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2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8555.

8555. Any payment made to the owner or owners of citrus trees removed pursuant to Section 8553 or 8554 shall in no event exceed the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per geographical acre.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 17.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8556.

8556. The commissioner of the county in which the district is located shall, upon request of the board and without fee or charge, supervise and direct, in accordance with the best known and accepted methods as determined by the board, all activities undertaken by the district for the control or eradication of citrus pests.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 18.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8557.

8557. The board shall, immediately after its qualification, formulate an effective plan based on the best known and accepted methods for the control and eradication of the citrus pests within the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 19.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8558.

8558. After the final adoption of the plan, the board shall make or cause to be made an estimate of the cost of operating the plan for the next fiscal year beginning not sooner than 90 days thereafter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8559.

8559. Within 30 days after the receipt of the estimate, the board shall adopt a preliminary budget of expenditures for such fiscal year.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8560.

8560. Upon the adoption of the preliminary budget, the board shall fix a time and place for holding a hearing thereon.
The hearing shall not be less than 20 days, nor more than 40 days, after the adoption of the preliminary budget.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8561.

8561. The board shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the preliminary budget by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8562.

8562. The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8563.

8563. The notice shall contain all of the following:
(a) A summary of the proposed budget and shall refer to the original on file with the board for further particulars.
(b) State that it is the intention to raise the amount of money required to meet the proposed budget by levying an assessment upon the assessed value of the citrus trees within the district in accordance with this part.
(c) A statement of the day, hour, and place, when and where any and all persons interested may appear and object to the adoption of the budget or to any item in it.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 20.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8564.

8564. At any time not later than the hour set for hearing objections to the proposed budget, any owner of citrus acreage in the district may make written protest against the budget or any item in it.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 21.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8565.

8565. At the time set for hearing protests, the board shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made and its decision on the protests shall be final and conclusive.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8566.

8566. At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution entered on its minutes make such changes in the proposed budget as it finds are proper and advisable. The tentative budget as so changed or modified shall be the budget of the district for the forthcoming fiscal year.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8567.

8567. There may be added to the budget for the first fiscal year of the operation of the district an amount not in excess of 20 percent of the total amount of the budget to cover the preliminary expenses of the district and for the expenses of operation up to the beginning of the first fiscal year.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 4 - Powers and Duties of the District › Section 8568.

8568. For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year of operation of the district, the board shall adopt the final budget therefor in the same manner and at the same time that the budget for the first fiscal year was adopted.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes › Section 8601.

8601. (a) The county assessor, in making the annual assessment of property in each and every year after the organization of the district, shall assess any parcel of real property with 25 or more citrus trees on it and enter as a separate item, on the assessment roll for each such parcel of real propety included in the district, the value, as improvements on the parcel, of all citrus trees which are growing on it.
(b) For the purpose of this part, the county assessor shall assess all citrus acreage at a uniform value per acre. The assessment shall be upon an acreage basis and the number of acres shall be determined conclusively, except as otherwise provided in this section, by the assessor counting the trees and dividing the total number by the number of trees per acre of average planting. The county assessor in counting the citrus trees shall not, however, count any more than 200 trees on any one acre of land, and for any citrus acreage which has from 70 to 100 trees per acre the number of acres to be determined by the county assessor shall be the actual acreage of the parcel.
(c) Upon completing the assessment roll of the county in each year, the assessor shall separately compute and certify, to the board of supervisors, the total assessed value, as shown by the assessment roll, of all the citrus trees in the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 22.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes › Section 8602.

8602. Whenever acreage within the district is planted with citrus trees in such a fashion as to qualify as citrus acreage, the acreage is subject to assessment as provided in this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 23.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes › Section 8603.

8603. Whenever any citrus trees have been removed from any parcel of land included in the district, the owner of the parcel of land may file with the board an affidavit particularly describing the parcel of land, and setting forth the fact of the removal therefrom of the trees. Thereupon, the board shall cause an investigation of the parcel of land to be made and, if the board finds the allegations of the affidavit are true, the board shall immediately certify this fact to the county assessor and the amount of citrus acreage removed shall not be assessed on the next assessment roll.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 24.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes › Section 8604.

