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2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Vacancies › Section 2151.

2151. If a vacancy in the office of commissioner occurs, the director, upon learning of the vacancy, shall immediately transmit to the board of supervisors or other appointing power a list of persons who are licensed by him or her to be eligible for the position.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 734, Sec. 13. Effective September 18, 1987.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Vacancies › Section 2152.

2152. If, within 60 days after the receipt of the list of persons who are licensed, the appointing power fails to appoint a commissioner from the list, the secretary shall appoint a commissioner from the list.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 402, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Vacancies › Section 2153.

2153. If there is no qualified person available for the office of commissioner, the appointing power may make a temporary appointment, for a period not exceeding three months, of a person who is recommended in writing by the director.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 3 - Vacancies › Section 2154.

2154. If the appointing power does not make a temporary appointment of a commissioner and no person can be appointed from the eligible list by the director, the director may make a temporary appointment of a person who is competent to carry on the duties of the office for a period not exceeding three months.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Removal › Section 2181.

2181. Upon satisfactory evidence presented to the Secretary or the Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation that the commissioner of any county is guilty of neglect of duty, incompetence, or misconduct in office, the trial board that is selected, pursuant to this article, shall hold a hearing at the time and place specified by the trial board. The secretary shall convene the trial board when the alleged offenses come under the jurisdiction of the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the director shall convene the trial board when the alleged offenses come under the jurisdiction of the Department of Pesticide Regulation.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 806, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Removal › Section 2182.

2182. The county agricultural commissioner’s trial board shall be composed of the Secretary and the Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation, a person who has knowledge of, or experience in, agriculture, selected by the board of supervisors of the county of the charged commissioner, and a hearing officer from the Office of Administrative Hearings, who shall be chairman and a voting member of such board.
The department that convenes the trial board is responsible, under Section 11370.4 of the Government Code, for the cost of the services provided for by the Office of Administrative Hearings in carrying out the provisions of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 806, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Removal › Section 2183.

2183. At least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing the director shall give notice in writing to the commissioner of the time and place of the hearing and such information as to the nature of the charges as will enable the commissioner to present a defense to the charges.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Removal › Section 2185.

2185. The trial board shall, within 30 days subsequent to the conclusion of the hearing make an order dismissing the charges or an order disqualifying the commissioner.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Removal › Section 2186.

2186. If the order disqualifies the commissioner, the director shall revoke the commissioner’s license and declare his or her office vacant. A copy of the order shall be immediately transmitted by the director to the board of supervisors and the auditor of the county in which the commissioner held office.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 734, Sec. 15. Effective September 18, 1987.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 4 - Removal › Section 2187.

2187. The license of a deputy commissioner may be revoked in the same manner and for the same causes that a license of a commissioner may be revoked.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 734, Sec. 16. Effective September 18, 1987.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 5 - Compensation › Section 2201.

2201. The compensation provided for a commissioner, deputy commissioner, county agricultural inspector, or clerk who is employed by the year or by the month shall be paid out of the county treasury in the same manner and at the same time as county officers are paid. A commissioner and each deputy commissioner or inspector is entitled to receive his traveling and incidental expenses which are necessarily incurred in the performance of his duty. Such expenses and all compensation which is earned by a commissioner, deputy commissioner, inspector, or clerk who is not employed by the year or by the month are a county charge. The board of supervisors shall allow and pay them in the same manner as other claims are allowed and paid.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 26.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 5 - Compensation › Section 2203.

2203. The commissioner shall be paid his or her compensation and traveling and incidental expenses while he or she is attending the annual meeting of the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association or its successor and any other meetings he or she is required by the secretary to attend, or while he or she is on any service that requires him or her to go outside the county if the performance of that service has been authorized by the board of supervisors, the secretary or director, or this code.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 460, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 5 - Compensation › Section 2204.

2204. The compensation of a commissioner who is appointed by the director shall be paid in the same manner as if he were appointed by the board of supervisors.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 5 - Compensation › Section 2205.

2205. The rate and manner of payment of compensation for a commissioner who is employed pursuant to Section 2124 shall be fixed by the board of supervisors of the employing county. He is entitled to receive his traveling and incidental expenses which are necessarily incurred in the performance of his duty.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 5 - Compensation › Section 2206.

