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CA Food & Agri Code § 5252 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4 - Newly Discovered Pests|Section 5252.

5252.  The director shall furnish to the commissioner a statement as to the best known means or methods for eradicating or controlling the discovered pest and advise him of the procedure or treatment to prevent the further spread of the pest.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5253 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4 - Newly Discovered Pests|Section 5253.

5253.  The commissioner shall disseminate all or any portion of the statement in whatever manner he may deem is best suited to inform persons that own or have charge or possession of any premises or appliances within the county where there is a probability of the presence of the pest.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5254 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4 - Newly Discovered Pests|Section 5254.

5254.  In any county where there is no commissioner, or if the director finds that the commissioner has failed or neglected to use all reasonable means to effect the control or eradication of any discovered pest, the director may undertake the control or eradication of the pest. He may exercise any power or authority which is conferred on the commissioner by this division.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5255 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4 - Newly Discovered Pests|Section 5255.

5255.  In any proceeding which is commenced pursuant to Section 5254, any duty, jurisdiction, or authority which is conferred on the commissioner by this division is conferred or imposed upon and transferred to the director.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4.5 - Invasive Pest Planning|Section 5260.

5260.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) California is home to more species of plants and animals in the world and the highest number of species found nowhere else in the world.(b) The state’s plants and animals coexist to create the complex ecosystems upon which so much of the state’s people and economy depend.(c) Global travel, global trade, and climate change are introducing invasive animals, plants, insects, and plant and animal diseases to California.(d) Global warming is changing ecosystems at an unprecedented pace. These changes bring invasive species and pests that pose direct threats to the state’s native and agricultural biodiversity.(e) The State of California should undertake advance planning on whether and how to address those invasive animals, plants, insects, and plant and animal diseases that are a threat to the state’s agriculture, environment, or economy.(f) The Legislature fully recognizes that any prediction of which invasive pests will enter California cannot be precise because of the many entry mechanisms.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 870, Sec. 1. (AB 2470) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5260.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4.5 - Invasive Pest Planning|Section 5260.5.

5260.5.  For purposes of this chapter, “invasive pests” means animals, plants, insects, and plant and animal diseases or groups of those animals, plants, insects, and plant and animal diseases, including seeds, eggs, spores, or other matter capable of propagation, where introduction into California would or would likely cause economic or environmental harm. “Invasive pests” does not include agricultural crops, livestock, or poultry generally recognized by the department or the United States Department of Agriculture as suitable to be grown or raised in the state.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 573, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5261 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4.5 - Invasive Pest Planning|Section 5261.

5261.  The department shall develop and maintain a list of invasive pests that have a reasonable likelihood of entering California for which a detection, exclusion, eradication, control, or management action by the state might be appropriate. In developing the list, the department shall consider any invasive pests identified by the federal or state government for which a detection, exclusion, eradication, control, or management action might be undertaken.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 573, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5263 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4.5 - Invasive Pest Planning|Section 5263.

5263.  If the department determines that an invasive pest identified on the list developed pursuant to Section 5261 has entered the state, the department shall notify the Governor, the governing boards of affected cities and counties, and county agricultural commissioners.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 573, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5264 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4.5 - Invasive Pest Planning|Section 5264.

5264.  If the department determines that an invasive pest has entered the state and the urban aerial application of a pesticide, or a communitywide ground application of a pesticide, is the preferred eradication, control, or management response, the department shall advise the Governor and provide the Governor with a copy of the plan for that invasive pest. If a plan has not been prepared for that invasive pest, the department shall consult with the appropriate agencies and shall advise the Governor of the lack of a plan and advise the Governor of the best available options.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 573, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5265 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4.5 - Invasive Pest Planning|Section 5265.

5265.  If the department determines that an invasive pest has entered the state, and an urban aerial application of a pesticide, or a communitywide ground application of a pesticide, is the selected response, the department shall do all of the following:(a) Notify the governing boards of affected cities and counties and their agricultural commissioners and health officers.(b) Notify the public of all of the following:(1) The existence of the invasive pest.(2) The consequences of not eradicating, controlling, or managing the invasive pest.(3) The active ingredient and inert material of the pesticide, to the extent that the disclosure of the inert material is permitted by state and federal law.(4) The method or methods of applying the pesticide.(5) The implications of the use of the pesticide and the inert materials on human health, domestic animals, fish and wildlife, and the environment.(c) Hold public hearings in areas subject to aerial application of the pesticide or communitywide ground application of the pesticide.(d) Establish a telephone hotline for the public to report adverse health consequences and a process to evaluate and respond to adverse health consequences.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 573, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5266 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4.5 - Invasive Pest Planning|Section 5266.

