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2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.75.

6047.75. If the board of supervisors determines that the petition does not comply with the requirements of law, the matter may be dismissed without prejudice to present a new petition covering the same matter. A finding by the board of supervisors in favor of the sufficiency of the petition and notice is final and conclusive against all persons except the state in a proceeding brought by the Attorney General within one year of the date of the making of the order establishing and describing the boundaries of the district. If the petition is dismissed, that portion of the fee imposed under Section 6047.68 that would have been used to pay for costs of the election shall be refunded.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.76.

6047.76. (a) If the board of supervisors determines that the project is feasible and in the interest of the table grape acreage owners of the county, the board of supervisors shall, by order entered in its minutes, declare the district is duly organized under the name designated in the petition for the formation of the district.
(b) The order shall describe the territory included in the district and, if the board of supervisors does not exclude or include acreage pursuant to Section 6047.78, it is a sufficient description of the territory to describe the boundaries in substantially the same way as they are described in the petition.
(c) A copy of the order certified by the clerk of the board of supervisors shall be filed with the county recorder of the county in which the district is situated.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 9. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.78.

6047.78. (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any table grape acreage that it finds will not be benefited by the proposed project, pursuant to the facts in Section 6047.74, and it may include in the district any acreage that it finds will be benefited if it also finds it will be in the interest of the district to include this acreage. 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 the inclusion.
(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 acreage 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 acreage in which he or she has either a legal or equitable interest. The notice shall describe the acreage proposed to be included, and shall state the time and place at which objections to the inclusion will be heard.
(c) Any owner of table grape acreage outside of the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request in writing for inclusion of the acreage in the proposed district.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 10. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.79.

6047.79. Upon the filing of the order of organization, the board of supervisors shall appoint a board of directors of five members to administer the affairs of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 11. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.80.

6047.80. To be a director of the district, a person shall be either an owner of, or the designee of an owner of, acreage included in the district that is devoted, in whole or in part, to the growing of table grapes.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 12. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.81.

6047.81. Upon his or her appointment, each director shall, in the manner provided by law, subscribe the oath of office and file the oath with the county clerk.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.82.

6047.82. (a) 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. The district shall operate for a period of five years from the date of its organization, and shall cease to exist after five years unless the district is reauthorized by the board of supervisors.
(b) The board of directors shall hold a public hearing six months prior to termination of its initial organization or last reauthorization to determine whether the conditions of the glassy-winged sharpshooter or Pierce’s disease or other designated pests and diseases warrant the reauthorization of the district for an additional five years.
(c) The notice of hearing shall state the name of the district and that consideration is being given to reauthorizing the district for an additional five years, the boundaries of the district, and the time and place for the hearing. Notice of the hearing shall be given as provided in Sections 6047.71 and 6047.72. The board of directors shall submit the record of the hearing and its recommendation to the board of supervisors within 90 days of the hearing. The board of supervisors shall approve or reject the recommendation. If it rejects the recommendation, the board of supervisors shall return the report accompanied by its reasons for the rejection to the board of directors within 30 days of receipt. The board of directors may thereafter address the reasons for rejection by the board of supervisors and submit an amended report and new recommendations for reauthorization for approval or rejection by the board of supervisors, unless the district has ceased to exist pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d) If the board of supervisors approves the continuation of the district, the board of supervisors shall, by an order entered in its minutes, declare the district duly extended.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 13. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.83.

6047.83. (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 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 board and shall prepare all notices and all calls for bids.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.84.

6047.84. The members of the board shall serve for terms of two years, or for a longer term as determined by the board of supervisors, and until the appointment and qualification of their successors.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.85.

6047.85. Upon the expiration of the term of any member of the 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. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.86.

6047.86. The members of the 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 board.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.88.

6047.88. Every district formed pursuant to this article has all of the powers prescribed by Section 6047.87 and other provisions of this article, 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 15. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.89.

