SB233 would amend the relevant section of Penal Code to delete the provisions against alligator, crocodile and kangaroo. The potential for concern for Dynothane would be if the warehouse is in California. However, based on the language below, and at least at first glance sans significant research, it would seem that sales by D/T are actually occurring from outside the state and that only sales within the state technically run afoul of the statute.
SB233 would amend the code as follows...(italicized and underlined would be stricken)
SECTION 1. Section 653o of the Penal Code is amended to read:
653o. (a) It is unlawful to import into this state for commercial
purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the
state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of any
alligator, crocodile, polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger,
cheetah, jaguar, sable antelope, wolf (Canis lupus), zebra, whale,
cobra, python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo,
vicuna, sea otter, free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or
porpoise (Delphinidae), Spanish lynx, or elephant.
Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than one
thousand dollars ($1,000) and not to exceed five thousand dollars
($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed six
months, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each violation.
(b) The prohibitions against importation for commercial purposes,
possession with intent to sell, and sale of the species listed in
this section are severable. A finding of the invalidity of any one
or more prohibitions shall not affect the validity of any remaining
prohibitions.
