(a) Not later than the February 1 next following the department‘s notice, the board of supervisors of any affected county that has held a public hearing pursuant to Section 458 may, by resolution, object to one or more proposed recommendations of the department, or may, by resolution, determine that one or more proposed recommendations should be modified, and state the necessary modification.

(b) A resolution objecting to or stating necessary modification of a proposed recommendation shall be based on testimony and information presented at a hearing conducted pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 458, or presented to the board of supervisors at its meeting to consider the resolution.

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(c) The department shall not recommend to the commission, and the commission shall not authorize, the taking of antlerless deer in an affected county if the board of supervisors of that county submits a resolution objecting to that taking.

(d) If a board of supervisors of an affected county submits a resolution determining that one or more proposed recommendations of the department relating to the taking of antlerless deer should be modified for that county, the department and the commission shall do one of the following:

(1) The department shall modify its recommendations and the commission shall modify its orders to incorporate the modification determined to be necessary by the county board of supervisors.

(2) The department shall not recommend, and the commission shall not authorize, the taking of antlerless deer in that county.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 10. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024.)