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CA Food & Agri Code § 6048 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 9 - Specific Pest Control and Abatement Provisions|ARTICLE 9 - Hydrilla|Section 6048.

6048.  (a) The plant hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) is a noxious aquatic weed not native to the State of California. The Legislature hereby declares that the further introduction and spread of this serious aquatic weed pest would be detrimental to the state, causing irreparable damage to the agricultural industry and recreational use of streams, lakes, and waterways and further that the eradication of this aquatic weed pest is essential to the preservation of the environment.Hydrilla can be introduced into the state in shipments of fish and aquatic plants for wholesale and retail sale within the state. It can become established when aquariums containing hydrilla are dumped into California’s streams, lakes, ponds, and waterways. Subsequent spread is rapid, both naturally and artificially.(b) It is unlawful to produce, propagate, harvest, possess, sell, or distribute hydrilla as such or incidental to the sale of fish, aquatic plants, or other hosts or possible carriers of hydrilla. The director may adopt quarantine or other regulations which prohibit the importation of hydrilla. Any violation of the regulations or of this section is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75) for the first offense and is a misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense within three years of a prior conviction of a violation of this section or of the regulations. These penalty provisions do not preclude civil action as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 5021) of Chapter 1.(c) The director shall conduct an ongoing survey and detection program for hydrilla. Whenever and wherever hydrilla is discovered, the director shall immediately investigate the feasibility of eradication. If eradication is feasible, the director shall perform the eradication in cooperation with federal, city, county, and other state agencies taking those steps and actions the director deems necessary.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 752, Sec. 5.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6049 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 9 - Specific Pest Control and Abatement Provisions|ARTICLE 9 - Hydrilla|Section 6049.

6049.  The department, with the cooperation of the University of California, the United States Department of Agriculture, or other agencies, may develop and implement biological control methods to eradicate or control the aquatic weed pest hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) in any area of the state, and may conduct studies for those purposes. When the development or implementation involves the use of fish, each individual program for development or implementation shall first be approved by the Department of Fish and Game.(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 752, Sec. 6.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6101 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 6101.

6101.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6102 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 6102.

6102.  “Blanks” means caprifigs which are devoid of Blastophaga insects or galls that contain Blastophaga insects.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6103 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 6103.

6103.  “Mamme” crop means the winter crop of caprifigs.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6104 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 6104.

6104.  “Matured pollen” means pollen in a powdery condition which can be dusted or shaken out from the anthers in appreciable quantities.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6105 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 6105.

6105.  “Profichi crops” means the crop of caprifigs which matures in June and July and is used to caprify or pollinate the main crop of the Smyrna type of figs.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6106 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 1 - Definitions|Section 6106.

6106.  “Spent figs” means caprifigs from which all the female Blastophaga insects have issued.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6131 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 2 - Enforcement|Section 6131.

6131.  The commissioner shall enforce this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6132 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 2 - Enforcement|Section 6132.

6132.  The commissioner may enter any place where caprifigs are produced, packed, stored, shipped, delivered for shipment, or sold, and inspect them. He may seize and hold for evidence any caprifigs which are packed, shipped, delivered for shipment, or sold in violation of any provision of this chapter, and prosecute actions for any such violation.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6133 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 2 - Enforcement|Section 6133.

6133.  The board of supervisors of any county may receive and accept on behalf of the county, any contribution or donation of money from a person or from any agency of this state or of the United States for the purpose of enforcing this chapter. Any money which is so received shall be credited to the budget of the commissioner and shall be expended solely for such enforcement.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6134 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 2 - Enforcement|Section 6134.

6134.  It is unlawful for any person to willfully or otherwise interfere with the enforcement of any provision of this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6151 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 3 - Caprifigs|Section 6151.

6151.  Caprifigs, unless properly treated, contribute to, and are responsible for, the transmission of endosepsis and other plant diseases by the blastophaga which the figs contain.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6152 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 3 - Caprifigs|Section 6152.

