In consultation with the Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee, the department may allocate funds from the Commercial Salmon Stamp Dedicated Subaccount in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund for the following purposes:
(a) For restoration projects to assist in the recovery of salmon stocks listed as threatened or endangered under Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 2050) of Division 3, or the federal Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1531 et seq.).
(b) As matching funds for federal salmon restoration moneys.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 368, Sec. 6. (SB 197) Effective January 1, 2014. Repealed as of January 1, 2029, pursuant to Section 7863.)