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CA Food & Agri Code § 6294.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 6294.4.

6294.4.  (a) Immediately after the organization of the district, the directors shall meet and organize as a board and shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson and secretary from among their own number.(b) The chairperson shall call and preside at all meetings of the district board, sign all warrants drawn on the county treasurer, and all contracts and other documents, and the minutes of all meetings at which the chairperson is present. In case of the chairperson’s absence from a meeting, the vice chairperson shall act as chairperson pro tempore. The vice chairperson may sign warrants in place of the chairperson if the chairperson 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. The secretary shall attest all warrants drawn on the county treasury, all contracts and other documents, and shall sign the minutes of all meetings at which he or she is present. The secretary shall prepare the annual reports and any other reports required by the district board and shall prepare all notices and all calls for bids.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6294.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 6294.5.

6294.5.  The members of the district board shall serve for terms of one year, or for a longer term as determined by the board of supervisors, and until the appointment and qualification of their successors.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6294.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 6294.6.

6294.6.  Upon the expiration of the term of any member of the district board, the board of supervisors shall appoint the successor. Vacancies shall be filled by the board of supervisors for the unexpired term.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6294.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 3 - Organization of Districts|Section 6294.7.

6294.7.  The members of the district board shall not receive any compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses, when claims for those expenses have been approved by the district board.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6295 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 6295.

6295.  The district 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 Article 5 (commencing with Section 6296), to pay any obligation of the district and to accomplish the purposes of the district in the manner provided in this chapter.(e) Make contracts, and employ, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, 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 district board of directors shall determine.(f) Respond to the effects and spread of Pierce’s disease, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, and other winegrape plant pests and diseases and collect and disseminate to winegrape growers in the district all relevant information and scientific studies concerning the pest or pests or diseases, as well as to chart and determine the extent and location of any infestations.(g) With reasonable advance notice in writing to the landowner, as determined by the district, enter into or upon any land included within the boundaries of the district for the purpose of inspecting the winegrape plants and any 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 is organized.(i) The district’s administrative costs are to be limited to 5 percent of the annual assessment revenues.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6295.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 6295.1.

6295.1.  Every district formed pursuant to this chapter has all of the powers prescribed by Section 6295 and other provisions of this chapter, regardless of any language in the petition for formation for any district or in any of the proceedings leading to the formation that would otherwise limit the power of the district.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6295.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 6295.2.

6295.2.  The county agricultural commissioner of the county in which the district is located shall, in consultation with the district board, assist the district to the extent possible in all activities undertaken by the district for the control of Pierce’s disease, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, or any other winegrape plant pests or diseases.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6295.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 6295.3.

6295.3.  The district board shall, immediately after its appointment and after public hearing, formulate an effective plan and adopt a budget of expenditures for the forthcoming fiscal year. At a public hearing on the plan and the budget, any owner of winegrape growing acreage included in the district may make written or oral protest against the budget or any item in it. The plan and the budget, as thereafter approved by the district board, shall be the plan and the budget of the district for the forthcoming fiscal year.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6295.4 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 6295.4.

6295.4.  There may be added to the budget for the first fiscal year of the operation of the district an amount not to exceed 20 percent of the total amount of the budget to cover the preliminary expenses of the district, including, but not limited to, the costs of formation, before the beginning of the first fiscal year.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6295.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 6295.5.

6295.5.  For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year of operation of the district, the district 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.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6295.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the District|Section 6295.6.

6295.6.  The board of supervisors may charge the district for actual costs incurred by the county in connection with the proceedings for the formation of the district, and the district shall reimburse the county from assessments levied for those expenses.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6296 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 5 - Levy of Assessments for District Purposes|Section 6296.

6296.  The county assessor, in making the annual assessment of property included in the district each and every year after the organization of the district, shall identify any parcel of real property with one acre, or more, of winegrape plants.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6296.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 5 - Levy of Assessments for District Purposes|Section 6296.1.

6296.1.  Whenever acreage within the district is planted with winegrape plants in such a fashion as to qualify as winegrape growing acreage, the acreage is subject to assessment as provided in this article.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6296.2 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 5 - Levy of Assessments for District Purposes|Section 6296.2.

6296.2.  (a) After the district has been formed, an owner of winegrape growing acreage in the district may present to the district board a request in writing for the exclusion of that land or any part of the land from the district upon a showing that the land or part of the land will not be benefited by the activities of the district. Factors that the district board may consider in its determination for exclusion shall include an affidavit from the owner that the plants have been removed from the land and will not be replanted within the foreseeable future. However, should the excluded land be planted to winegrapes, the landowner shall be required to inform the district, in writing, within 30 days of planting.(b) After receipt of the request, the district board shall cause an investigation of the parcel of land to be made and, if the district board determines that the land or part of the land will not be benefited by the activities of the district, the district board shall exclude the winegrape acreage from the district and immediately certify this fact to the county assessor and the county auditor or tax collector.(c) Any owner of winegrape acreage outside of, or otherwise not included in, the district may present to the district board a request in writing for inclusion of the land in the district.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6296.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 5 - Levy of Assessments for District Purposes|Section 6296.5.

6296.5.  The assessment so levied shall be computed and entered upon the assessment roll by the county auditor, and if the supervisors fail to levy the assessment as required, the auditor shall do so. The assessment shall be collected at the same time, and in the same manner as, and together with and not separate from, general county taxes, and when collected shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the district.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6296.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 5 - Levy of Assessments for District Purposes|Section 6296.6.