6047.89. The county agricultural commissioner of the county in which the district is located shall, upon request of the board, assist the district to the extent possible in all activities undertaken by the district for the control of glassy-winged sharpshooter and Pierce’s disease or other designated pests and diseases.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 16. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.90.

6047.90. The 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 table grape 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 board, shall be the plan and the budget of the district for the forthcoming fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.91.

6047.91. 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. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.92.

6047.92. For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year of operation of the district, the board shall adopt the final budget in the same manner that the budget for the first fiscal year was adopted.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 16.5. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.94.

6047.94. The district shall identify any parcel of real property with more than one acre of table grape plants that shall be subject to assessments.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 18. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.95.

6047.95. Whenever acreage within the district is planted with table grape plants in a fashion so as to qualify as table grape acreage, the acreage is subject to assessment as provided in this article.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.96.

6047.96. (a) After the district has been formed, an owner of table grape acreage in the district may present to the board a request in writing for the exclusion of that acreage or any part of the acreage from the district upon a showing that the acreage or part of the acreage will not be benefited by the activities of the district. Factors that the board may consider in its determination for exclusion, as set forth in an affidavit from the owner of the acreage, shall include those specified in Section 6047.74.
(b) After receipt of the request, the board shall cause an investigation of the parcel of acreage to be made and, if the board determines that the acreage or part of the acreage will not be benefited by the activities of the district and that exclusion of the acreage will not present a pest risk to the district, the board shall exclude the table grape acreage from the district and immediately certify this fact to the county assessor and the county auditor or tax collector.
(c) Any owner of table grape acreage outside of, or otherwise not included in, the district may present to the board a request in writing for inclusion of the acreage in the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 19. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.98.

6047.98. 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 table grape plants will be benefited by the district to the same extent and in the same manner regardless of the age of the plants. The assessments authorized by this article shall be assessed and levied regardless of the age of the table grape plants growing on the land.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.99.

6047.99. (a) The assessment 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.
(b) 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. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.100.

6047.100. The general provisions of the laws of this state, prescribing the requirements for and 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. This article, however, shall operate so as to be compliant with Article XIII (C) and XIII (D) of the California Constitution, as incorporated by Proposition 218 of 1996. The several county officers referred to shall be liable upon their several official bonds for the faithful discharge of the duties imposed upon them by this article.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.101.

6047.101. The revenue from the assessments imposed pursuant to this article 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 acreage 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 for any purpose, except for the implementation of the duties of the district, set forth under this article, as determined to be necessary by the district board.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 21. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.102.

6047.102. (a) 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 them to the credit of the district.
(b) 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 held in the district.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.103.

6047.103. If a consolidated district includes parts of two or more counties, the repository of all money of the district shall be the county treasury of the county in which is located the largest area of table grape acreage of the district. Money collected for the use of the district in any other county in which a part of the district is located shall be transferred by the county treasurer upon warrant of the county auditor of the county in which the money was collected to the county treasurer of the county serving as repository for the district, in the same manner as prescribed for the disbursement of money held for a local district. Money derived from any county in which the district is located may be expended in any part of the district for the purposes authorized by this article, notwithstanding any other provision of law limiting the expenditure of any money to a specific area or county.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.104.

6047.104. (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 intervals 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 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. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.105.

6047.105. Acreage devoted exclusively to the growing of table grapes 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 article for the formation of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 22. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.106.

6047.106. Any two or more districts organized or existing under this article may be consolidated, whether or not the boundaries are coterminous, and whether or not the districts are located in the same county.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.107.

6047.107. The board of directors may adopt a resolution that recites the fact of receipt and the willingness of the district to consolidate, and shall then send copies of the resolution to the board of directors of each of the other districts. The board shall send a certified copy of the resolution to the board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of table grape acreage of the proposed consolidated district, and a copy of the resolution to the board of supervisors of each of the other counties in which is located any part of the proposed consolidated district.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.108.

6047.108. The board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of table grape acreage of the proposed consolidated district shall fix a time and place for hearing the proposal. Notice shall be given and the hearing conducted in the same manner and with the same effect as prescribed for the formation of a district pursuant to Sections 6047.70, 6047.71, 6047.72, 6047.73, and 6047.74.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.109.

