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CA Food & Agri Code § 8465 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 2 - Formation of Districts|Section 8465.

8465.  (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any citrus acreage which it finds will not be benefited by the proposed project, and it may include in the district any lands which it finds will be benefited if it also finds it will be to the interest of the district to include these lands. The inclusion may be upon application of the owner or, without the owner’s application, upon giving the owner notice of the proposed inclusion and an opportunity for a hearing on it.(b) Notice of inclusion shall be mailed, postage prepaid, by the clerk of the board of supervisors, to the address of the owner of the land as shown by the last equalized county assessment roll, and to any person that has filed with the clerk that person’s name and address and description of land in which he or she has either a legal or equitable interest. The notice shall describe the land proposed to be included, and shall state the time and place at which objections to the inclusion will be heard.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 12.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 8501.

8501.  Upon the adoption of the order of organization, the board of supervisors shall immediately appoint a board of directors of five members to administer the affairs of the district.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 8502.

8502.  In order to be eligible to hold the office of director of the district, a person shall be a citizen of the United States and of this state, and an owner of lands within the district which are devoted, in whole or in part, to the growing of the product for which the district is established.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1101, Sec. 14. Effective September 21, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 8503.

8503.  Upon his appointment, each director shall, in the manner provided by law, give such official bond for the faithful performance of his duties as shall be fixed by the board of supervisors and shall subscribe the oath of office and such bond and oath shall be filed with the county clerk.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 8504.

8504.  From and after the filing for record of the order of the board of supervisors declaring the district organized, and the appointment and qualification of its first board of directors, the organization of the district is complete.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 8505.

8505.  Immediately after the organization of the district, the directors shall meet and organize as a board and shall elect a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, and an assistant secretary, from among their own number.The chairman shall call and preside at all meetings of the board, sign all warrants drawn on the county treasurer and all contracts and other documents, and the minutes of all meetings at which he is present. In case of his absence from a meeting, the vice chairman shall act as chairman pro tempore for him. The vice chairman has the authority to sign warrants in place of the chairman if the chairman is absent from a meeting or unavailable.The secretary shall give notice of and keep the minutes of all meetings and prepare and have custody of all records and papers, and have custody of the seal of the district. He or the assistant secretary shall attest all warrants drawn on the county treasurer, all contracts and other documents and shall sign the minutes of all meetings at which he is present. He shall prepare the annual reports and any other reports required by the board and shall prepare all notices and all calls for bids. In case of his absence from a meeting, the assistant secretary shall perform his duties.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 8506.

8506.  The members of the board shall serve for terms of four years and until the appointment and qualification of their successors.The terms of the members of the first board appointed by the board of supervisors shall divide themselves by lot and one member shall serve for a term of one year, one member shall serve for a term of two years, one member shall serve for a term of three years, and two members shall serve for a term of four years.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8507 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 8507.

8507.  Upon the expiration of the term of any member of the board, the board of supervisors shall appoint his successor.Vacancies shall be filled by the board of supervisors for the unexpired term. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 8508.

8508.  The members of the board are not entitled to any compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses, when claims for such expenses have been approved by the board.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8551 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8551.

8551.  The district shall have perpetual succession and may do all of the following:(a) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.(b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.(c) Take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, or otherwise, and hold, use and enjoy, and lease, or otherwise dispose of, real and personal property of every kind and description within or without the district necessary to the full and convenient exercise of its powers.(d) Cause assessments to be levied, as provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 8601) to pay any obligation of the district and to accomplish the purposes of the district in the manner provided in this part.(e) Make contracts, and employ, except as otherwise provided in this part, all persons, firms, and corporations necessary to carry out the purposes and the powers of the district, and at any salary, wage, or other compensation as the board of directors shall determine.(f) Eradicate, remove, or prevent the spread of any and all citrus pests.(g) Enter into or upon any land included within the boundaries of the district for the purpose of inspecting and treating the citrus trees and other host plants and fruit growing on them.(h) Perform any and all acts either within or outside the district necessary or proper to fully and completely carry out the purposes for which the district was organized.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 13.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8552 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8552.

8552.  Every district formed pursuant to this part has all of the powers prescribed by Section 8551 and other sections of this part, including the power to eradicate, remove, or prevent the spread of each and every citrus pest, regardless of any language in the petition for formation for any district or in any of the proceedings leading to formation which might seem to limit the power of the district to the control or eradication of one or more citrus pests in particular.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 14.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8553 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8553.

8553.  (a) A district may pay limited compensation to the owner of any citrus tree infected with citrus tristeza virus which is removed by the district or by the owner within 15 days after written notice of the infection to the owner by the district. The limited compensation shall not exceed the following payment schedule, with the age of the tree being conclusively established as of the time written notice of the infection is first given to the owner.(b) The schedule of payments is as follows:Age of treesMaximum payment1 year ........................ $ 5.00 per tree2 years ........................   7.50 per tree3 years ........................  10.00 per tree4 years ........................  14.00 per tree5 years ........................  17.50 per tree6 years ........................  20.75 per tree7 years or older ........................  25.00 per tree(c) For the purposes of this section, the holder of the record title of the real property on which the trees are located shall be considered to be the owner of the citrus trees to whom written notice of infection is given.(d) The written notice referred to in subdivision (a) shall be a written or printed document labeled “Notice of Infection,” addressed to the owner and informing the owner of the existence of the infected trees, their location, and that they should be removed forthwith.(e) For the purposes of determining the age of infected citrus trees under this section, trees shall be considered one year old as of the January 1st succeeding the calendar year in which they are planted, and shall be deemed one year older on the January 1st of each succeeding year.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 44, Sec. 1. Effective June 3, 1991.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8554 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8554.

