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CA Food & Agri Code § 403 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 403.

403.  The department shall prevent the introduction and spread of injurious insect or animal pests, plant diseases, and noxious weeds.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 404 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 404.

404.  The department shall execute the provisions of this code, except as otherwise provided, and of other laws administered by it.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 405 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 405.

405.  (a) With the prior approval of the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the State Department of Public Health, the department may reproduce or distribute biological control organisms that are not detrimental to the public health and safety that are known to be useful in reducing or preventing plant or animal damage due to pests or diseases.(b) The department shall not engage in the production of beneficial organisms when those organisms are available in sufficient amounts for purchase from commercial sources.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 374, Sec. 1. (AB 862) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 406 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 406.

406.  The department shall require reports from commissioners.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 407 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 407.

407.  The director may adopt such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this code which he is directed or authorized to administer or enforce.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 408 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 408.

408.  The director may enter upon any premises to inspect the premises or any plant, appliance, or thing which is on such premises.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 409 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 409.

409.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department by rule or regulation may provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of licenses, certificates of registration, or other indicia of authority issued pursuant to this code by the department or any division, office, or other entity within the department.(b) The department may, by rule or regulation, set the fee for a two-year license, certificate of registration, or other indicia, not to exceed twice the annual fee for issuance or renewal set by statute.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 374, Sec. 2. (AB 862) Effective January 1, 2016. Note: See this section as modified on July 17, 1991, in Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 410 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 410.

410.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with appropriate county officials and industry representatives, develop mutually satisfactory sources of nonstate funding to augment budget programs in the areas of county agricultural commissioners and county sealers of weights and measures.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 374, Sec. 3. (AB 862) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 411 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 411.

411.  (a) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall supply the Department of Water Resources with a forecast that estimates the amount of production of food, fiber, livestock, and other farm products.(b) As part of the forecast, the Department of Food and Agriculture’s assumptions shall be based upon 20-year estimates that include, but are not limited to, the following data:(1) Land use conversion rates and the amount of land available for agricultural production.(2) The growing need for food, fiber, livestock and other farm products as the state’s and the nation’s populations grow.(3) Implementation of irrigation technology and other on-farm water conservation measures.(4) Advances in crop yields and production techniques.(5) Alternate uses of crops.(c) The department shall include an additional table in the forecast that estimates the agricultural water needs based upon food security considerations that include, at a minimum, the following:(1) Population growth estimates.(2) Production of farm products sufficient to feed the state’s population, as well as continue to provide at least 25 percent of the nation’s table food.(3) Production necessary to meet the growth in export markets.(d) To the extent feasible, the Department of Food and Agriculture may cooperate with the Department of Finance, the University of California, and other institutions and organizations in obtaining information for the forecasts.(e) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall furnish the forecast to the Department of Water Resources for estimating related water usage, as well as to the Chairs of the Assembly Committee on Agriculture, the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources. The Department of Water Resources shall include this information in Bulletin 160.(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 615, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 412 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 412.

412.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a diversity of dairy methane management practices, including anaerobic digesters and nondigester dairy methane management strategies, can effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Nondigester dairy methane management strategies include, but are not limited to, scrape conversion, open solar drying and composting of manure onsite, conversion of dairy operations to pasture-based management, and solid separation technologies.(b) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Conversion of dairy operations to pasture-based management” means dairying systems where the dairy cows spend a portion of their time grazing on fields in which some or all of the manure is deposited and left in the field and decomposes aerobically, which avoids methane emissions.(2) “Open solar drying and composting of manure onsite” means the collection, storage, and drying of dairy manure in a nonliquid environment.(3) “Scrape conversion” means the conversion of flush water lagoon systems to solid-scrape or dry manure management practices, including vacuum technologies for manure management.(4) “Solid separation technologies” means technologies designed to separate liquid components of manure from minerals and organic components, for the purposes of reducing methane emissions.(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 368, Sec. 2. (SB 859) Effective September 14, 2016.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 431 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 2 - Services|Section 431.

431.  The department shall collect and preserve books, pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents which contain information that relates to agriculture.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 432 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 2 - Services|Section 432.

432.  The department shall collect and prepare statistics, charts, films, photographs, and other illustrative or exhibit material and information which shows the actual condition and progress of agriculture in this state and elsewhere.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 433 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 2 - Services|Section 433.

433.  The department shall correspond with agricultural societies, colleges, schools, the commissioners, and with all other persons who are necessary to secure the best results to agriculture in this state.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 434 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 2 - Services|Section 434.

434.  The department shall issue and cause to be printed and distributed to the commissioners, and to such other persons as it may deem proper, bulletins, charts, photographs or other illustrative material or statements which contain all the information which is best adapted to advance the interest, business, and development of agriculture in the state. The department may broadcast such portions of the illustrative material or statements as are adapted to give effect to this code. It may exhibit or display such data and material as have been collected or prepared, and may incur expenses which are necessarily incidental to the exhibit or display of such data and material.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 26.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 435 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 2 - Services|Section 435.

435.  The director may establish an identification record service for parent root and top stock of fruit and nut trees. He shall establish a reasonable schedule of fees for such service which is based upon the approximate cost of the service. Upon application of any person and the payment of the proper fees, the director shall assign to parent stock an identifying code number and make an appropriate record of such number.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 436 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 2 - Services|Section 436.

