicle collision reporting system. The report shall include an estimate of the costs of implementing the statewide wildlife-vehicle collision reporting system.","path":["Fish and Game Code - FGC","DIVISION 2. DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE [700. - 1958.]","CHAPTER 3. Other Powers and Duties [1000. - 1227.]","ARTICLE 1. Generally [1000. - 1025.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"8eba5d897f8791c49ec9721a6943ddf6cec7f6bd5b715a5f6b6874efbb52c307","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fgc-1022","next":"us-ca/fgc-1024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}