5266.  This program established by this chapter may only be funded with federal funds.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 573, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5267 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 4.5 - Invasive Pest Planning|Section 5267.

5267.  This chapter does not apply to the following:(a) The State Department of Public Health and local vector control agencies providing services in accordance with Section 116180 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) Mosquito abatement and vector control districts authorized under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 3 of the Health and Safety Code.(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 573, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 6.5 - Roadside Vegetation Control|Section 5501.

5501.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Property Owners’ Roadside Vegetation Control Information Act of 1991.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 737, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 6.5 - Roadside Vegetation Control|Section 5502.

5502.  The following definitions shall govern the construction of this chapter:(a) “Agency” means an agency of state government that has responsibility for roadside vegetation control operations on, or along, roadways. (b) “Pesticide” is defined in Section 12753.(c) “Property owner” means an owner, lessee, or tenant of real property that is adjacent or contiguous to a roadway over which an agency has responsibility for roadside vegetation control.(d) “Roadside” means the land adjacent to, or dividing the lanes of traffic of, a roadway. (e) “Roadway” means any highway, superhighway, expressway, street, road, lane, or other public thoroughfare.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 6.5 - Roadside Vegetation Control|Section 5503.

5503.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:(a) The unannounced and poorly coordinated use of pesticides to control roadside vegetation has too frequently resulted in damage to adjacent or contiguous private property. In some instances, this activity has caused growers to needlessly suffer economic loss or damage to their crops.(b) Property owners have a right to know beforehand the manner in which state government intends to control the roadside vegetation adjacent or contiguous to their property. (c) It is in the public interest to establish a voluntary mechanism by which private property owners may meet and confer with representatives of state government to enter into mutually acceptable voluntary agreements to promote coordinated programs for roadside vegetation control, and thereby minimize damage to adjacent and contiguous property.(d) Mutually acceptable agreements may include, but are not limited to, provisions whereby the property owner assumes responsibility for roadside vegetation control in a manner which is at least as effective as that proposed by state government, the use of mechanical means of vegetation control, the use of a combination of pesticide and mechanical means of control, a delay in the application of a pesticide, or the use of different pesticides.(e) Private property owners and representatives of state government are encouraged to voluntarily develop creative and innovative means to accomplish the goals and objectives of this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 6.5 - Roadside Vegetation Control|Section 5504.

5504.  An agency shall promptly provide any or all of the following information to a property owner who so requests:(a) The date on which the agency is scheduled, or planning, to conduct roadside vegetation control and the method or methods the agency is planning to use in the roadside vegetation control operation on, or along, the part of the roadway that is adjacent or contiguous to his or her property. (b) The frequency with which the agency is scheduled, or is planning, to conduct a roadside vegetation control operation on, or along, the part of the roadway adjacent or contiguous to his or her property. (c) Any other relevant information in the possession of the agency that may be of interest to the property owner of the property adjacent or contiguous to the roadside where the vegetation control operation is to be conducted.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 737, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 6.5 - Roadside Vegetation Control|Section 5505.

5505.  The agency shall not conduct a roadside vegetation control operation on that portion of the roadway for which a property owner has made a request for information pursuant to Section 5504, until both of the conditions set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) have been met or unless subdivision (c) applies:(a) The agency provides the property owner the requested information pursuant to Section 5504. (b) The property owner did not request a meeting with the representatives of the agency within 30 days after he or she received the information or, if so requested, the meeting is held in accordance with Section 5506. (c) The agency provided the property owner the requested information pursuant to Section 5504, the property owner requested a meeting to be held in accordance with Section 5506, and the agency, having made a good faith effort to accommodate the property owner in scheduling and conducting a meeting, is unable to reach an agreement with the property owner on a reasonable meeting time and place within 30 days of the initial request for a meeting.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 737, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 6.5 - Roadside Vegetation Control|Section 5506.

