California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL

PART 1 - GENERALLY

CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 5001. - 5001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 5002. - 5002. “Appliance” means any box, tray, container, ladder, tent, vehicle,...

Section 5003. - 5003. “Crop seed” means the seed or seedlike fruit of...

Section 5004. - 5004. “Noxious weed” means any species of plant that is,...

Section 5005. - 5005. “Nursery stock” means any plant for planting, propagation, or...

Section 5006. - 5006. “Pest” means any of the following things that is,...

Section 5007. - 5007. “Plant” includes any part of a plant, tree, plant...

Section 5008. - 5008. “Shipment” means any article or thing which is, may...

Section 5009. - 5009. “Horticultural product” means those products as stated in Group...

Section 5010. - 5010. Agricultural or farm products include any horticultural product. (Added...

Section 5011. - 5011. Unless otherwise provided in this code, for the purposes...

Section 5012. - 5012. Unless otherwise provided in this code, for the purposes...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 5021. - 5021. Unless otherwise provided, any treatment which may be required...

Section 5022. - 5022. This division shall not be construed to conflict with...

Section 5023. - 5023. The commissioner, whenever necessary, may enter and make an...

Section 5024. - 5024. (a) The secretary or the commissioner shall, during the...

Section 5025. - 5025. The Regents of the University of California may collect...

Section 5025.5. - 5025.5. (a) The department, in consultation with the University of...

Section 5026. - 5026. (a) The director may overrule a local agency’s ordinance...

Section 5027. - 5027. Unless otherwise expressly provided, a violation of any provision...

Section 5028. - 5028. (a) Any person who intentionally violates any state or...

Section 5029. - 5029. (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department...

ARTICLE 3 - Proof of Ownership

Section 5030. - 5030. Upon probable cause to believe a person buying, selling,...

Section 5031. - 5031. It is unlawful for any person to knowingly falsify,...

Section 5032. - 5032. The director or commissioner may compile information and make...

Section 5033. - 5033. The person in custody of any records containing information...

Section 5034. - 5034. At the time of the hearing, the director or...

Section 5035. - 5035. Any party that disobeys any order or subpoena of...

CHAPTER 2 - County Administration

Section 5101. - 5101. Each commissioner is an enforcing officer of all laws...

Section 5102. - 5102. Each commissioner and each qualified representative of the commissioner...

Section 5103. - 5103. Any interested person that is aggrieved by any action...

Section 5104. - 5104. The director shall hear any appeal from an action...

Section 5105. - 5105. Pending decision after appeal, action by the commissioner on...

CHAPTER 3 - Certification of Plant Shipments

Section 5201. - 5201. As used in this chapter, “certificate” means the certification...

Section 5202. - 5202. The board of supervisors of any county may establish...

Section 5203. - 5203. No fee shall be charged for certification required by...

Section 5204. - 5204. The schedule of fees for the certificates shall be...

Section 5205. - 5205. A commissioner shall make such inspections as may be...

Section 5206. - 5206. The board of supervisors of any county may designate...

Section 5207. - 5207. If the board of supervisors designates a place as...

Section 5208. - 5208. It is unlawful for any person to alter, deface,...

Section 5209. - 5209. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any violation...

CHAPTER 4 - Newly Discovered Pests

Section 5251. - 5251. Upon the discovery of any pest, the director shall...

Section 5252. - 5252. The director shall furnish to the commissioner a statement...

Section 5253. - 5253. The commissioner shall disseminate all or any portion of...

Section 5254. - 5254. In any county where there is no commissioner, or...

Section 5255. - 5255. In any proceeding which is commenced pursuant to Section...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Invasive Pest Planning

Section 5260. - 5260. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 5260.5. - 5260.5. For purposes of this chapter, “invasive pests” means animals,...

Section 5261. - 5261. The department shall develop and maintain a list of...

Section 5262. - 5262. (a) Based on available funding, the department shall develop...

Section 5263. - 5263. If the department determines that an invasive pest identified...

Section 5264. - 5264. If the department determines that an invasive pest has...

Section 5265. - 5265. If the department determines that an invasive pest has...

Section 5266. - 5266. This program established by this chapter may only be...

Section 5267. - 5267. This chapter does not apply to the following: (a)...