6047.109. If the board of supervisors determines that consolidation is feasible and in the best interests of the table grape acreage owners of the respective districts, it shall, by resolution duly adopted, declare the districts consolidated into one district, giving the consolidated district a name that includes the term “consolidated.” Certified copies of the resolution shall be filed with the Secretary of State and with the county recorder of each county in which is located any part of the consolidated district. Upon the filing, the districts are consolidated into a single consolidated district with all the rights, privileges, and powers of a district. The consolidated district shall succeed to all the funds and other property, and is subject to all the indebtedness, bonded and otherwise, of the districts consolidated. Each district that is included in the consolidated district shall continue in existence for the purpose of representation on the board of the consolidated district, and for the purpose of levying, assessing, and collecting assessments for district purposes. The board of the consolidated district is, however, the board of each district that is included in the consolidated district.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 23. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.110.

6047.110. Upon the adoption of a resolution consolidating two or more districts, the board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of table grape acreage shall immediately appoint a board of directors of at least five members, including at least one member from each of the districts that are included in the consolidated district, and at least two members from each county, if districts located in more than one county are included in the consolidated district. If any of the districts that are included in the consolidated district includes more than 15,000 acres of table grape acreage, the board of directors shall be increased by one additional director for each 10,000 acres, or fraction of 10,000 acres, in any one district that is included in the consolidated district. If the consolidated districts are located in more than two counties, the board of directors of the consolidated district shall have at least seven members.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.111.

6047.111. The board of a consolidated district has all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the board of any other district organized pursuant to this article. The members of the consolidated board shall be appointed in the same manner and serve for the same term as the directors of any other district organized pursuant to this article.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.112.

6047.112. Any district that has been included in a consolidated district may withdraw from the consolidated district and be reconstituted as a separate district by filing with the board of directors of the consolidated district a petition for withdrawal that is signed by the owners of not less than a majority, by area, of table grape acreage in the district. The board of directors of the consolidated district shall send the original petition to the board of supervisors of the county in which the withdrawing district is located, and a copy of the petition to the board of supervisors of each of the other counties in which is located any part of the consolidated district. Upon receipt of a petition for withdrawal, the board of supervisors of the county in which the withdrawing district is located shall fix a time and place for hearing the petition. Notice shall be given and the hearing conducted in the same manner and with the same effect as prescribed for the formation of a district pursuant to Sections 6047.70, 6047.71, 6047.72, 6047.73, and 6047.74. Upon withdrawal of a district, all moneys collected from the district for the use of the consolidated district, and all property purchased with these moneys, shall remain the property of the consolidated district.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 24. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.113.

6047.113. Upon the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors that is signed by either (1) 50 percent or more of the table grape acreage owners who own 65 percent or more of the affected acreage or by (2) 65 percent or more of the table grape acreage owners who own 50 percent or more of the affected acreage 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.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 25. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.114.

6047.114. The board of supervisors shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the petition for dissolution.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.115.

6047.115. The notice of hearing shall state all of the following:
(a) That a petition has been filed requesting the dissolution of the district.
(b) That the petition is available for inspection at the offices of the board of supervisors.
(c) The time and place for the hearing.
(d) That at the hearing protests against the dissolution of the district shall be considered by the board of supervisors.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.116.

6047.116. Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.117.

6047.117. The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
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6047.118. If, at the hearing, a majority of the board of supervisors does not find a compelling reason to override the owners’ petition to dissolve the district, the board of supervisors shall by resolution dissolve the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 26. Effective September 9, 2004.)
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6047.119. The board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be recorded in the office of the county recorder and shall file a certified copy of it with the Secretary of State. Thereupon, the district is dissolved for all purposes.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
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6047.120. Upon dissolution, the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district that is situated within the corporate limits of any city shall vest absolutely in the city. If the property is situated outside the corporate limits of a city, it shall vest in the county in which the property is situated.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
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6047.121. The board of supervisors is ex officio the governing body of the dissolved district. It may levy assessments and perform other acts solely for the purpose and as may be necessary to wind up the affairs of the district and to raise money for the payment of any outstanding indebtedness.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
2023 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 8.7 - Table Grape Pest and Disease District › Section 6047.122.

