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This bill, the Wildlife Traffic Safety Act, aims to establish a wildlife salvage permit program in California. The key provisions are: 1. It authorizes the California Fish and Game Commission to establish a pilot program for issuing wildlife salvage permits to allow people to recover, possess, and transport deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, or wild pig that have been accidentally killed by vehicles on California roadways. The permits will be available through a user-friendly, cell-phone-friendly web portal. 2. It requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to implement the pilot program within 6 months of the Commission establishing it, and to make certain data about the program publicly available. 3. It defines "roadway" and "vehicle" for the purposes of the program. 4. It authorizes the Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop a pilot program to collect and compile data on wildlife-vehicle collisions to support conservation efforts. 5. It specifies that the accidental taking of wildlife by vehicle collision is not a violation of the law, and that agencies can remove animals from the roadway. The bill aims to make use of edible wild game meat that is currently wasted after vehicle collisions, while also gathering data to help prevent such collisions in the future.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance

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