CHAPTER 5 - Quarantine Regulations and InspectionStations

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 5301. - 5301. The director may establish, maintain, and enforce such quarantine...

Section 5302. - 5302. The director may make and enforce such regulations as...

Section 5303. - 5303. All quarantine regulations which involve another state, territory, district,...

Section 5304. - 5304. The proclamation shall be signed in duplicate. The original...

Section 5305. - 5305. A quarantine shall not be established by one county,...

Section 5306. - 5306. (a) It is unlawful for any person to refuse...

Section 5307. - 5307. It is unlawful for any person, who is employed...

Section 5308. - 5308. If there are any authorities or officers of the...

Section 5309. - 5309. Any violation of this chapter by any person, or...

Section 5310. - 5310. (a) In addition to any other penalties prescribed in...

Section 5311. - 5311. (a) In lieu of any civil action pursuant to...

Section 5312. - 5312. After the exhaustion of the appeal and review procedures...

ARTICLE 2 - Quarantine and Other Regulations for Pests Within the State

Section 5321. - 5321. If the director receives information of the existence of...

Section 5322. - 5322. The director may establish, maintain, and enforce quarantine, eradication,...

Section 5323. - 5323. This division and the regulations which are established pursuant...

ARTICLE 3 - Plant Quarantine Inspection Stations

Section 5341. - 5341. To prevent the introduction into, or the spread within...

Section 5341.5. - 5341.5. (a) Every operator of a motor vehicle entering the...

Section 5342. - 5342. Plant quarantine officers at plant quarantine inspection stations may...

Section 5343. - 5343. The director shall cause conspicuous signs to be erected...

Section 5343.5. - 5343.5. At any inspection station maintained at or near the...

Section 5344. - 5344. (a) It is unlawful for the operator of any...

Section 5345. - 5345. It is unlawful for any person to operate upon...

Section 5346. - 5346. (a) It is unlawful for any person to conceal...

Section 5348. - 5348. Plant quarantine officers, and officers of the California Highway...

Section 5349. - 5349. (a) It is unlawful for the operator of a...

Section 5350. - 5350. (a) The director shall establish a program for the...

Section 5350.5. - 5350.5. (a)The director may establish a task force comprised of...

Section 5351. - 5351. (a) The director shall levy a service charge, to...

Section 5352. - 5352. To the extent permitted by federal law, the director...

Section 5353. - 5353. (a) Each air carrier or foreign air carrier engaged...

CHAPTER 6 - Abatement, Generally

ARTICLE 1 - Authority

Section 5401. - 5401. Any premises, plants, conveyances or things which are infected...

Section 5402. - 5402. It is unlawful for any person to maintain such...

Section 5403. - 5403. If, after service of notice pursuant to this chapter...

Section 5404. - 5404. (a) If, after service of the notice pursuant to...

Section 5405. - 5405. The board of supervisors of any county may authorize...

ARTICLE 2 - Notice and Expense of Abatement Generally

Section 5421. - 5421. If the commissioner finds, after inspection, that any premises,...

Section 5422. - 5422. The notice may be served upon the record owner...

Section 5423. - 5423. If no person upon whom service may be had,...

Section 5424. - 5424. If the address of the owner is not known,...

Section 5425. - 5425. The commissioner may record a copy of any notice...

Section 5426. - 5426. If the address of the encumbrancer is unknown to...

Section 5427. - 5427. If the eradication, control, or destruction of the pest...

Section 5428. - 5428. The recorded notice is, from the date of recording,...

Section 5429. - 5429. The expense of the abatement by the commissioner is...

Section 5430. - 5430. If the notice to abate is recorded before the...

Section 5431. - 5431. A notice which sets forth the amount expended shall...

Section 5432. - 5432. If a copy of the notice to abate a...

Section 5433. - 5433. If the sum which is secured by lien is...

Section 5434. - 5434. Except as provided in Article 3 (commencing with Section...

Section 5435. - 5435. (a) If, after foreclosure, the property is sold, enough...

Section 5436. - 5436. If no action to foreclose is commenced within 120...

ARTICLE 3 - Notice and Expense of Abatement on Tax-Deeded Property

Section 5461. - 5461. If any pest is found to exist upon any...

