California Code
DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL
PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW

CHAPTER 1 - Definitions and General Provisions

Section 8401. - 8401. This part shall be known as the Citrus Pest...

Section 8402. - 8402. It is the purpose of this part to make...

Section 8403. - 8403. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 8404. - 8404. “Board” means the board of directors of a district....

Section 8405. - 8405. “Citrus acreage” means any parcel, tract, or lot of...

Section 8406. - 8406. “Citrus pest” includes any infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease,...

Section 8407. - 8407. “District” means a citrus pest control district organized pursuant...

Section 8408. - 8408. “Number of trees per acre of average planting,” for...

Section 8409. - 8409. “Owner” includes joint owner, coowner, guardian, executor, administrator, or...

Section 8410. - 8410. “Citrus” includes “citrous” and any plants of the genera...

CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts

Section 8451. - 8451. Proceedings for the formation of a district within any...

Section 8452. - 8452. The petition may be filed in sections each of...

Section 8453. - 8453. Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any...

Section 8454. - 8454. (a) The petition shall state the name of the...

Section 8455. - 8455. Upon the presentation and filing of a petition, the...

Section 8456. - 8456. The board of supervisors shall order the clerk of...

Section 8457. - 8457. The notice of hearing shall do all of the...

Section 8458. - 8458. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication...

Section 8459. - 8459. The notice shall be published once a week for...

Section 8460. - 8460. At the hearing, the report of the commissioner shall...

Section 8461. - 8461. At the hearing, any owner of citrus acreage in...

Section 8462. - 8462. If the board of supervisors determines that the petition...

Section 8463. - 8463. (a) If the board of supervisors determines that the...

Section 8464. - 8464. Any district formed prior to March 2, 1961, in...

Section 8465. - 8465. (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the...

CHAPTER 3 - Organization of Districts

Section 8501. - 8501. Upon the adoption of the order of organization, the...

Section 8502. - 8502. In order to be eligible to hold the office...

Section 8503. - 8503. Upon his appointment, each director shall, in the manner...

Section 8504. - 8504. From and after the filing for record of the...

Section 8505. - 8505. Immediately after the organization of the district, the directors...

Section 8506. - 8506. The members of the board shall serve for terms...

Section 8507. - 8507. Upon the expiration of the term of any member...

Section 8508. - 8508. The members of the board are not entitled to...

CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District

Section 8551. - 8551. The district shall have perpetual succession and may do...

Section 8552. - 8552. Every district formed pursuant to this part has all...

Section 8553. - 8553. (a) A district may pay limited compensation to the...

Section 8554. - 8554. In order to expedite the elimination of the source...

Section 8555. - 8555. Any payment made to the owner or owners of...

Section 8556. - 8556. The commissioner of the county in which the district...

Section 8557. - 8557. The board shall, immediately after its qualification, formulate an...

Section 8558. - 8558. After the final adoption of the plan, the board...

Section 8559. - 8559. Within 30 days after the receipt of the estimate,...

Section 8560. - 8560. Upon the adoption of the preliminary budget, the board...

Section 8561. - 8561. The board shall give notice of the time and...

Section 8562. - 8562. The notice shall be published once a week for...

Section 8563. - 8563. The notice shall contain all of the following: (a)...

Section 8564. - 8564. At any time not later than the hour set...

Section 8565. - 8565. At the time set for hearing protests, the board...

Section 8566. - 8566. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall...

Section 8567. - 8567. There may be added to the budget for the...

Section 8568. - 8568. For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year...

CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes

Section 8601. - 8601. (a) The county assessor, in making the annual assessment...

Section 8602. - 8602. Whenever acreage within the district is planted with citrus...

Section 8603. - 8603. Whenever any citrus trees have been removed from any...

Section 8604. - 8604. (a) The board shall, on or before the first...

Section 8605. - 8605. The assessment authorized to be assessed and levied is...

Section 8606. - 8606. The tax so levied shall be computed and entered...

Section 8607. - 8607. The general provisions of the laws of this state,...

Section 8608. - 8608. The county treasury shall be the repository of all...

Section 8609. - 8609. If a consolidated district includes parts of two or...

Section 8610. - 8610. The county treasurer shall pay out money of the...

CHAPTER 6 - Inclusion of Lands

Section 8651. - 8651. Lands devoted exclusively to the growing of citrus fruits...

CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation

Section 8701. - 8701. Any two or more districts organized or existing under...

Section 8702. - 8702. Proceedings for consolidation may be initiated by the filing...

Section 8703. - 8703. Upon presentation and filing of the petitions of two...

Section 8704. - 8704. If the board of supervisors determines that the consolidation...

Section 8705. - 8705. Upon the adoption of a resolution consolidating two or...

Section 8706. - 8706. The board of a consolidated district has all the...

Section 8707. - 8707. Any district which has been included in a consolidated...

CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution of Districts

Section 8751. - 8751. Upon the filing of a petition with the board...

Section 8752. - 8752. The board of supervisors shall give notice of the...

Section 8753. - 8753. The notice of hearing shall state all of the...

Section 8754. - 8754. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication...

Section 8755. - 8755. The notice shall be published once a week for...

Section 8756. - 8756. If, at the hearing, a majority of the members...

Section 8757. - 8757. The board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy...

Section 8758. - 8758. Upon dissolution, the right, title, and interest to property...

Section 8759. - 8759. The board of supervisors is ex officio the governing...