8604. (a) The board shall, on or before the first Monday in July of each year, file with the board of supervisors the final budget which sets forth all estimated expenditures of the district for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July. A copy of the budget shall also at the same time be filed with the auditor of the county.
(b) The board of supervisors shall annually, at the time of levying other county taxes, levy an assessment upon all the citrus trees planted or growing in the district, regardless of age, as assessed by the assessor pursuant to this part. The rate shall be such as will produce, after due allowance for delinquency, the amount determined as necessary to be raised on the secured roll. If a fraction of a cent occurs on a valuation of one hundred dollars ($100), it shall be taken as a full cent.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 25.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes › Section 8605.

8605. The assessment authorized to be assessed and levied is hereby declared to be in the nature of a special assessment, and the Legislature hereby finds that the owners of all citrus trees will be benefited by the district to the same extent and in the same manner regardless of the age of the trees. The assessments authorized by this chapter to be assessed and levied on the trees shall be assessed and levied on all citrus trees regardless of their age.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 26.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes › Section 8606.

8606. The tax so levied shall be computed and entered upon the assessment roll by the county auditor, and if the supervisors fail to levy the tax as required, the auditor shall do so. The tax 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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes › Section 8607.

8607. The general provisions of the laws of this state, prescribing the manner of levying and collecting county taxes and the duties of the several county officers with respect to levying and collecting county taxes, are, so far as they are applicable and not in conflict with the specific provisions of this part, hereby adopted and made a part of this part. The several county officers thus referred to shall be liable upon their several official bonds for the faithful discharge of the duties imposed upon them by this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes › Section 8608.

8608. The county treasury shall be the repository of all the moneys of the district. The county treasurer shall receive and receipt for all such moneys, and place the same to the credit of the district. He shall be responsible upon his official bond for the safekeeping and disbursement, in the manner provided in this part, of all moneys of the district so held by him.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes › Section 8609.

8609. 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 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 part, notwithstanding any other provision of law limiting the expenditure of any such money to a specific area or county.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 5 - Levying and Assessing Taxes for District Purposes › Section 8610.

8610. 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 chairman or vice chairman and attested by the secretary or assistant 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 chairman or vice chairman and attested to by the secretary or assistant secretary, to meet the district’s expenses, including salaries, at such intervals as is approved by the board of supervisors. The county treasurer shall report in writing on the first day of July, October, January, and March of each year, to the board the amount of money he then holds for the districts, the amount of receipts since his last report, and the amounts paid out. Each such report shall be verified and filed with the secretary of the district to whom it is addressed.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 231.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 6 - Inclusion of Lands › Section 8651.

8651. Lands devoted exclusively to the growing of citrus fruits within a tract of land outside the district but in the county wherein the district is located may be annexed to the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 27.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation › Section 8701.

8701. Any two or more districts organized or existing under this part may be consolidated, whether or not the boundaries are coterminous and whether or not the districts are located in the same county.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation › Section 8702.

8702. Proceedings for consolidation may be initiated by the filing of a petition for consolidation with the board of each district to be consolidated. Each petition shall be signed by the owners of 51 percent by area of the citrus land in the district. Upon the filing of a petition, the board of directors shall adopt a resolution which recites the fact of receipt and the willingness of the district to consolidate, and shall then send copies of the petition and resolution to the board of directors of each of the other districts. The board shall send the original petition and a certified copy of the resolution to the board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of citrus acreage of the proposed consolidated district, and a copy of the petition and resolution to the board of supervisors of each of the other counties in which is located any part of the proposed consolidated district.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 28.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation › Section 8703.

8703. Upon presentation and filing of the petitions of two or more districts proposing consolidation, the board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of citrus acreage of the proposed consolidated district shall fix a time and place for hearing the petitions. 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 Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8451).
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 29.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation › Section 8704.

8704. If the board of supervisors determines that the consolidation is feasible and for the best interests of the citrus growers of the respective districts, it shall by resolution duly adopted declare the districts consolidated into one district, giving the consolidated district a name which name shall include the term “consolidated.” Certified copies of the resolution shall be filed with the Secretary of State and, for record, 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 which 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 which is included in the consolidated district.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 30.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation › Section 8705.

8705. Upon the adoption of a resolution consolidating two or more districts, the board of supervisors shall immediately appoint a board of directors of at least five members, including at least one member from each of the districts which are included in the consolidated district. If any of the districts which are included in the consolidated district includes more than 15,000 acres of citrus acreage, the board of directors shall be increased to a number equal to the number of districts which are included in the consolidated district, plus one additional director for each 10,000 acres, or major fraction of 10,000 acres, in any one district which is included in the consolidated district.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 31.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation › Section 8706.