Section 5462. - 5462. If the expense of abatement becomes a lien on...

Section 5463. - 5463. If no action to foreclose is commenced within 120...

Section 5464. - 5464. If the property is acquired by the state, or...

ARTICLE 4 - Notice and Expense of Abatement on Other Public Property

Section 5491. - 5491. If any pest is found to exist in any...

Section 5492. - 5492. If any pest is found to exist in any...

Section 5493. - 5493. If any pest is found to exist upon any...

Section 5494. - 5494. If any pest is found to exist in or...

CHAPTER 6.5 - Roadside Vegetation Control

Section 5501. - 5501. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 5502. - 5502. The following definitions shall govern the construction of this...

Section 5503. - 5503. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 5504. - 5504. An agency shall promptly provide any or all of...

Section 5505. - 5505. The agency shall not conduct a roadside vegetation control...

Section 5506. - 5506. (a) Within 30 days of receipt of the information...

Section 5507. - 5507. If the property owner does not carry out the...

Section 5508. - 5508. This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its...

Section 5509. - 5509. Any property owner affected by the decision of the...

CHAPTER 7 - Abatement of Neglected or Abandoned Crops

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 5551. - 5551. Any neglected or abandoned plant or crop is a...

Section 5552. - 5552. Any cotton plant which is uncultivated or that is...

Section 5553. - 5553. It is unlawful for any person to maintain any...

Section 5554. - 5554. All remedies for the prevention or abatement of nuisances...

Section 5555. - 5555. If, after service of the notice pursuant to Article...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Notice

Section 5561. - 5561. The commissioner shall, in writing, notify the record owner...

Section 5562. - 5562. The notice required by this article shall set forth...

Section 5563. - 5563. The commissioner shall, in addition to the notice required...

Section 5564. - 5564. This article shall not prevent the commissioner from proceeding...

ARTICLE 2 - Institution of Proceedings

Section 5571. - 5571. If the commissioner of any county determines by inspection...

Section 5572. - 5572. Whenever the district attorney receives a report from the...

Section 5573. - 5573. The petition shall set forth all of the following:...

Section 5574. - 5574. Upon the filing of the petition, the court shall...

Section 5575. - 5575. A copy of the citation, together with a copy...

Section 5576. - 5576. A copy of the citation, together with a copy...

Section 5577. - 5577. If the property upon which the neglected or abandoned...

Section 5578. - 5578. The service of the petition and citation may be...

Section 5579. - 5579. If the party upon whom service is required to...

Section 5580. - 5580. If the party upon whom service is required to...

Section 5581. - 5581. Service of the petition and citation by mail shall...

ARTICLE 3 - Hearing and Order

Section 5601. - 5601. On the day on which the citation is made...

Section 5602. - 5602. If the court is satisfied that the conditions which...

Section 5603. - 5603. The order to remove or destroy the neglected or...

Section 5604. - 5604. If the order is not complied with within the...

Section 5605. - 5605. Any person that fails to comply with any lawful...

ARTICLE 4 - Expense of Abatement

Section 5631. - 5631. If the removal or destruction of any neglected or...

Section 5632. - 5632. From the date of the recording, the land which...

Section 5633. - 5633. The commissioner shall keep an account of the cost...

Section 5634. - 5634. The expense of the removal or destruction is a...

Section 5636. - 5636. A notice which sets forth the amount which has...

Section 5637. - 5637. The lien is superior to all encumbrances, existing and...

Section 5638. - 5638. If the address of the encumbrancer is unknown to...

Section 5639. - 5639. If the sum which is secured by the lien...

Section 5640. - 5640. Except as provided in Section 5643, the district attorney...

Section 5641. - 5641. (a) If, after foreclosure the property is sold, enough...

Section 5642. - 5642. If no action to foreclose is commenced within 120...

Section 5643. - 5643. If the expense of removal or destruction of any...

Section 5644. - 5644. If no action to foreclose is commenced within 120...

Section 5645. - 5645. If the property is acquired by the state, or...

CHAPTER 8 - Special Quarantine, Control, and Abatement Methods

ARTICLE 1 - Hold Notices on Infested and Nearby Properties

Section 5701. - 5701. (a) If any pest exists on any premises, the...

