California Code
PART 1 - GENERALLY
CHAPTER 9 - Specific Pest Control and Abatement Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Citrus White Fly Districts

Section 5901. - 5901. To provide for the eradication of the citrus white...

Section 5902. - 5902. The proclamation shall state both of the following: (a)...

Section 5903. - 5903. The director shall print a copy of the proclamation...

Section 5904. - 5904. Every plant within a citrus white fly district which...

Section 5905. - 5905. The existence of any known host plant of citrus...

Section 5906. - 5906. The department and the commissioners may cause the destruction...

Section 5907. - 5907. If, in the opinion of the enforcing officer, the...

ARTICLE 2 - Citrus Disease Prevention

Section 5911. - 5911. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 5912. - 5912. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall...

Section 5913. - 5913. (a) There is hereby created the Citrus Disease Management...

Section 5914. - 5914. (a) There is hereby created in the department the...

Section 5915. - 5915. (a) The powers and duties of the committee are...

Section 5916. - 5916. (a) Upon receipt of a recommendation from the committee...

Section 5917. - 5917. No member or agent of the committee shall be...

Section 5918. - 5918. (a) The committee shall reimburse the secretary for all...

Section 5919. - 5919. (a) During the first marketing season, beginning February 1,...

Section 5920. - 5920. (a) Upon establishment of a disease prevention program, any...

Section 5921. - 5921. No later than June 30, 2013, the secretary shall...

Section 5922. - 5922. (a) If the secretary finds after the hearing that...

Section 5923. - 5923. For the purpose of voting in the referendum required...

Section 5924. - 5924. In determining whether this article shall become inoperative, the...

Section 5925. - 5925. The secretary shall establish a period in which to...

Section 5926. - 5926. Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate a referendum....

Section 5927. - 5927. (a) If the secretary finds that a favorable vote...

Section 5928. - 5928. Upon termination of this article, and based upon a...

Section 5930. - 5930. No later than July 1, 2011, the committee, in...

Section 5931. - 5931. In the event the committee and the citrus pest...

Section 5940. - 5940. (a) The provisions of this article are severable. (b)...

ARTICLE 3 - Sterile Mexican Fruit Fly Production Facility

Section 5951. - 5951. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 5952. - 5952. The director may establish and operate a facility outside...

Section 5953. - 5953. Any contract entered into by the department to determine...

ARTICLE 5 - Cotton Pest Control

Section 6001. - 6001. It is hereby declared that the cotton industry of...

Section 6002. - 6002. The director, or an entity designated by the Cotton...

Section 6003. - 6003. “First handler” means the first person who, as owner,...

Section 6005. - 6005. (a) Every grower of cotton in the state shall...

Section 6006. - 6006. The director shall appoint a Cotton Pest Control Board,...

Section 6006.5. - 6006.5. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

Section 6006.6. - 6006.6. Any decision made by the Cotton Pest Control Board...

ARTICLE 6 - Field Rodents

Section 6021. - 6021. If the director receives a report from the executive...

Section 6022. - 6022. The commissioner shall cooperate in suppressing field rodents and...

Section 6023. - 6023. The director shall cooperate by entering into an agreement...

Section 6024. - 6024. In order to carry out the purposes of this...

ARTICLE 6.5 - Vertebrate Pest Control Research

Section 6025. - 6025. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 6025.2. - 6025.2. For purposes of this article, “vertebrate pest” means any...

Section 6025.3. - 6025.3. For purposes of this article, “research” means basic and...

Section 6025.4. - 6025.4. Notwithstanding Section 597u of the Penal Code, carbon monoxide...

Section 6025.5. - 6025.5. (a) The secretary shall establish and administer a research...

Section 6026. - 6026. The secretary shall establish the Vertebrate Pest Control Research...

Section 6026.5. - 6026.5. On or before December 31 of each year, the...

Section 6027. - 6027. There is hereby created the Vertebrate Pest Control Research...

Section 6027.1. - 6027.1. Expenditure of funds pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 6027.5. - 6027.5. During the calendar year, each commissioner shall pay to...

Section 6028. - 6028. The assessment payments required pursuant to Section 6027.5, together...

Section 6029. - 6029. This article shall remain in effect only until January...

ARTICLE 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control

Section 6031. - 6031. The necessity of controlling beet leafhopper, the only known...

