Section 2074.2.

(a) At the scheduled meeting, the commission shall consider the petition, the department's written report, and comments received, and the commission shall make and enter in its public record one of the following findings:

(1) If the commission finds that the petition does not provide sufficient information to indicate that the petitioned action may be warranted, the commission shall publish a notice of finding that the petition is rejected, including the reasons why the petition is not sufficient.

(2) If the commission finds that the petition provides sufficient information to indicate that the petitioned action may be warranted, the commission shall publish a notice of finding that the petition is accepted for consideration. If the accepted petition recommends the addition of a species to either the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species, the commission shall include in the notice that the petitioned species is a candidate species. The commission shall maintain a list of species which are candidate species.

(b) The commission shall publish and distribute the findings relating to the petition pursuant to Section 2078.

(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 974, Sec. 2.)