Section 5702. - 5702. If, in the opinion of the director or commissioner,...

Section 5703. - 5703. This article does not affect any other authority which...

Section 5704. - 5704. It is unlawful for any person to move any...

Section 5705. - 5705. (a) The director or commissioner may enter into compliance...

ARTICLE 2 - Standards of Cleanliness

Section 5721. - 5721. If the director by regulation designates any plant, appliance,...

Section 5722. - 5722. The commissioner of the county of destination may waive...

Section 5723. - 5723. This article is not applicable to seed which is...

ARTICLE 3 - Prevention of Pest Dissemination by Movement of Appliances

Section 5741. - 5741. To prevent the dissemination of pests through the agency...

Section 5742. - 5742. Except as otherwise provided in Section 5744, it is...

Section 5743. - 5743. The commissioner of the county of destination shall refuse...

Section 5744. - 5744. The used appliances may be moved to a place...

ARTICLE 4 - Eradication Areas

Section 5761. - 5761. The regulations which are adopted pursuant to Article 2...

Section 5762. - 5762. Any pest with respect to which an eradication area...

Section 5763. - 5763. The director, or the commissioner acting under the supervision...

Section 5764. - 5764. If an eradication area has been proclaimed with respect...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Notice Requirements

Section 5771. - 5771. When the secretary proclaims an eradication project in an...

Section 5772. - 5772. The notice shall be delivered at least 72 hours...

Section 5773. - 5773. The notice shall be delivered to each residential unit...

Section 5774. - 5774. The notice shall be delivered by hand distribution whenever...

Section 5774.5. - 5774.5. In addition to any other notice requirements of this...

Section 5775. - 5775. If the date of a pesticide application is changed,...

Section 5776. - 5776. The notice distributed pursuant to this article shall contain...

Section 5777. - 5777. The notice, other than the notice specified in Section...

Section 5778. - 5778. In every county that contains an eradication area in...

Section 5779. - 5779. For pesticide applications other than by air, the procedures...

Section 5780. - 5780. No agency of the state or county shall be...

ARTICLE 5 - Host-Free Periods and Districts

Section 5781. - 5781. If the director determines that a particular pest, either...

Section 5782. - 5782. During the existence of a host-free period or host-free...

Section 5783. - 5783. It is unlawful for any person to plant, grow,...

Section 5784. - 5784. (a) The regulations adopted by the director upon the...

Section 5785. - 5785. (a) Celery which is being produced in violation of...

Section 5786. - 5786. (a) The Legislature finds that any cotton plants and...

ARTICLE 6 - Grafts and Buds from Plants Generally Infected

Section 5801. - 5801. If the director, after investigation and hearing, determines that...

Section 5802. - 5802. If a source of any prohibited or restricted kind...

Section 5803. - 5803. It is unlawful for any person to bud, graft,...

ARTICLE 7 - Registries

Section 5821. - 5821. The director, for the purpose of promoting and protecting...

Section 5822. - 5822. The director may do any of the following: (a)...

Section 5823. - 5823. The director may also establish and enforce regulations which...

Section 5824. - 5824. The cost of any service which is rendered pursuant...

Section 5825. - 5825. The services which are authorized by this article shall...

Section 5826. - 5826. It is unlawful for any person to alter, deface,...

Section 5827. - 5827. Any money which is received by the department pursuant...

ARTICLE 7.5 - Quality Certification Services

Section 5850. - 5850. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 5851. - 5851. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting...

Section 5852. - 5852. (a) The department may provide, upon request, nonregulatory accreditation,...

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...

CHAPTER 10 - Cotton Pests Abatement Districts

Section 6051. - 6051. Cotton pests abatement districts may be organized and established...

Section 6052. - 6052. In order to propose the organization of a cotton...

Section 6053. - 6053. Upon receipt of the petition, the board of supervisors...

Section 6054. - 6054. The commissioner shall file the cottongrowers register within 60...

Section 6055. - 6055. The proponents of the formation of the district may,...

Section 6056. - 6056. Upon receipt of the petition, the board of supervisors...

Section 6057. - 6057. At its meeting at which the certificate is received...

Section 6058. - 6058. At the hearing, the board of supervisors shall make...

Section 6059. - 6059. The board of supervisors shall, at the next regular...