Section 6032. - 6032. As used in this article “handler” means any person...

Section 6033. - 6033. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the assessment...

Section 6033.5. - 6033.5. (a) Any assessment that is imposed on the producer...

Section 6034. - 6034. For the purpose of assessment, the following districts are...

Section 6035. - 6035. The secretary may establish the rate of assessment by...

Section 6036. - 6036. The assessment rate may vary from district to district...

Section 6037. - 6037. Any money which is received by the director pursuant...

Section 6038. - 6038. The director may receive moneys from other sources for...

Section 6039. - 6039. The secretary shall appoint a Curly Top Virus Control...

Section 6039.5. - 6039.5. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

Section 6040. - 6040. Board members shall serve at the pleasure of the...

Section 6041. - 6041. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board...

Section 6042. - 6042. The board shall meet at the call of its...

Section 6043. - 6043. Upon termination of this article, any remaining funds received...

ARTICLE 8 - Pierce s Disease

Section 6045. - 6045. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the plant...

Section 6046. - 6046. (a) There is hereby created in the department the...

Section 6047. - 6047. The secretary may establish, maintain, and enforce regulations consistent...

ARTICLE 8.5 - Pierce s Disease and the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter

Section 6047.1. - 6047.1. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The...

Section 6047.2. - 6047.2. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 6047.3. - 6047.3. (a) Within 90 days after the effective date of...

Section 6047.3.5. - 6047.3.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the secretary, upon...

Section 6047.4. - 6047.4. (a) The powers of the board shall be the...

Section 6047.5. - 6047.5. (a) Expenditure of the funds pursuant to this article...

Section 6047.6. - 6047.6. The secretary shall accept the recommendations of the board...

Section 6047.7. - 6047.7. (a) During the first marketing season, beginning July 1,...

Section 6047.8. - 6047.8. (a) The assessment is the obligation of the producer....

Section 6047.9. - 6047.9. (a) For purposes of calculating the amount to be...

Section 6047.10. - 6047.10. (a) All assessments payable under this article shall be...

Section 6047.11. - 6047.11. Any producer who disputes the amount of the assessment...

Section 6047.12. - 6047.12. (a) Expenditures charged by the department and the board...

Section 6047.13. - 6047.13. (a) All proprietary information obtained by the board or...

Section 6047.14. - 6047.14. (a) The sole remedy against any producer who fails...

Section 6047.15. - 6047.15. Upon termination of this article, and based upon a...

Section 6047.16. - 6047.16. No action in law or equity may be brought...

Section 6047.17. - 6047.17. This article shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5...

Section 6047.18. - 6047.18. This article shall be liberally construed. If any provision...

Section 6047.19. - 6047.19. (a) On or before December 31 of every other...

Section 6047.20. - 6047.20. This article shall become inoperative as of March 1,...

Section 6047.21. - 6047.21. (a) No later than April 15, 2020, the secretary...

Section 6047.22. - 6047.22. For the purpose of voting in the referendum required...

Section 6047.23. - 6047.23. In determining whether this article shall become inoperative, the...

Section 6047.24. - 6047.24. In determining whether the referendum is approved by producers...

Section 6047.25. - 6047.25. The secretary shall establish a period in which to...

Section 6047.26. - 6047.26. Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate a referendum....

Section 6047.27. - 6047.27. (a) If the secretary finds that a favorable vote...

Section 6047.28. - 6047.28. (a) The provisions of this article are severable. (b)...

Section 6047.29. - 6047.29. (a) The secretary shall appoint an advisory task force...

Section 6047.30. - 6047.30. (a) The board may, after consulting with the advisory...

ARTICLE 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District

Section 6047.60. - 6047.60. The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (a)...

Section 6047.61. - 6047.61. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 6047.62. - 6047.62. (a) It is the purpose of this article to...

Section 6047.63. - 6047.63. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 6047.64. - 6047.64. (a) Proceedings for the formation of a district within...

Section 6047.65. - 6047.65. The petition may be filed in sections, each of...

Section 6047.66. - 6047.66. Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any...

Section 6047.67. - 6047.67. (a) The petition shall state the name of the...

Section 6047.68. - 6047.68. (a) The petition shall be accompanied by a fee...