2206. The board of supervisors of any county in which the director is required by Section 2125 to perform the duties of commissioner shall, upon claim which is duly submitted, reimburse the department for all expenses which are incurred by the director in fulfilling his responsibilities in performing such duties. The amount of reimbursement shall not, however, be in excess of an amount which is established by an agreement between the board of supervisors and the director pursuant to Section 482 of this code or Section 25801 of the Government Code.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15. Note: See this section as modified on July 17, 1991, in Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 6 - Cooperative Salary Agreements › Section 2221.

2221. For the purpose of this article the base salary of a commissioner is the salary, or if a salary range is established, the lowest step in such range, which was established for the position for the month of January, 1959.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 6 - Cooperative Salary Agreements › Section 2222.

2222. For the purpose of securing more uniform and adequate enforcement of this code throughout the state, the director may enter into cooperative agreements with the board of supervisors of any county which relate to the compensation of the county agricultural commissioner of the county, or which relate to compensation of the county for services which are performed for the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 874.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 6 - Cooperative Salary Agreements › Section 2223.

2223. In the agreement the board of supervisors shall agree not to reduce the salary of the commissioner to less than the base salary. The director may agree to pay to the county a sum not to exceed six thousand six hundred dollars ($6,600) per year to be used for the salary of the commissioner, or to compensate the county for services which are performed for the department. The amount which is paid to a county shall not, however, exceed two-thirds of the amount of the salary which is paid to its commissioner.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 874.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 6 - Cooperative Salary Agreements › Section 2224.

2224. The director may agree with the board of supervisors of any county in which no salary was established for the position of commissioner for January, 1959, that the state will pay not to exceed six thousand six hundred dollars ($6,600) per year of the amount to be used for payment of the salary of a commissioner for such county, or of a commissioner who is employed pursuant to Section 2124. The amount which is paid the county shall not, however, exceed two-thirds of the amount of the salary which is paid to the commissioner.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 874.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 7 - Offices, Equipment and Supplies › Section 2242.

2242. The board of supervisors shall provide a suitable office for the commissioner, and shall furnish and equip his office with all necessary furniture, supplies, and effects for the proper discharge of his duties.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 7 - Offices, Equipment and Supplies › Section 2243.

2243. The board of supervisors may also provide the commissioner with all necessary field equipment for the proper discharge of the duties of his office.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 7 - Offices, Equipment and Supplies › Section 2244.

2244. All expenses which are ordered by the board of supervisors for the office, furniture, supplies, effects, and equipment for the commissioner are a county charge. The board of supervisors shall allow and pay such expenses out of the general fund of the county.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2272.

2272. (a) The commissioner shall make an annual report to the director on the condition of agriculture in his or her county and on what is being done to eradicate, control, or manage pests, and actions relating to the exclusion of pests or quarantine against pests. The commissioner may include in the annual report information relating to organic farming methods, biotechnology, integrated pest management, and biological control activities in the county. The commissioner shall also furnish from time to time to the director any other information the director may require.
(b) This section shall become operative July 1, 1999.
(Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 870, Sec. 3. Effective September 28, 1998. Section operative July 1, 1999, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2275.

2275. The commissioner, for the purpose of learning the best and most efficacious methods of performing his or her duties, shall attend the annual meeting of the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association or its successor, and any other meetings as the secretary or director shall require.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 460, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2276.

2276. The commissioner shall, for the purpose of becoming informed about new and dangerous agricultural pests, observing and learning new and better methods of pest control, and determining the best and most efficacious methods of conducting the work of his department, consult with staff members of the United States Department of Agriculture, the State Department of Agriculture, the University of California, and with agricultural commissioners of other counties. He shall make such trips outside of the county which are necessary for such purposes, if authorized by the board of supervisors.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2276.5.

2276.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, acting under policy direction of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, California’s unique system of county agricultural commissioners forms the front line of defense in protecting the state from the many exotic and invasive species threatening our people, commerce, and environment.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that agricultural commissioners take an increasingly assertive and proactive role in the exclusion and detection of exotic and invasive species in the urban environment, particularly those potentially spread by human activities, such as landscaping and yard maintenance.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 574, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2277.