436.  Any money which is received by the department pursuant to Section 435 shall be paid into the State Treasury and be credited to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. Any money in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund which was derived pursuant to that section may be expended for the administration and enforcement of any or all of the following which relate to nursery stock, notwithstanding any other provision of law which limits the expenditure of the money to some specific purpose or to the administration or enforcement of some specific section, article, chapter, or law:(a) Section 435.(b) Article 7 (commencing with Section 5821) of Chapter 8 of Part 1 of Division 4.(c) Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 6701) of Part 3 of Division 4.(d) Any other provision of Division 4 (commencing with Section 5001), which relates to nursery stock, except Article 5 (commencing with Section 6001) of Chapter 9 or Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 6101) of Part 1, Part 5 (commencing with Section 8401), or Part 6 (commencing with Section 8801) of Division 4.(e) Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 53301) of Division 18.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 144, Sec. 33.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 461 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Surveys and Investigations|Section 461.

461.  The department may conduct surveys or investigations of any nursery, orchard, vineyard, agricultural commodity, agricultural appliance, farm, or other premises within the state liable to be infested or infected with any pest as defined in Section 5006 or disease, including any infectious, transmissible, and contagious diseases of livestock and poultry, for the purpose of detecting the presence of, or determining the status of, the pest or disease. The director and the county agricultural commissioner shall consult concerning these surveys or investigations and in the conduct or implementation of any control or eradication activity when the provisions of this code provide joint responsibilities in connection with the pest or disease.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 529, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 462 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 3 - Surveys and Investigations|Section 462.

462.  The director may enter into an agreement with one or more organizations representing growers, shippers, manufacturers of agricultural commodities, nonprofit trade associations whose members market agricultural commodities, federal or state marketing order boards, and state commissions which are organized pursuant to this code, operate in California, and actively engage in the marketing of agricultural commodities, whereby research will be conducted by public or private agencies to determine methods, techniques, or criteria for agricultural commodities to qualify for entrance into foreign markets.The agreement shall specify that the state will provide up to 50 percent of the funds necessary for the research and the other parties to the agreement will provide an amount equal to or greater than that provided by the state.State funds shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of this section upon appropriation therefor in the Budget Act or other statute.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1152, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 481 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Section 481.

481.  (a) The department may, with the approval of the Governor, cooperate with officials of the United States Department of Agriculture or with officials of other states in the conduct of pest or disease investigations outside of this state in the interest of the protection of the agricultural industry of this state from any pest or disease which is not generally distributed in this state.(b) The department may enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture to carry out a program for the prevention and control of avian influenza. The department shall, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, adopt any regulations necessary to implement program requirements set out in the agreement.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 104. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 482 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Section 482.

482.  (a) The director may enter into cooperative agreements with individuals, associations, boards of supervisors, and with departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, or commissions of this state or of the United States for the purpose of eradicating, controlling, or destroying any infectious disease or pest within this state.(b) The director may enter into cooperative agreements with boards of supervisors or commissioners for the purpose of administering and enforcing this code. (c) The director may enter into cooperative agreements with boards of supervisors and commissioners for the purpose of administering and enforcing any activity, duty, or responsibility under this code in addition to those activities, duties, or responsibilities specifically designated or authorized to be carried out by the commissioners. The cooperative agreement shall provide for payment to the county or commissioner for the county’s or the commissioner’s performance under the agreement except where payment is provided for elsewhere in this code. Where this code requires the director to perform an activity, duty, or responsibility, an agreement entered into under this subdivision does not relieve the director of ultimate responsibility for that performance.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 242, Sec. 1. Note: See this section as modified on July 17, 1991, in Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 483 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Section 483.

483.  The director may arrange for the services of any individual employed by the United States, the state, or a county on a collaborative basis and allow him a reasonable fee and necessary expenses which are incurred when serving the department in a collaborative capacity.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 484 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Section 484.

484.  The director may enter into cooperative agreements with departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, or commissions of the United States for the purpose of administering meat or poultry meat inspection programs to protect the public from uninspected, adulterated, or misbranded meat and poultry meat and products thereof.(Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 393.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 485 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Section 485.

485.  (a) The secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with private entities, and with boards, bureaus, commissions, or departments of this state or of the United States, for the purpose of administering compensation, conservation, disaster assistance, economic assistance, education, environmental enhancement, indemnification, market promotion, research, and similar programs that promote and enhance agriculture.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the secretary may receive and expend federal funds and any nonstate matching funds made available to the department for the purposes specified above via grant, interagency agreement, or otherwise, and these funds shall be administered in accordance with Section 221.(c) (1) Grant awards shall be made by the department on a competitive basis established by the department wherever possible.(2) Any grant awarded on an alternative basis that is not competitive shall comply with all applicable state requirements, orders, and guidelines.(3) Decisions of the secretary relating to the award of grants shall be final.(d) Procedures, forms, and guidelines established for these grant programs, including the application process, are exempt from Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(e) If the secretary expends funds or awards grants for the study of protocols for crops to meet standards for transport out of a quarantine area, the following shall apply:(1) Primary consideration shall be given to crops that are most at risk from the imposition of a quarantine and for which protocols do not currently exist, as long as the application otherwise meets reasonable scientific standards.(2) The department may consult with individuals or representatives of the agriculture industry, and academic or scientific individuals, or organizations to establish criteria and assist in the recommendation of any expenditure of funds or the award of grants.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 414, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 486 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION|PART 1 - THE DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE|CHAPTER 3 - Other Powers and Duties|ARTICLE 4 - Intergovernmental Cooperation|Section 486.

486.  Notwithstanding Section 482, the secretary may not enter into a cooperative agreement with a county of the first class, as defined in Section 28022 of the Government Code, for agricultural inspector services, if the cooperative agreement requires that the county provide year-round services, unless not less than 66 percent of the agricultural inspector aides not afforded protections as permanent employees employed under the cooperative agreement are afforded protections as permanent employees under the county’s civil service or other personnel system.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 381, Sec. 1. (AB 1362) Effective January 1, 2022.)