Section 6060. - 6060. The board of supervisors shall, at the meeting at...

Section 6061. - 6061. Each director so appointed shall, in the manner provided...

Section 6062. - 6062. Any cotton pests abatement district organized pursuant to this...

Section 6063. - 6063. The general control and management of each district shall...

Section 6064. - 6064. The term of office of the directors shall be...

Section 6065. - 6065. In the event of a vacancy in the board...

Section 6066. - 6066. The board of directors of each district shall have...

Section 6067. - 6067. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, all acts...

Section 6068. - 6068. The powers conferred upon any cotton pests abatement district...

Section 6069. - 6069. The agricultural commissioner of the county in which any...

Section 6070. - 6070. The board of supervisors in every county where a...

Section 6071. - 6071. The board of directors of each district shall, on...

Section 6072. - 6072. The board of supervisors of the county may annually...

Section 6073. - 6073. The permit fee shall be entered in the minutes...

Section 6074. - 6074. The treasury of the county shall be the repository...

Section 6075. - 6075. The board of directors, when prohibiting the planting, growing,...

Section 6076. - 6076. In each cotton pests abatement district, a biennial election...

Section 6077. - 6077. The county elections official on or after the 29th...

Section 6078. - 6078. The persons declared elected shall take the oath of...

Section 6079. - 6079. Any owner of land devoted to the growing of...

Section 6080. - 6080. The board of directors of each cotton pests abatement...

Section 6081. - 6081. Whenever the board of supervisors, by resolution, desires to...

Section 6082. - 6082. At the expiration of 90 days after the election,...

Section 6083. - 6083. All claims and accounts against the district which have...

Section 6084. - 6084. In the event that there are insufficient funds to...

Section 6085. - 6085. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 6101. - 6101. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 6102. - 6102. “Blanks” means caprifigs which are devoid of Blastophaga insects...

Section 6103. - 6103. “Mamme” crop means the winter crop of caprifigs. (Enacted...

Section 6104. - 6104. “Matured pollen” means pollen in a powdery condition which...

Section 6105. - 6105. “Profichi crops” means the crop of caprifigs which matures...

Section 6106. - 6106. “Spent figs” means caprifigs from which all the female...

ARTICLE 2 - Enforcement

Section 6131. - 6131. The commissioner shall enforce this chapter. (Enacted by Stats....

Section 6132. - 6132. The commissioner may enter any place where caprifigs are...

Section 6133. - 6133. The board of supervisors of any county may receive...

Section 6134. - 6134. It is unlawful for any person to willfully or...

ARTICLE 3 - Caprifigs

Section 6151. - 6151. Caprifigs, unless properly treated, contribute to, and are responsible...

Section 6152. - 6152. Every person who owns, raises, uses, packs, ships, or...

Section 6153. - 6153. If any caprifigs of the mamme crop are to...

Section 6154. - 6154. After the notice, the commissioner shall require the consignee...

Section 6155. - 6155. It is unlawful for any person to violate Section...

Section 6156. - 6156. It is unlawful for any person to pack, ship,...

Section 6157. - 6157. It is unlawful for any person to pack, ship,...

ARTICLE 4 - Caprifig Trees

Section 6171. - 6171. Caprifig trees, unless properly controlled and regulated under supervision,...

Section 6172. - 6172. Except as otherwise provided by Section 6173, in the...

Section 6173. - 6173. Every commercial grower of calimyrna or other Smyrna-type fig...

Section 6174. - 6174. The commissioner shall notify the owner of any fig...

Section 6175. - 6175. If the owner does not destroy or graft the...

Section 6176. - 6176. A calimyrna grower, regardless of the size of his...

Section 6177. - 6177. The presence of both mamme and set profichi figs...

CHAPTER 12 - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law

ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Definitions

Section 6200. - 6200. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 6200.5. - 6200.5. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 6201. - 6201. It is the purpose of this chapter to make...

Section 6202. - 6202. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

ARTICLE 2 - Formation of Districts

Section 6210. - 6210. Proceedings for the formation of a district within any...

Section 6211. - 6211. The petition may be filed in sections, each of...

Section 6212. - 6212. Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any...

Section 6213. - 6213. (a) The petition shall state the name of the...

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