2277. The commissioner shall, if directed by the board of supervisors, collect, prepare, and install exhibits for public information which illustrate the work of his department, depict the resources of the county, or display the products of the county.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2278.

2278. The commissioner may disseminate information which relates to pests that may exist in his county, or are likely to exist in it. The information may include life histories, habits, methods of detection, and methods of control of such pests.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2279.

2279. The commissioner shall compile reports of the condition, acreage, production, and value of the agricultural products in his county. The commissioner may publish such reports, and shall transmit a copy of them to the director.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2280.

2280. The director, when acting in person with a commissioner, has all the rights of such commissioner.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15. Note: See this section as modified on July 17, 1991, in Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2281.

2281. Except as otherwise specifically provided, in all cases where provisions of this code place joint responsibility for the enforcement of laws and regulations on the director and the commissioner, the commissioner shall be responsible for local administration of the enforcement program. The director shall be responsible for overall statewide enforcement and shall issue instructions and make recommendations to the commissioner. Such instructions and recommendations shall govern the procedure to be followed by the commissioner in the discharge of his duties. The director shall furnish assistance in planning and otherwise developing an adequate county enforcement program, including uniformity, coordination, training, special services, special equipment, and forms, statewide publicity, statewide planning, and emergency assistance.
The instructions and recommendations shall include a cost analysis of the local administration of such programs, determined from data supplied by the commissioner pursuant to Section 2272. Such cost analysis shall identify the joint programs or activities for which funds necessary to maintain adequate county administration and enforcement have not been provided. The director shall develop, jointly with the commissioners, county priorities for such enforcement programs and activities.
The director shall report annually to the Legislature his findings concerning the cost analysis with specific regard to programs where funds are inadequate for an efficient enforcement program, together with a listing of the priorities jointly established by the director and the commissioners that are contained in the formal instructions and recommendations of the director.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 820. Note: See this section as modified on July 17, 1991, in Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2282.

2282. (a) Except as provided in Section 2282.5, and to the extent funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or the Director of Pesticide Regulation may allocate annually to each county an amount determined by the secretary or the director not to exceed one-third of the amount expended by the county during the previous fiscal year for the programs of joint responsibility under the jurisdiction of the secretary or director, as applicable. The allocations shall be made from funds appropriated to the secretary or the director for purposes of carrying out activities of joint responsibility with the commissioners at the local levels.
(b) The annual report to the Legislature required by Section 2281 shall include findings for each of the following joint programs, including the amounts allocated to, and expended by, the counties in the previous fiscal year and the proposed amount to be allocated by the secretary for each program for the ensuing budget year:
(1) Pest detection.
(2) Pest eradication.
(3) Pest management control.
(4) Pest exclusion.
(5) Seed inspection.
(6) Nursery inspection.
(7) Fruit and vegetable quality control.
(8) Egg quality control.
(9) Apiary inspection.
(10) Crop statistics.
The report shall also specify the programs that have been augmented with state funds each year since 1980 because of new legislative mandates, or because of pest infestations or outbreaks occurring since that date, and the annual amounts of those augmentations.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 573, Sec. 2. Effective September 23, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2282.5.

2282.5. (a) The development of work plans for allocation of the funding appropriated in the Budget Act to the department for local assistance for agricultural plant and animal pest and disease prevention shall be the responsibility of the department. The department shall establish criteria for the development of the work plans and for allocating the appropriated funds.
(b) Of the amount appropriated in the Budget Act to the department for local assistance for agricultural plant and animal pest and disease prevention, five million five hundred thousand dollars ($5,500,000) shall be utilized solely for high-risk pest exclusion activities. The work plans for the exclusion of high-risk pests shall be developed by the department with the county agricultural commissioners and in consultation with affected industry representatives. In order to determine the effectiveness of high-risk pest exclusion programs in each county, the criteria established by the department for the work plan shall include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(1) The number of high-risk plant shipments entering each county.
(2) The number of high-risk entry points in each county.
(3) The number of state action quarantine pests intercepted or detected annually in each county.
(4) The work hours expended by each county in conducting exclusion of high-risk pests.
(5) The rate of interceptions and rejections per inspection activity.
(c) To remain eligible for funding under this section, a county shall maintain its support of ongoing operational costs of the county agricultural commissioner programs listed in subdivision (b) of Section 2282, at 1997–98 fiscal year levels.
(d) Funds allocated for high-risk pest exclusion activities pursuant to subdivision (b) may not be expended for any purpose other than the exclusion or detection of high-risk pests consistent with the work plans prescribed in subdivision (a) or scientific evaluation. Funds allocated by each county on or after September 28, 1998, shall not be allocated to other programs listed in subdivision (b) of Section 2282 until the county work plan is approved by the department consistent with the funding appropriated in the Budget Act to the department for local assistance for agricultural plant and animal pest and disease prevention for this purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 573, Sec. 3. Effective September 23, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2283.