8554.  In order to expedite the elimination of the source of citrus tristeza virus, if it appears to the board that the cost of testing, indexing, or retesting trees to determine infection may exceed the cost of removal, plus the payment of limited compensation, a district may, with the consent of the owner, remove and pay limited compensation pursuant to Section 8553 for trees which have not been determined to be infected with citrus tristeza virus.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 16.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8555 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8555.

8555.  Any payment made to the owner or owners of citrus trees removed pursuant to Section 8553 or 8554 shall in no event exceed the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per geographical acre.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 17.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8556 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8556.

8556.  The commissioner of the county in which the district is located shall, upon request of the board and without fee or charge, supervise and direct, in accordance with the best known and accepted methods as determined by the board, all activities undertaken by the district for the control or eradication of citrus pests.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 18.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8557 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8557.

8557.  The board shall, immediately after its qualification, formulate an effective plan based on the best known and accepted methods for the control and eradication of the citrus pests within the district.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 19.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8558 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8558.

8558.  After the final adoption of the plan, the board shall make or cause to be made an estimate of the cost of operating the plan for the next fiscal year beginning not sooner than 90 days thereafter.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8559 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8559.

8559.  Within 30 days after the receipt of the estimate, the board shall adopt a preliminary budget of expenditures for such fiscal year.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8560 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8560.

8560.  Upon the adoption of the preliminary budget, the board shall fix a time and place for holding a hearing thereon.The hearing shall not be less than 20 days, nor more than 40 days, after the adoption of the preliminary budget.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8561 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8561.

8561.  The board shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the preliminary budget by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8562 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8562.

8562.  The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8563 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8563.

8563.  The notice shall contain all of the following:(a) A summary of the proposed budget and shall refer to the original on file with the board for further particulars.(b) State that it is the intention to raise the amount of money required to meet the proposed budget by levying an assessment upon the assessed value of the citrus trees within the district in accordance with this part.(c) A statement of the day, hour, and place, when and where any and all persons interested may appear and object to the adoption of the budget or to any item in it.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 20.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8564 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8564.

8564.  At any time not later than the hour set for hearing objections to the proposed budget, any owner of citrus acreage in the district may make written protest against the budget or any item in it.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 21.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8565 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8565.

8565.  At the time set for hearing protests, the board shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made and its decision on the protests shall be final and conclusive.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8566 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8566.

8566.  At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution entered on its minutes make such changes in the proposed budget as it finds are proper and advisable. The tentative budget as so changed or modified shall be the budget of the district for the forthcoming fiscal year.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8567 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8567.

8567.  There may be added to the budget for the first fiscal year of the operation of the district an amount not in excess of 20 percent of the total amount of the budget to cover the preliminary expenses of the district and for the expenses of operation up to the beginning of the first fiscal year.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8568 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 8568.

8568.  For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year of operation of the district, the board shall adopt the final budget therefor in the same manner and at the same time that the budget for the first fiscal year was adopted.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes|Section 8601.

8601.  (a) The county assessor, in making the annual assessment of property in each and every year after the organization of the district, shall assess any parcel of real property with 25 or more citrus trees on it and enter as a separate item, on the assessment roll for each such parcel of real propety included in the district, the value, as improvements on the parcel, of all citrus trees which are growing on it.(b) For the purpose of this part, the county assessor shall assess all citrus acreage at a uniform value per acre. The assessment shall be upon an acreage basis and the number of acres shall be determined conclusively, except as otherwise provided in this section, by the assessor counting the trees and dividing the total number by the number of trees per acre of average planting. The county assessor in counting the citrus trees shall not, however, count any more than 200 trees on any one acre of land, and for any citrus acreage which has from 70 to 100 trees per acre the number of acres to be determined by the county assessor shall be the actual acreage of the parcel.(c) Upon completing the assessment roll of the county in each year, the assessor shall separately compute and certify, to the board of supervisors, the total assessed value, as shown by the assessment roll, of all the citrus trees in the district.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 22.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes|Section 8602.

8602.  Whenever acreage within the district is planted with citrus trees in such a fashion as to qualify as citrus acreage, the acreage is subject to assessment as provided in this part.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 23.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes|Section 8603.

8603.  Whenever any citrus trees have been removed from any parcel of land included in the district, the owner of the parcel of land may file with the board an affidavit particularly describing the parcel of land, and setting forth the fact of the removal therefrom of the trees. Thereupon, the board shall cause an investigation of the parcel of land to be made and, if the board finds the allegations of the affidavit are true, the board shall immediately certify this fact to the county assessor and the amount of citrus acreage removed shall not be assessed on the next assessment roll.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 24.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes|Section 8604.

8604.  (a) The board shall, on or before the first Monday in July of each year, file with the board of supervisors the final budget which sets forth all estimated expenditures of the district for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July. A copy of the budget shall also at the same time be filed with the auditor of the county.(b) The board of supervisors shall annually, at the time of levying other county taxes, levy an assessment upon all the citrus trees planted or growing in the district, regardless of age, as assessed by the assessor pursuant to this part. The rate shall be such as will produce, after due allowance for delinquency, the amount determined as necessary to be raised on the secured roll. If a fraction of a cent occurs on a valuation of one hundred dollars ($100), it shall be taken as a full cent.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 25.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 8605 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW|CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes|Section 8605.

8605.  The assessment authorized to be assessed and levied is hereby declared to be in the nature of a special assessment, and the Legislature hereby finds that the owners of all citrus trees will be benefited by the district to the same extent and in the same manner regardless of the age of the trees. The assessments authorized by this chapter to be assessed and levied on the trees shall be assessed and levied on all citrus trees regardless of their age.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 26.)