6296.6.  The general provisions of the laws of this state, prescribing the manner of levying and collecting county taxes and the duties of the several county officers with respect to levying and collecting county taxes, are, so far as they are applicable and not in conflict with the specific provisions of this article, hereby adopted and made a part of this article. The several county officers thus referred to shall be liable upon their several official bonds for the faithful discharge of the duties imposed upon them by this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6296.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 5 - Levy of Assessments for District Purposes|Section 6296.7.

6296.7.  The revenue from the assessments imposed pursuant to this chapter by the district are trust funds and shall be encumbered only for the purposes for which the district is formed and for the benefit of the property assessed. The district shall expend the minimum amount necessary for overhead and other administrative costs. No district funds shall be donated, loaned, or transferred to any other local agency or to the State of California for any purpose, except for the implementation of the duties of the district, set forth under this chapter, as determined necessary by the district board.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6296.8 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 5 - Levy of Assessments for District Purposes|Section 6296.8.

6296.8.  The county treasury shall be the repository of all the moneys of the district. The county treasurer shall receive and receipt for all those moneys, and place the same to the credit of the district. The county treasurer shall be responsible upon his or her official bond for the safekeeping and disbursement, in the manner provided in this article, of all moneys of the district so held.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6296.9 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 5 - Levy of Assessments for District Purposes|Section 6296.9.

6296.9.  (a) The county treasurer shall pay out money of the district only upon warrants of the county auditor drawn upon the order of the board of directors of the district signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson and attested to by the secretary. The county treasurer, with the approval of the board of supervisors, shall pay out the money of the district upon one master warrant of the county auditor drawn upon the order of the board of directors of the district and signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson and attested to by the secretary, to meet the district’s expenses, including salaries, at such intervals as is approved by the board of supervisors.(b) The county treasurer shall report, in writing, on the first day of July, October, January, and March of each year, to the district board of directors, the amount of money the treasurer then holds for the district, the amount of receipts since the last report, and the amounts paid out. Each report shall be verified and filed with the secretary of the district to whom it is addressed.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6297 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 6 - Inclusion of Lands|Section 6297.

6297.  Lands devoted exclusively to the growing of winegrapes within a tract of land outside the district, but in the county in which the district is located, may be annexed to the district in the same manner provided in this chapter for the formation of the district.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6298 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 7 - Consolidation|Section 6298.

6298.  Any two or more districts organized or existing under this chapter may be consolidated, whether or not the boundaries are coterminous.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6299 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 1 - GENERALLY|CHAPTER 13 - Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District Law|ARTICLE 8 - Dissolution of Districts|Section 6299.

6299.  Upon the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors, signed by 50 percent or more of the owners of 65 percent or more of the affected land, or signed by 65 percent or more of the owners of 50 percent or more of the affected land, requesting the dissolution of the district, the board of supervisors shall set a time and place for hearing on the petition, which shall not be less than 20 days, or more than 40 days, after the filing of the petition. Immediately following the hearing, the board of supervisors shall vote on the petition for dissolution. A majority vote supporting the petition by the supervisors will result in dissolution of the district.(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 442, Sec. 1. Effective October 3, 2001.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 2 - SHIPMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Generally|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6301.

6301.  If any article is found to have been transported into this state from any other country or state, or territory or district of the United States, in violation of any provision of a quarantine that is established by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, the article is subject to seizure, destruction, or other disposition to the same extent and in the same manner as if the article had originated in this state and was in violation of a provision of this division.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 157, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6301.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 2 - SHIPMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Generally|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6301.1.

6301.1.  (a) The secretary shall adopt, by reference, by regulation, those federal quarantine regulations and any subsequent amendments in Parts 301 to 369, inclusive, of Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Civil and criminal penalties applicable to a violation of those federal quarantine regulations may be imposed by the secretary and other duly authorized plant quarantine officers in conformity with that other law.(b) Any funds recovered by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the county general fund in the county in which the action is brought and shall be allocated to the commissioner to cover costs related to the enforcement of this division. Any funds recovered by the secretary pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to cover costs related to the enforcement of this division.(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 157, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 2 - SHIPMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Generally|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6302.

6302.  If any shipment of plants or things which is passing through any portion of the state is, or is liable to be, infested or infected with any pest, and there exists danger of dissemination of the pest while the shipment is in transit in this state, the shipment shall be placed within sealed containers which are composed of metal or other material so constructed that they are not liable to be broken or opened while in transit so as to permit the pest to escape. The containers shall not be opened while within the state.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 2 - SHIPMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Generally|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6303.

6303.  (a) It is unlawful for any person, except under written permission from a plant quarantine officer or under his specific direction, to move any lot or shipment of plants or other things to which a warning tag or notice has been affixed pursuant to this division, or to remove, alter, destroy, deface, or mutilate any such warning tag or notice.(b) If any shipment of plants or things is allowed to transit the state or transit to a given destination county under a quarantine warning-hold notice, the shipment of plants or things shall not be diverted to another destination without the written permission of the director or the commissioner of the destination county.(c) Diversion of a shipment as described in subdivision (b) is unlawful.(d) If a shipment of plants or things requires a state or county plant quarantine officer to be present at the destination to supervise the unloading, inspection, or treatment of a quarantine shipment, the director or commissioner, as the case may be, may charge the shipper or receiver a service fee for the cost of the services. Service fees shall be determined based on the director or commissioner’s costs for the services rendered.(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1056, Sec. 1.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 6304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL|PART 2 - SHIPMENTS|CHAPTER 1 - Generally|ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions|Section 6304.

6304.  It is unlawful for any person to import into the state any English or Australian wild rabbit, flying fox, mongoose, or any other form of animal life which is detrimental to agriculture. Any such animal shall be refused entry and shall be immediately destroyed or shipped out of the state within 48 hours at the option and expense of the owner or bailee of the animal.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)