2283. The commissioner, in carrying out his responsibilities under Section 2281, may assist the department in the conduct of surveys or investigations pursuant to Section 461 for the purpose of preventing the introduction and spread of injurious insect or animal pests, plant diseases, and noxious weeds under Section 403.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 859, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2284.

2284. The commissioner may, with the approval of the board of supervisors, contract with any person or association to certify the condition of a shipment of a product regulated under this code. The condition certified to may include the temperature of the product. The contract shall provide for payment to the commissioner for the commissioner’s total cost in performing the certification.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 242, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2285.

2285. For the purpose of developing necessary information and securing the best results for agriculture in this state, the commissioner may correspond and meet with any interested individual, agency, group, association, or educational institution with an interest in, or information regarding, agricultural practices, as resources allow. As used in this section “agriculture” includes, but is not limited to, developments and issues regarding all agricultural practices, traditional and alternative pest control methodology, and other areas of agriculture resource management. The California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association may provide a forum by which a commissioner keeps informed and may facilitate discussions with other associations, institutions, agencies, organizations, or groups relating to resource management and protection for agriculture.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 204, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2286.

2286. The discretionary immunity doctrine as applied to a public entity and an employee of a public entity pursuant to Sections 815.2 and 820.2 of the Government Code applies to decisions of a county department of agriculture and an employee of a county department of agriculture enforcing a state or local pest control or pest eradication statute, regulation, or ordinance. Nothing in this section authorizes or affects the filing of an action challenging the legal authority of the county department of agriculture to undertake the pest control or eradication action.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 818, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 2 - County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees › ARTICLE 8 - Powers and Duties › Section 2287.

2287. Whenever the commissioner determines that it is necessary to more effectively or more efficiently carry out a program listed in subdivision (b) of Section 2282, the commissioner may enter into a mutual aid agreement with other counties for the purpose of sharing staff, equipment, expertise, information, and other resources necessary to meet the needs of the program.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 890, Sec. 6. Effective October 10, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 3 - County Veterinarian › ARTICLE 2 - Compensation › Section 2321.

2321. The veterinarian shall receive a salary which is fixed by the board of supervisors. It shall be payable at the same time, in the same manner, and from the same fund as other county officers are paid.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 2 - LOCAL ADMINISTRATION › CHAPTER 3 - County Veterinarian › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 2342.

2342. The veterinarian shall enforce throughout the county all of the provisions of this code which relate to the health and sanitary surroundings of livestock, poultry, and rabbits. He shall enforce within unincorporated territory all orders and ordinances of the board of supervisors which relate to such subjects.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 3001.

3001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of the chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 3002.

3002. “Courtesy pass admission” means any admission, without payment of the admission charge, to any state, county, district, or citrus fruit fair, except any of the following:
(a) Credential admission.
(b) Admission of any child under 12 years of age.
(c) Admission of any military personnel in uniform.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 3003.

3003. “Credential admission” means any admission which is authorized by the board of directors of a state, district, or citrus fruit fair, or by the board of supervisors of a county for admission to a fair without payment of the admission charge when a service is rendered by the person who is admitted which is necessary for the conduct of the fair.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 3021.

3021. Every state, district, county, or citrus fruit fair which receives any money from the State Treasury shall permit the admission without payment of the admission charge of all children 12 years of age or under on at least one day, which is designated by the fair, during each fair period.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 3022.

3022. If a charge is made for admission to enter a state, district, county, or citrus fruit fair, the following persons may be admitted to such fairgrounds without the payment of the established admission price:
(a) Persons with credential admissions.
(b) Persons with courtesy pass admissions.
(c) Military personnel in uniform.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 3023.