6152.  Every person who owns, raises, uses, packs, ships, or delivers for shipment or sells any caprifigs of the mamme crop for use within the county, shall treat such figs by a method which is approved by the commissioner for the prevention or elimination of endosepsis or the transmission of endosepsis by the blastophaga in the figs.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6153 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 3 - Caprifigs|Section 6153.

6153.  If any caprifigs of the mamme crop are to be shipped or used outside the county, the person that owns, raises, uses, packs, ships or delivers them for shipment shall notify the commissioner of the county within which the figs are to be used of all of the following:(a) The shipment.(b) The nature of the shipment.(c) The name and residence of the consignee.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6154 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 3 - Caprifigs|Section 6154.

6154.  After the notice, the commissioner shall require the consignee to properly treat the figs for the prevention or elimination of endosepsis before using them.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6155 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 3 - Caprifigs|Section 6155.

6155.  It is unlawful for any person to violate Section 6152, 6153, or 6154.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6156 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 3 - Caprifigs|Section 6156.

6156.  It is unlawful for any person to pack, ship, deliver for shipment, or sell in any container any caprifigs of the profichi crop which violate any of the following:(a) Do not contain matured pollen.(b) Do not contain living Blastophaga insect in the adult stage.(c) Contain more than 25 percent of spent figs.(d) Contain more than 10 percent of blanks.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6157 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 3 - Caprifigs|Section 6157.

6157.  It is unlawful for any person to pack, ship, deliver for shipment or sell in any container any caprifigs of the mamme crop, which contain more than 25 percent of spent figs, or more than 10 percent of blanks.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6171 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 4 - Caprifig Trees|Section 6171.

6171.  Caprifig trees, unless properly controlled and regulated under supervision, constitute a menace because they are a source of infection and pests.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6172 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 4 - Caprifig Trees|Section 6172.

6172.  Except as otherwise provided by Section 6173, in the interest of the public welfare and general prosperity of the state and to provide for the control, eradication, elimination, and prevention of endosepsis and other plant diseases, all caprifig trees used for shade, ornamental, or decorative purposes, and caprifig trees in, or associated with, any fig orchard which produces calimyrna or other Smyrna-type figs that aggregate in number more than one and one-half percent of the fig trees in the orchard, are unlawful and a public nuisance.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6173 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 4 - Caprifig Trees|Section 6173.

6173.  Every commercial grower of calimyrna or other Smyrna-type fig may maintain at least one caprifig tree in connection with his planting.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6174 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 4 - Caprifig Trees|Section 6174.

6174.  The commissioner shall notify the owner of any fig tree which is a public nuisance under Section 6172 to graft or destroy it within a time which is specified in the notice.He may furnish to the owner, at the time of serving the notice, instructions for application of methods by the owner which are best designed to accomplish the purposes of the notice.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6175 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 4 - Caprifig Trees|Section 6175.

6175.  If the owner does not destroy or graft the fig tree within the time which is specified in the notice, the commissioner shall cause the grafting or destruction of the tree, at the expense of the owner, in a summary manner.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6176 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 4 - Caprifig Trees|Section 6176.

6176.  A calimyrna grower, regardless of the size of his holdings, shall follow the standard procedures for cleanup of caprifig trees by picking the mamme caprifigs before the wasps begin to issue. He shall treat the mamme caprifigs which are picked with a fungicide, according to recognized procedures.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6177 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 11 - Caprifigs and Caprifig Trees|ARTICLE 4 - Caprifig Trees|Section 6177.