6047.122. All claims and accounts against the district that have not been settled by the board within 90 days after the resolution is recorded pursuant to Section 6047.119 shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district was located, or in the case of a consolidated district to the board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of table grape acreage, and shall be passed and approved by the board of supervisors in the same manner as county claims and shall be paid out of the funds of the dissolved district.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
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6047.123. If there are insufficient funds to discharge all claims and accounts brought pursuant to Section 6047.122, the board of supervisors shall, at the time of levying the next general county taxes, levy a special assessment upon the net acreage devoted to the growing of table grapes that benefited from the dissolved district in an amount sufficient to discharge all outstanding claims and accounts against the district. In the case of a consolidated district, the board of supervisors of each county in which a portion of the district is located shall levy a special assessment based upon the ratio that the proportion of outstanding claims and accounts bears to the net acreage of the district in each county.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)
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6047.124. Owners of wine grapes and raisin grapes and any other agricultural commodities may petition to become subject to any district established pursuant to this article. The petition shall adhere to all the requirements of this article and shall require the approval of the board of directors of the affected district. All provisions of this article are hereby incorporated in this section and are applicable to owners who become subject to a district established pursuant to this article as though set forth in full in this section unless a provision in this article expressly states that it is not applicable to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 27. Effective September 9, 2004.)
2023 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 9 - Hydrilla › Section 6048.

6048. (a) The plant hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) is a noxious aquatic weed not native to the State of California. The Legislature hereby declares that the further introduction and spread of this serious aquatic weed pest would be detrimental to the state, causing irreparable damage to the agricultural industry and recreational use of streams, lakes, and waterways and further that the eradication of this aquatic weed pest is essential to the preservation of the environment.
Hydrilla can be introduced into the state in shipments of fish and aquatic plants for wholesale and retail sale within the state. It can become established when aquariums containing hydrilla are dumped into California’s streams, lakes, ponds, and waterways. Subsequent spread is rapid, both naturally and artificially.
(b) It is unlawful to produce, propagate, harvest, possess, sell, or distribute hydrilla as such or incidental to the sale of fish, aquatic plants, or other hosts or possible carriers of hydrilla. The director may adopt quarantine or other regulations which prohibit the importation of hydrilla. Any violation of the regulations or of this section is an infraction punishable by a fine of not more than seventy-five dollars ($75) for the first offense and is a misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense within three years of a prior conviction of a violation of this section or of the regulations. These penalty provisions do not preclude civil action as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 5021) of Chapter 1.
(c) The director shall conduct an ongoing survey and detection program for hydrilla. Whenever and wherever hydrilla is discovered, the director shall immediately investigate the feasibility of eradication. If eradication is feasible, the director shall perform the eradication in cooperation with federal, city, county, and other state agencies taking those steps and actions the director deems necessary.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 752, Sec. 5.)
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6049. The department, with the cooperation of the University of California, the United States Department of Agriculture, or other agencies, may develop and implement biological control methods to eradicate or control the aquatic weed pest hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) in any area of the state, and may conduct studies for those purposes. When the development or implementation involves the use of fish, each individual program for development or implementation shall first be approved by the Department of Fish and Game.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 752, Sec. 6.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
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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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
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6057. At its meeting at which the certificate is received from the agricultural commissioner, or at its next meeting, regular or special, thereafter, the board of supervisors shall by order fix a time and place for hearing the petition, which time shall be not less than 20 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the order, and shall give notice of the hearing by publication of the time and place thereof with a general statement of the purpose of the proposed district, together with a description of the boundaries of the proposed district, once a week for two successive weeks immediately prior to the date fixed for the hearing, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the district will be situated.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 191, Sec. 2. Effective May 3, 1982.)