3023. A credential admission may be issued to any individual, association, or body that does any of the following:
(a) Prepares or services any educational, commercial, industrial, livestock, agricultural, horticultural, or viticultural display or exhibit.
(b) Services, maintains, or operates any concession.
(c) Renders, through agreement with the fair, a service to fair patrons.
(d) Renders a necessary public service.
(e) Safeguards health.
(f) Provides for public safety.
(g) Participates in any parade or event which is necessary for the conduct of the fair.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 3024.

3024. Credential admissions may, also, be issued to any of the following persons:
(a) Representatives of press, radio, and television personally engaged in obtaining and transmitting public information.
(b) Ambulance drivers.
(c) Firemen on duty.
(d) Repairmen who are necessary to service utilities.
(e) Employees of the fair.
(f) State officials in the performance of their duty.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 3025.

3025. The words “credential admission” shall be printed on each ticket which is issued as a credential admission.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 3026.

3026. The percentage of courtesy pass admissions to any state, county, district, or citrus fruit fair shall not exceed 4 percent of the gross paid admission to the fair in the preceding calendar year.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 3028.

3028. Each fair shall maintain complete records of the number of credential and courtesy pass admissions which are issued for each fair period.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Free Admissions › ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 3029.

3029. Each fair shall make an annual report to the department, as prescribed by the department, of the total number of credential and courtesy pass admissions issued and honored at the fair.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Horserace Meetings at State or District Fairs › Section 3101.

3101. The expenditure of funds for insurance which is authorized by this chapter is a public purpose and is in furtherance of the purposes for which state and district fairs are conducted.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Horserace Meetings at State or District Fairs › Section 3102.

3102. If the Department of Parks and Recreation or the board of directors of any district agricultural association finds that, in order to conduct a successful horserace meeting with adequate competition and a sufficient number of competent jockeys and exercise boys, it is necessary that it purchase suitable accident and disability insurance for the benefit of the jockeys and exercise boys who are participating in the horserace meeting, it may purchase such insurance to protect them from the physical hazards of such participation.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 829.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - Horserace Meetings at State or District Fairs › Section 3103.

3103. The accident and disability insurance shall be in addition to the workers’ compensation insurance which is required to be carried by licensed horse owners.
(Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1454.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 3200.

3200. All funds appropriated or designated for California fairs and expositions pursuant to this chapter or any other law shall be deposited into the Fair and Exposition Fund and be continuously appropriated as specified in Sections 19606.1 and 19620.2 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 808, Sec. 2. (SB 368) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3301.

3301. It is the intent of the Legislature to vitalize the California Exposition and State Fair by creating a new entity in state government managed by a board of directors with sufficient autonomy for efficient operation balanced by appropriate state oversight. The board of directors shall develop a policy which provides managerial and fiscal responsibility and shall work towards a goal of fiscal independence from state General Fund support. The board of directors shall develop a policy which provides for an innovative program including the concept of an agriculturally themed exposition which would communicate the issues surrounding the production and marketing of food, fiber, and plant material to the general public and such other concepts as are feasible.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1148.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3302.

3302. No changes shall be made in the uses of the flood plain on California Exposition and State Fair property until the board has adopted a management plan for the flood plain area which complies with the law concerning Bushy Lake Preservation in Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 5830) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code and with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1119, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3303.

3303. As used in this part, “board” or “board of directors” means the Board of Directors of the California Exposition and State Fair.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1148.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3304.

3304. All records, information, equipment, and real and personal property held by the Department of Parks and Recreation relating to the former California Exposition and State Fair administered and managed by the Department of Parks and Recreation shall be transferred to the California Exposition and State Fair created by Section 3311.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1148.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3305.

3305. All civil service employees of the Division of Exposition and State Fair of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall retain all of their positions, status, rights, privileges, and benefits. The California Exposition and State Fair shall not be required to retain any unnecessary officer or employee. The Department of Parks and Recreation shall endeavor to transfer as many of the affected employees as possible to other positions within the Department of Parks and Recreation. The California Exposition and State Fair created by Section 3311 shall endeavor to employ as many of the affected employees as possible.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1148.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3306.