Section 6047.69. - 6047.69. (a) Upon the presentation and filing of a petition,...

Section 6047.70. - 6047.70. (a) The board of supervisors shall fix a time...

Section 6047.71. - 6047.71. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication...

Section 6047.72. - 6047.72. The notice shall be published once a week for...

Section 6047.73. - 6047.73. At the hearing, the report of the county agricultural...

Section 6047.74. - 6047.74. At the hearing, any owner of table grape acreage...

Section 6047.75. - 6047.75. If the board of supervisors determines that the petition...

Section 6047.76. - 6047.76. (a) If the board of supervisors determines that the...

Section 6047.78. - 6047.78. (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the...

Section 6047.79. - 6047.79. Upon the filing of the order of organization, the...

Section 6047.80. - 6047.80. To be a director of the district, a person...

Section 6047.81. - 6047.81. Upon his or her appointment, each director shall, in...

Section 6047.82. - 6047.82. (a) From and after the filing for record of...

Section 6047.83. - 6047.83. (a) Immediately after the organization of the district, the...

Section 6047.84. - 6047.84. The members of the board shall serve for terms...

Section 6047.85. - 6047.85. Upon the expiration of the term of any member...

Section 6047.86. - 6047.86. The members of the board shall not receive any...

Section 6047.87. - 6047.87. (a) The district may do all of the following:...

Section 6047.88. - 6047.88. Every district formed pursuant to this article has all...

Section 6047.89. - 6047.89. The county agricultural commissioner of the county in which...

Section 6047.90. - 6047.90. The board shall, immediately after its appointment and after...

Section 6047.91. - 6047.91. There may be added to the budget for the...

Section 6047.92. - 6047.92. For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year...

Section 6047.94. - 6047.94. The district shall identify any parcel of real property...

Section 6047.95. - 6047.95. Whenever acreage within the district is planted with table...

Section 6047.96. - 6047.96. (a) After the district has been formed, an owner...

Section 6047.97. - 6047.97. (a) The board shall, on or before the first...

Section 6047.98. - 6047.98. The assessment authorized to be assessed and levied is...

Section 6047.99. - 6047.99. (a) The assessment levied shall be computed and entered...

Section 6047.100. - 6047.100. The general provisions of the laws of this state,...

Section 6047.101. - 6047.101. The revenue from the assessments imposed pursuant to this...

Section 6047.102. - 6047.102. (a) The county treasury shall be the repository of...

Section 6047.103. - 6047.103. If a consolidated district includes parts of two or...

Section 6047.104. - 6047.104. (a) The county treasurer shall pay out money of...

Section 6047.105. - 6047.105. Acreage devoted exclusively to the growing of table grapes...

Section 6047.106. - 6047.106. Any two or more districts organized or existing under...

Section 6047.107. - 6047.107. The board of directors may adopt a resolution that...

Section 6047.108. - 6047.108. The board of supervisors of the county in which...

Section 6047.109. - 6047.109. If the board of supervisors determines that consolidation is...

Section 6047.110. - 6047.110. Upon the adoption of a resolution consolidating two or...

Section 6047.111. - 6047.111. The board of a consolidated district has all the...

Section 6047.112. - 6047.112. Any district that has been included in a consolidated...

Section 6047.113. - 6047.113. Upon the filing of a petition with the board...

Section 6047.114. - 6047.114. The board of supervisors shall give notice of the...

Section 6047.115. - 6047.115. The notice of hearing shall state all of the...

Section 6047.116. - 6047.116. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication...

Section 6047.117. - 6047.117. The notice shall be published once a week for...

Section 6047.118. - 6047.118. If, at the hearing, a majority of the board...

Section 6047.119. - 6047.119. The board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy...

Section 6047.120. - 6047.120. Upon dissolution, the right, title, and interest to property...

Section 6047.121. - 6047.121. The board of supervisors is ex officio the governing...

Section 6047.122. - 6047.122. All claims and accounts against the district that have...

Section 6047.123. - 6047.123. If there are insufficient funds to discharge all claims...

Section 6047.124. - 6047.124. Owners of wine grapes and raisin grapes and any...

ARTICLE 9 - Hydrilla

Section 6048. - 6048. (a) The plant hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) is a noxious...

Section 6049. - 6049. The department, with the cooperation of the University of...