California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 1 - County Department of Agriculture

Section 2001. - 2001. There is in each county government the county department...

Section 2002. - 2002. The county department of agriculture is under the control...

Section 2003. - 2003. The California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association shall be...

CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees

ARTICLE 1 - Qualifications

Section 2101. - 2101. (a) The director shall examine persons who desire to...

Section 2102. - 2102. (a) The director shall pass upon the qualifications of...

Section 2103. - 2103. The director shall issue a license, for any county...

Section 2104. - 2104. A commissioner, deputy commissioner, or county agricultural inspector need...

Section 2105. - 2105. Prior to entering upon his duties, the commissioner shall...

Section 2106. - 2106. No person shall be eligible for the examination or...

Section 2107. - 2107. The director shall publish and make available a registry...

ARTICLE 2 - Appointment and Employment

Section 2121. - 2121. The commissioner shall be appointed by the board of...

Section 2122. - 2122. The term of office of the commissioner shall be...

Section 2123. - 2123. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person...

Section 2124. - 2124. If the board of supervisors of such adjoining county...

Section 2125. - 2125. In any county in which no commissioner has served,...

Section 2126. - 2126. The commissioner may appoint deputy commissioners, inspectors, and clerks...

Section 2127. - 2127. Deputy commissioners and inspectors shall be appointed from a...

Section 2128. - 2128. If the position of deputy commissioner cannot be filled...

Section 2129. - 2129. If the position of inspector cannot be filled from...

ARTICLE 3 - Vacancies

Section 2151. - 2151. If a vacancy in the office of commissioner occurs,...

Section 2152. - 2152. If, within 60 days after the receipt of the...

Section 2153. - 2153. If there is no qualified person available for the...

Section 2154. - 2154. If the appointing power does not make a temporary...

ARTICLE 4 - Removal

Section 2181. - 2181. Upon satisfactory evidence presented to the Secretary or the...

Section 2182. - 2182. The county agricultural commissioner’s trial board shall be composed...

Section 2183. - 2183. At least 10 days prior to the date of...

Section 2184. - 2184. At the hearing the trial board shall hear the...

Section 2185. - 2185. The trial board shall, within 30 days subsequent to...

Section 2186. - 2186. If the order disqualifies the commissioner, the director shall...

Section 2187. - 2187. The license of a deputy commissioner may be revoked...

ARTICLE 5 - Compensation

Section 2201. - 2201. The compensation provided for a commissioner, deputy commissioner, county...

Section 2203. - 2203. The commissioner shall be paid his or her compensation...

Section 2204. - 2204. The compensation of a commissioner who is appointed by...

Section 2205. - 2205. The rate and manner of payment of compensation for...

Section 2206. - 2206. The board of supervisors of any county in which...

ARTICLE 6 - Cooperative Salary Agreements

Section 2221. - 2221. For the purpose of this article the base salary...

Section 2222. - 2222. For the purpose of securing more uniform and adequate...

Section 2223. - 2223. In the agreement the board of supervisors shall agree...

Section 2224. - 2224. The director may agree with the board of supervisors...

ARTICLE 7 - Offices, Equipment and Supplies

Section 2241. - 2241. As used in this article “commissioner” includes a commissioner...

Section 2242. - 2242. The board of supervisors shall provide a suitable office...

Section 2243. - 2243. The board of supervisors may also provide the commissioner...

Section 2244. - 2244. All expenses which are ordered by the board of...

ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties

Section 2271. - 2271. The commissioner shall keep a record of his official...

Section 2272. - 2272. (a) The commissioner shall make an annual report to...

Section 2273. - 2273. The commissioner shall also make a monthly report to...

Section 2274. - 2274. The commissioner shall learn about all pests that may...

Section 2275. - 2275. The commissioner, for the purpose of learning the best...

Section 2276. - 2276. The commissioner shall, for the purpose of becoming informed...

Section 2276.5. - 2276.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, acting under...

Section 2277. - 2277. The commissioner shall, if directed by the board of...

Section 2278. - 2278. The commissioner may disseminate information which relates to pests...

Section 2279. - 2279. The commissioner shall compile reports of the condition, acreage,...

Section 2280. - 2280. The director, when acting in person with a commissioner,...

Section 2281. - 2281. Except as otherwise specifically provided, in all cases where...

Section 2282. - 2282. (a) Except as provided in Section 2282.5, and to...

Section 2282.5. - 2282.5. (a) The development of work plans for allocation of...

Section 2283. - 2283. The commissioner, in carrying out his responsibilities under Section...

Section 2284. - 2284. The commissioner may, with the approval of the board...

Section 2285. - 2285. For the purpose of developing necessary information and securing...

Section 2286. - 2286. The discretionary immunity doctrine as applied to a public...

Section 2287. - 2287. Whenever the commissioner determines that it is necessary to...

CHAPTER 3 - County Veterinarian

ARTICLE 1 - Appointment

Section 2301. - 2301. A county veterinarian may be appointed by the board...

Section 2302. - 2302. The veterinarian shall serve at the pleasure of the...

ARTICLE 2 - Compensation

Section 2321. - 2321. The veterinarian shall receive a salary which is fixed...

ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties

Section 2341. - 2341. The veterinarian shall act under the supervision of the...

Section 2342. - 2342. The veterinarian shall enforce throughout the county all of...

Section 2343. - 2343. The veterinarian may establish such quarantine, sanitary, and other...

Section 2344. - 2344. The veterinarian shall attend such meetings as are deemed...

CHAPTER 4 - Livestock Pass Program

Section 2350. - 2350. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions...