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CA Food & Agri Code § 6025.5 (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 6.5 - Vertebrate Pest Control Research|Section 6025.5.

6025.5.  (a) The secretary shall establish and administer a research program to control vertebrate pests that pose a significant threat to the welfare of the state’s agricultural economy, infrastructure, and the public.(b) The specific purposes of the program include all of the following:(1) The investigation of effective and economical alternative materials for the control of vertebrate pests, including carbon monoxide to control burrowing rodent pests.(2) The solicitation and consideration of research proposals for alternative humane methods of control.(3) The continuation of current vertebrate pest control product registration at the state level until alternative products are developed that prove to be effective and economical.(4) The funding of research for the development of scientific data to fulfill registration requirements.(5) Cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture in funding research programs to maintain, develop, and register vertebrate pest control materials used in this state.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 407, Sec. 3. (AB 634) Effective January 1, 2012. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 6029.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6026 (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 6.5 - Vertebrate Pest Control Research|Section 6026.

6026.  The secretary shall establish the Vertebrate Pest Control Research Advisory Committee consisting of the following members, appointed by the secretary, to serve at the pleasure of the secretary:(a) One representative of the department.(b) One representative of the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association.(c) Five representatives of the agricultural industry representing affected commodities.(d) One representative of the University of California.(e) One representative of the California State University.(f) One representative of the State Department of Health Services.(g) One representative of the general public, with consideration given to a person with expertise in animal welfare.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 176, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 6029.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6026.5 (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 6.5 - Vertebrate Pest Control Research|Section 6026.5.

6026.5.  On or before December 31 of each year, the committee shall recommend to the secretary priorities for conducting various vertebrate pest control research projects and the amount of the assessment necessary to carry out those research projects.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 176, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2006. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 6029.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6027 (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 6.5 - Vertebrate Pest Control Research|Section 6027.

6027.  There is hereby created the Vertebrate Pest Control Research Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the account is continuously appropriated to the secretary for purposes of carrying out this article. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the moneys in the account shall not be transferred to any other fund or encumbered or expended for any purpose other than as provided in this article.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 176, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2006. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 6029.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6027.1 (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 6.5 - Vertebrate Pest Control Research|Section 6027.1.

6027.1.  Expenditure of funds pursuant to this article shall be limited to the following:(a) Reasonable administrative and operational expenses of the committee and the department, subject to the recommendation of an annual budget by the committee and approval by the secretary.(b) Federal and state regulatory fees for the continued registration of vertebrate pest control materials and the registration of new materials.(c) Basic and applied research as described in Section 6025.3.(d) Educational outreach on the subject of vertebrate pest control methods, including, but not limited to, the safe use of carbon monoxide to control burrowing rodent pests.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 407, Sec. 4. (AB 634) Effective January 1, 2012. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 6029.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6027.5 (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 6.5 - Vertebrate Pest Control Research|Section 6027.5.

6027.5.  During the calendar year, each commissioner shall pay to the secretary a fee not to exceed fifty cents ($0.50) per pound of vertebrate pest control material sold, distributed, or applied by the county for vertebrate pest control purposes, less the amount necessary to recover the cost of complying with the provisions of this article, as determined by the secretary. No assessment shall be imposed on the sale or on the distribution of vertebrate pest control material by a county agricultural commissioner to another commissioner. Vertebrate pest control material registered by the secretary may only be sold or distributed by a county agricultural commissioner or as authorized by the secretary.The secretary may set a different level of assessment in the amount necessary to provide revenue for the vertebrate pest control research projects carried out pursuant to this article only if the secretary, at a minimum, has consulted with the Vertebrate Pest Control Research Advisory Committee. The new level of assessment may only commence at the beginning of the subsequent calendar year. However, the assessment shall not exceed one dollar ($1) per pound of vertebrate control material sold, distributed, or applied by the county for vertebrate pest control purposes. To assist the advisory committee in making its recommendations, the department shall submit a progress report to the members of the advisory committee at least 30 days prior to each meeting of the advisory committee. The report shall include, but is not limited to, data on research that has been, or is proposed to be, conducted and statements regarding the necessity for that research. This section does not preclude the department from preparing and distributing additional reports that may be requested by the advisory committee.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 176, Sec. 7.5. Effective January 1, 2006. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 6029.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6028 (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 6.5 - Vertebrate Pest Control Research|Section 6028.