3306. The California Exposition and State Fair created by Section 3311 shall assume all of the obligation for any revenue bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 1072 of the Statutes of 1957.
Nothing in this part shall impair any of the rights given the holders of bonds sold by the State Public Works Board pursuant to the State Building Construction Act of 1955 (Part 10b (commencing with Section 15800) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1148.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 3307.

3307. (a) All activities conducted at the California Exposition and State Fair are subject to the noise control ordinance, Chapter 66 (commencing with Section 66.101) of the Sacramento City Code, adopted by the City of Sacramento and in effect on December 1, 1983. Amendments to the ordinance made after December 1, 1983, are not applicable to the California Exposition and State Fair.
(b) The California Exposition and State Fair may obtain a variance from the noise ordinance pursuant to the provisions in the ordinance relating to a variance.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 878, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 3311.

3311. The California Exposition and State Fair is hereby created as a separate independent entity in state government. The California Exposition and State Fair shall be governed by its board of directors.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 694, Sec. 1.6. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 3312.

3312. (a) The governing body of the California Exposition and State Fair shall be an 11-member board of directors. The directors shall be residents of California and shall be appointed as follows:
(1) Nine directors shall be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate. The directors appointed by the Governor shall have general knowledge of, interest in, and expertise in one or more of the following areas: fair management, city or county government, horseracing, the arts, exhibiting, the media, education, youth, commerce and commercial products of the state, industry and industrial products of the state, agricultural production and forest industries, the entertainment industry, livestock and poultry, sports, recreation, fisheries, oceanography, organized labor, and finance and banking.
(A) Five of the directors appointed by the Governor shall be knowledgeable in the production, processing, or marketing of agricultural products and may be appointed from lists of nominees submitted for consideration to the Governor from California agricultural organizations, district agricultural associations, and county and citrus fruit fairs.
(B) One of the directors appointed by the Governor shall be a public member.
(C) Three of the directors appointed by the Governor shall be representative, to the extent possible, of areas of knowledge, interest, and expertise enumerated in this paragraph.
(2) One director shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and one director shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. These persons shall be representative, to the extent possible, of areas of knowledge, interest, and expertise enumerated in paragraph (1).
(b) Except for directors appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, the directors shall be appointed for four-year terms. The appointing authority shall appoint directors to fill vacancies which occur during a term, and except for directors appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly, the appointments shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Of the four vacancies that will occur on December 31, 1986, two of the vacancies shall be filled by persons appointed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 43, Sec. 2. (AB 1831) Effective June 27, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 3314.

3314. The directors shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1148.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 3315.

3315. Any director who misses three consecutive regular meetings of the board without permission of the board shall be deemed to have resigned from the board.
A director may be removed for cause by the Governor, upon recommendation of the board.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1148.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 3316.

3316. The board may appoint advisory committees. Advisory committees may provide information and advice to the board with respect to the operations and management of the California Exposition and State Fair or such other matters as the board deems appropriate.
The California State Fair Advisory Commission is hereby abolished. Nothing in this part shall, however, prevent the members of the former commission from being appointed to the board or advisory committees.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1148.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 2 - Organization › Section 3317.

3317. The two Members of the Legislature who represent the Assembly and Senate district in which the California Exposition and State Fair facilities are located and the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Joint Committee on Fairs Allocation and Classification shall meet with and, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution, advise the board to the extent that such advisory participation is not incompatible with their duties as Members of the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 825, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 3321.

3321. The board shall appoint, pursuant to Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution, a general manager of the California Exposition and State Fair who shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The term of office and duties of the general manager shall be determined by the board.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1148.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 3 - EXPOSITIONS AND FAIRS › PART 2 - CALIFORNIA EXPOSITION AND STATE FAIR › CHAPTER 3 - Administration › Section 3322.

3322. (a) The following officers of the California Exposition and State Fair shall be appointed by the Governor, pursuant to Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution, upon recommendation of the board:
(1) Deputy general manager.
(2) Program manager.
(3) Marketing manager.
(b) The state officers appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall serve at the pleasure of the board, under the direction of the general manager.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 825, Sec. 2. Effective September 30, 2006.)