5506.  (a) Within 30 days of receipt of the information required to be provided pursuant to Section 5504, the property owner may request a meeting with representatives of the agency to discuss the agency’s proposed schedule for, or method of, roadside vegetation control, or both the schedule and method to be used on, or along, the roadway adjacent or contiguous to his or her property. (b) Upon receipt of a request for a meeting pursuant to this section, the agency shall meet with the property owner at a mutually agreeable time and location. (c) The purpose of the meeting shall be to develop and adopt the following:(1) A schedule for the roadside vegetation control operation .(2) A method of roadside vegetation control that eliminates, or minimizes, damage to the property owner’s property while preserving the ability of the agency to conduct an effective roadside vegetation control program.(d) The agency shall consider and, if the facts presented to the agency warrant further action in order to carry out the objectives of this chapter, do any or all of the following:(1) Revise the schedule for the roadside vegetation control operation. (2) Revise the proposed methods of roadside vegetation control, including, but not limited to, the use of a pesticide or mechanical methods of control, or a combination thereof.(3) Use different pesticides, or different combinations or concentrations of pesticides.(4) Enter into an agreement with the property owner whereby the property owner agrees to assume the responsibility, in whole or in part, of roadside vegetation control by any lawful method of control, if the agency determines that the property owner’s method is as effective as the method proposed to be used by the agency. (e) The objective of this section is to establish a procedure for property owners and representatives of agencies to meet and confer in order to develop and adopt mutually acceptable times for, and methods of, well-coordinated and effective roadside vegetation control operations, and thereby minimize damage to adjacent or contiguous property.(f) If agreement cannot be reached between the property owner and the agency, the agency shall maintain responsibility for decisions affecting roadside vegetation control in the disputed area.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5507 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 6.5 - Roadside Vegetation Control|Section 5507.

5507.  If the property owner does not carry out the terms of any agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 5506, as determined by the agency, the agency may immediately conduct the roadside vegetation control in accordance with the agency’s schedule and method of roadside vegetation control.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 737, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 6.5 - Roadside Vegetation Control|Section 5508.

5508.  This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes and objectives.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 737, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 5509 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 6.5 - Roadside Vegetation Control|Section 5509.

5509.  Any property owner affected by the decision of the agency made pursuant to this chapter may bring an action for writ of mandamus challenging the decision pursuant to Section 1085 of the Code of Civil Procedure. A property owner may also request a court to issue an injunction or order any other action to restrain any violation of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 737, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6051 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10 - Cotton Pests Abatement Districts|Section 6051.

6051.  Cotton pests abatement districts may be organized and established by the board of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and may exercise the powers expressly granted, or necessarily implied, by those provisions.The district may include land in more than one of the counties listed in this section with the consent of the board of supervisors of the counties affected. The county which includes the majority of acreage in the district shall be designated the principal county. The agricultural commissioner and county officers in the principal county shall perform the acts required by the provisions of this chapter. District funds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county.Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Government Code and the District Reorganization Act of 1965 do not apply to cotton pests abatement districts organized pursuant to this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 191, Sec. 2. Effective May 3, 1982.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6052 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10 - Cotton Pests Abatement Districts|Section 6052.

6052.  In order to propose the organization of a cotton pests abatement district, a petition shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the county where the lands included within the proposed district are situated. The petition may consist of any number of separate instruments. The petition shall be signed by 25 percent of the cottongrowers or by 25 cottongrowers who grow cotton within the proposed district, whichever is less.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 191, Sec. 2. Effective May 3, 1982.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6053 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10 - Cotton Pests Abatement Districts|Section 6053.

6053.  Upon receipt of the petition, the board of supervisors shall direct the agricultural commissioner to create a register of all cottongrowers growing cotton within the proposed district describing the net acreage of land devoted to the growing of cotton by each grower.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 191, Sec. 2. Effective May 3, 1982.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6054 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10 - Cotton Pests Abatement Districts|Section 6054.

6054.  The commissioner shall file the cottongrowers register within 60 days of receipt of the order from the board of supervisors or by March 1st, whichever date is the later. The commissioner shall file with the register of cottongrowers a report and recommendation to the board of supervisors on whether conditions of disease, insect, or other pests of cotton warrant the board of supervisors in proceeding with the organization of the district.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 21.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6055 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10 - Cotton Pests Abatement Districts|Section 6055.

6055.  The proponents of the formation of the district may, within 30 days of the receipt by the board of supervisors of the register of cottongrowers from the agricultural commissioner, file with the board of supervisors a petition for the establishment of the district signed by not less than 50 percent of the cottongrowers who grow not less than 65 percent of the cotton within the proposed district or not less than 65 percent of the cottongrowers who grow not less than 50 percent of the cotton grown within the proposed district.The petition presented to the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 6052 shall satisfy the requirements of this section if it contains the number of signatures required by this section.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 191, Sec. 2. Effective May 3, 1982.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6056 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 10 - Cotton Pests Abatement Districts|Section 6056.

6056.  Upon receipt of the petition, the board of supervisors shall immediately refer the petition to the agricultural commissioner who shall examine it by reference to the register of cottongrowers, and shall, within 15 days after receiving the petition, return the petition to the board of supervisors with his or her certificate attached thereto certifying from the cottongrowers register that the petition qualifies as valid. The certificate of the agricultural commissioner shall be conclusive as to the sufficiency of the signatures on the petition.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 191, Sec. 2. Effective May 3, 1982.)