6028.  The assessment payments required pursuant to Section 6027.5, together with a report of the amount of vertebrate pest control materials sold, distributed, or applied during the previous six-month period, shall be made biannually by each commissioner to the secretary within one calendar month after June 30 and December 31 of each year.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 176, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2006. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 6029.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6029 (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 6.5 - Vertebrate Pest Control Research|Section 6029.

6029.  Except as specified in Section 6025.4, this article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2026, deletes or extends that date.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 372, Sec. 1. (AB 751) Effective January 1, 2016. Repealed as of January 1, 2026, by its own provisions. Note: Repeal affects Article 6.5, commencing with Section 6025. Exception: Section 6025.4 is repealed on January 1, 2023.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6031 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6031.

6031.  The necessity of controlling beet leafhopper, the only known vector of the curly top virus, is recognized by the Legislature as being in the public benefit. The state’s agricultural business economy could be seriously damaged if measures are not continued to prevent the transmittal of curly top virus by this insect. Since the control program primarily is carried on in uncultivated areas, involving both private and public lands, often far removed from the areas receiving benefits, it is necessary for a state agency to take primary responsibility. The Legislature therefore supports a program jointly funded by industry and public funds whereby protection is provided to both home gardens and commercial crops.(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1017.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6032 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6032.

6032.  As used in this article “handler” means any person that engages in the operation of selling, marketing, or processing any of the crops vulnerable to damage from curly top virus, as covered by this chapter, which he or she has purchased, or acquired from a producer or which he or she is marketing, selling or processing on behalf of a producer, whether as owner, agent, employee, broker, or otherwise. A producer-handler is a producer who operates as a handler as to any such crop produced by him or her. Every producer or producer-handler of agricultural crops susceptible to curly top virus as determined by the secretary, may include, but is not limited to, tomatoes, sugar beets, melons, beans, cucumbers, spinach, and peppers shall pay to the department an assessment on all those crops sold or delivered by him or her to a handler or, in the case of a producer-handler, on those crops marketed by the producer-handler. The full amount of the assessment shall be collected from the producer by the handler at the point and time that the crop is purchased or received by the handler as provided by regulations of the secretary.(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 685, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6033 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6033.

6033.  Except as otherwise provided in this article, the assessment collected from producers by handlers or due from producer-handlers shall be paid by the handlers or producer-handlers to the secretary as provided by regulations of the secretary.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6033.5 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6033.5.

6033.5.  (a) Any assessment that is imposed on the producer pursuant to this article is a personal debt of the producer.(b) Every handler or producer-handler is personally liable for the payment of the assessment. The failure of the handler or producer-handler to collect the assessment does not exempt the handler or producer-handler from liability, and does not relieve the producer from the obligation to pay the assessment.(c) Any producer, handler, or producer-handler who fails to file a return or pay the assessment or otherwise comply with Section 6033 shall pay a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the assessment determined to be due, and, in addition, shall pay 1.5 percent interest per month on the unpaid balance of the assessment and the penalty.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6034 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6034.

6034.  For the purpose of assessment, the following districts are established: District I, Imperial and Riverside Counties; District II, Kern, Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin Counties, and that portion of Los Angeles County lying north of the San Gabriel Mountains; District III, Sacramento, Solano, Yolo, Placer, Sutter, Yuba, Colusa, Butte, and Glenn Counties; District IV, Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Santa Barbara Counties; additional areas of the state may be established in districts by regulation of the secretary if the secretary finds crops in any such district are subject to damage from curly top virus and that any such district is necessary to accomplish the purposes of this article.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6035 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6035.

6035.  The secretary may establish the rate of assessment by district and crop and may adjust the assessment rate from time to time, whenever necessary as provided in Section 6036.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6036 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6036.