6177.  The presence of both mamme and set profichi figs in the caprifig trees at the same time is a public nuisance. The caprifigs, or the trees, or both, shall be destroyed at the owner’s expense by the owner or by the commissioner, pursuant to this article, before the profichi caprifig crop matures.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|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:(a) California is the leading producer of wine in the United States, accounting for 72 percent of all wine, foreign and domestic, consumed in this country.(b) Winegrapes are grown in virtually every county for processing by more than 800 wineries located throughout the state.(c) California grows more than 327,455 acres of winegrapes producing 2,570,707 tons of grapes per year valued at more than seven hundred eighteen million dollars ($718,000,000), as of 1990, with a direct and indirect impact on the state’s economy totaling more than eight billion six hundred million dollars ($8,600,000,000).(d) Destructive pests and diseases, including phylloxera, pose a significant and imminent threat to the state’s important grape and wine industry.(e) Phylloxera has already infested grape acreage in many California counties, including Napa and Sonoma, resulting in losses totaling two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) to growers and the wine industry.(f) The state has an interest in protecting its agricultural products from further destruction by phylloxera and other harmful pests and diseases.(g) To avoid a potentially catastrophic loss to one of California’s most important industries, the Legislature declares that this chapter is in the interest of the public health and welfare.(h) The Legislature further declares that it is in the interest of the public health and welfare that the districts authorized to be created by this chapter not duplicate existing services already being provided to grape growers by the University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisor or the county agricultural commissioners.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6200.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Definitions|Section 6200.5.

6200.5.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Definitions|Section 6201.

6201.  It is the purpose of this chapter to make available a procedure for the organization, operation, government, and dissolution of districts to respond to, manage, and control the effects of the spread of the phylloxera pest, and other pests that attack winegrape plants, and to collect and disseminate to winegrape producers in the district all relevant information and scientific studies concerning the pest or pests, as well as to chart and determine the extent and location of any infestations.Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code does not apply to districts organized pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Definitions|Section 6202.

6202.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter.(a) “Board” or “board of directors” means the board of directors of a district.(b) “District” means a winegrape pest and disease control district organized pursuant to this chapter.(c) “Owner” includes joint owner, coowner, guardian, executor, administrator, or any other person that holds property in a trust capacity under court appointment.(d) “Phylloxera,” Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, is an aphid-like pest in the family of Phylloxeridae that attacks winegrape plants (Vitus sp.).(e) “Winegrapes” means grapes produced that are intended to be converted from their fresh form into grape juice, grape concentrate, wine, or products thereof, including, but not limited to, high proof and brandy produced from winegrapes.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6210 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 2 - Formation of Districts|Section 6210.

6210.  Proceedings for the formation of a district within any county shall be commenced by a petition that is either of the following:(a) Signed by 50 percent or more of the growers who own 65 percent or more of the affected land.(b) Signed by 65 percent or more of the growers who own 50 percent or more of the affected land.The petition shall be addressed to, and filed with, the board of supervisors of the county.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6211 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 2 - Formation of Districts|Section 6211.

6211.  The petition may be filed in sections, each of which shall comply with all the requirements for a petition, except that a section need not contain the total number of signatures required for the petition.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6212 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 2 - Formation of Districts|Section 6212.

6212.  Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before it has been acted upon by filing with the clerk of the board of supervisors a declaration signed by the petitioner that states that it is the intention of the petitioner to withdraw his or her signature from the petition.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6213 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 2 - Formation of Districts|Section 6213.

6213.  (a) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district and shall set forth its boundaries or describe the lands to be included.(b) It is a sufficient designation of the boundaries of a proposed district to recite that all the grape acreage in the county is to be included in the district, or that all the grape acreage in a designated area within the county is to be included in the district.(c) If either designation is used, the outside boundary of the area so designated is the boundary of the district, and the district shall include all area within the outside boundary.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6214 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 2 - Formation of Districts|Section 6214.

6214.  (a) Upon the presentation and filing of a petition, the board of supervisors shall refer the petition to the county agricultural commissioner for the preparation of a register of owners of winegrape acreage within the proposed district, and for an investigation and report.(b) The agricultural commissioner shall create a register of all winegrape acreage owners within the proposed district describing the net acreage of land devoted to the growing of winegrapes by each grower. The commissioner shall file with the register a report and recommendation to the board of supervisors on whether conditions of the phylloxera or other pest or disease warrant the board of supervisors proceeding with the organization of the district.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1. Effective October 11, 1993.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6215 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 12 - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 2 - Formation of Districts|Section 6215.

6215.  (a) The board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition.(b) The hearing shall not be less than 20 days, or more than 40 days, after the filing of the petition with the board of supervisors.(c) The board of supervisors shall order the clerk of the board of supervisors to give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the petition.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 221, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2003.)