Section 3240.5.

(a) As used in this article, "property" means a number of contiguous legal parcels held by an owner or a combination of owners and held out for a common purpose.

(b) A person, including, but not limited to, a renter or lessee, in possession or control of property on or with respect to which a fee for the privilege of taking birds or mammals is imposed or collected, or on or with respect to which a fee for any type of entry or use permit that includes the privilege of taking birds or mammals on the property is imposed or collected, is maintaining a commercial hunting club if birds or mammals are taken on the property, and shall procure a "commercial hunting club license" before birds or mammals are taken.

(c) This article does not apply if the property meets any of the following conditions:

(1) The landowner, or the renter or lessee, of the property receives less than one hundred dollars ($100) per entrant and receives less than a total of one thousand dollars ($1,000) between July 1 and the following June 30 for permission, entry access, or use fees that include the privilege of hunting on the property in his or her possession or control. The department may adjust the threshold amounts established in this paragraph pursuant to Section 713.

(2) The property is used by a hunting club or program licensed under regulations adopted pursuant to this code.

(3) The property is used for an officially sanctioned field trial event pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to this code.

(4) The property is used in conjunction with the Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) program under Article 3 (commencing with Section 1570) of Chapter 5 of Division 2.

(5) A domesticated game bird hunting club licensed under Article 3 (commencing with Section 3270) operates on the property.

(6) A domesticated migratory game bird shooting area licensed under Article 4 (commencing with Section 3300) operates on the property.

(7) The property is used in conjunction with the private wildlife habitat enhancement and management program under Article 5 (commencing with Section 3400).

(8) The property is subject to a recorded state, federal, or nonprofit wildlife conservation or agricultural easement or any property enrolled in a habitat protection or enhancement program under this code, including, but not limited to, Article 7 (commencing with Section 3460).

(d) This article does not apply to a landowner who rents or leases his or her property to the commercial hunting club and is not involved in the operation of the club, if the club is licensed in accordance with this article.

(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 394, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2010.)