6036.  The assessment rate may vary from district to district and from crop to crop based on the degree of vulnerability to damage from curly top virus experienced by those crops in those districts. The rates may also vary in accordance with the protection afforded to those crops in those districts. Any rate or rates established shall be set by regulation. The assessments shall be in total amount sufficient to reimburse the secretary, and whenever feasible, shall not exceed 65 percent of the expenditure by the department in carrying out the beet leafhopper control program.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6037 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6037.

6037.  Any money which is received by the director pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be used for the administration and enforcement of this article.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 27.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6038 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6038.

6038.  The director may receive moneys from other sources for this program, which shall be deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and used to carry out the purposes of this article.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 454, Sec. 28.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6039 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6039.

6039.  The secretary shall appoint a Curly Top Virus Control Board consisting of nine members. The membership shall consist of at least one representative of each of the primary crop commodities assessed and shall include representation from each of the districts assessed. The secretary may appoint one additional member on the board, who shall be a public member. The secretary shall appoint one member of the board to serve as chairperson.Upon the secretary’s request, the board shall submit to the secretary the names of three or more natural persons, each of whom shall be a citizen and resident of this state and not a producer, shipper, or processor or financially interested in any producer, shipper, or processor, for appointment by the secretary as a public member of the board. The secretary may appoint one of the nominees as the public member on the board. If all nominees are unsatisfactory to the secretary, the board shall continue to submit lists of nominees until the secretary has made a selection. Any vacancy in the office of the public member of the board shall be filled by appointment by the secretary from the nominee or nominees similarly qualified submitted by the board. The public member of the board shall represent the interests of the general public in all matters coming before the board and shall have the same voting and other rights and immunities as other members of the board.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6039.5 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6039.5.

6039.5.  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that persons appointed to the Curly Top Virus Control Board pursuant to Section 6039 are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, and that such representation and furtherance is intended to serve the public interest. Accordingly, the Legislature finds that, with respect to persons who are appointed to such board, the particular agricultural industry concerned is tantamount to, and constitutes, the public generally within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1429.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6040 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6040.

6040.  Board members shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6041 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6041.

6041.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall be advisory to the secretary and may make recommendations on all matters pertaining to this article including, but not limited to, the annual budget, the adoption, modification, and repeal of regulations and procedures, the use of funds for research, and necessary assessments required to accomplish the purposes of this article as provided in Section 6031.(b) The secretary shall accept the recommendations of the board if the secretary determines that the recommendations are practicable and in the interest of the industry and the public. The secretary, within 30 days of the decision, shall provide the board with a written statement of reasons for his or her decision if the secretary does not accept a recommendation of the board.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6042 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6042.

6042.  The board shall meet at the call of its chairman or the secretary or at the request of any three members of the board. The board shall meet at least once a year. Members of the board shall be allowed per diem and mileage in accordance with rules of the Department of Human Resources for attendance at meetings and other board activities authorized by the board and approved by the secretary.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 665, Sec. 16. (SB 1308) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6043 (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 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control|Section 6043.

6043.  Upon termination of this article, any remaining funds received pursuant to this article shall be refunded on a pro rata basis to all persons from whom assessments were collected during the 12-month period preceding the date of termination, unless the secretary finds the amounts so returnable are so small as to make impractical computation and remitting of refunds. If the secretary makes such a finding, the funds may be used for beet leafhopper control or research activities.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6045 (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 8 - Pierce s Disease|Section 6045.

6045.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the plant killing bacterium, Xyella Fastidiosa, and the resulting pathogen, Pierce’s disease, and its vectors present a clear and present danger to California’s sixty-billion-dollar grape industry, as well as to many other commodities and plant life.(b) There exists an ongoing need for at least fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) annually in research and programs to combat Pierce’s disease and its vectors in California.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 171. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016. Inoperative March 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 6046.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6047 (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 8 - Pierce s Disease|Section 6047.

6047.  The secretary may establish, maintain, and enforce regulations consistent with the intent of the Legislature as expressed in this article as may be necessary to interpret, clarify, or implement this article. This authority shall be liberally construed to effectuate the intent of this article.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 21, Sec. 1. Effective May 19, 2000. Inoperative March 1, 2026. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 6046.)