8706. The board of a consolidated district has all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the board of any other district. The members of the board shall be appointed in the same manner and serve for the same term as the directors of any other district. If, however, the number of directors is increased to more than five, as provided in Section 8705, the sixth member of the first board shall serve for three years, the seventh for two years, and all in excess of seven for one year each.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 7 - Consolidation › Section 8707.

8707. Any district which 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 which is signed by the owners of not less than 51 percent by area of citrus land 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 under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8451). 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. All moneys collected from a district after it withdraws from a consolidated district shall be held for the use of the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 32.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution of Districts › Section 8751.

8751. Upon the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors, signed by the owners of not less than 60 percent by area of the citrus acreage in the district, 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, nor more than 40 days, after the filing of the petition.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 33.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution of Districts › Section 8752.

8752. The board of supervisors shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the petition for dissolution.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution of Districts › Section 8753.

8753. 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 such hearing protests against the dissolution of the district shall be considered by the board of supervisors.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution of Districts › Section 8754.

8754. Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution of Districts › Section 8755.

8755. The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution of Districts › Section 8756.

8756. If, at the hearing, a majority of the members of the board of supervisors find that the dissolution of the district will benefit the citrus industry of the county, it shall by resolution dissolve the district.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 34.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution of Districts › Section 8757.

8757. 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 the same with the Secretary of State. Thereupon, the district is dissolved for all purposes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution of Districts › Section 8758.

8758. Upon dissolution, the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district which is situated within the corporate limits of any city shall vest absolutely in such city. If such property is situated without the corporate limits of the city, it shall vest in the county in which the property is situated.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5 - CITRUS PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 8 - Dissolution of Districts › Section 8759.

8759. The board of supervisors is ex officio the governing body of the dissolved district. It may levy such taxes and assessments and perform such other acts as may be necessary to wind up the affairs of the district and to raise money for the payment of any outstanding indebtedness.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8760.

8760. This part shall be known as the Olive, Stone, and Pome Fruit Pest District Control Law.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8761.

8761. All of Part 5 (commencing with Section 8401) applies to olive, stone, and pome fruit pest control districts and is hereby incorporated in this part as though set forth in full in this part unless a provision in this part expressly states that the provision is not applicable to this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8762.

8762. Any district formed pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 8401) to control and eradicate olive, stone, and pome fruit pests shall continue in existence without further proceedings and shall be subject to this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8763.

8763. Sections 8451, 8551, 8553, 8554, 8555, 8556, 8601, 8602, 8603, and 8604, and subdivision (b) of Section 8563 do not apply to this part.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 35.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8764.

8764. It is the purpose of this part to make available a procedure for the organization, operation, government, and dissolution of districts for the more effective control and eradication of olive, stone, and pome fruit pests, whichever products the district is established to protect.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8764.5.

8764.5. Proceedings for the formation of a district within any county shall be commenced by a petition that is signed by the owners of not less than 51 percent by area of the land in the proposed district, which may be composed of noncontiguous parcels within the county devoted exclusively to the growing of olive, stone, and pome fruit trees. The petition shall be addressed to, and filed with, the board of supervisors of the county.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8764.6.

8764.6. (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any olive, stone, and pome fruit acreage that it finds will not be benefited by the proposed project, and it may include in the district any noncontiguous lands that it finds will be benefited if it also finds it will be in the interest of the district to include these lands. The inclusion may be upon application of the owner or, without the owner’s application, upon giving the owner notice of the proposed inclusion and an opportunity for a hearing on it.
(b) Notice of inclusion shall be mailed, postage prepaid, by the clerk of the board of supervisors, to the address of the owner of the land as shown by the last equalized county assessment roll, and to any person that has filed with the clerk that person’s name and address and description of land in which he or she has either a legal or equitable interest. The notice shall describe the land proposed to be included, and shall state the time and place at which objections to the inclusion will be heard.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8765.

8765. “Olive, stone, and pome fruit acreage” means any parcel, tract, or lot of land with 10 or more olive, stone, or pome fruit trees of any age growing on it with a commercial value of at least two hundred fifty dollars ($250), except a parcel, tract, or lot that is used as a nursery.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8766.

8766. The district shall have perpetual succession and may do all of the following:
(a) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction. Section 820.9 of the Government Code applies to this subdivision.
(b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
(c) Take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, or otherwise, and hold, use and enjoy, and lease, or otherwise dispose of, real and personal property of every kind and description within or without the district necessary to the full and convenient exercise of its powers.
(d) Cause assessments to be levied, as provided in this chapter to pay any obligation of the district and to accomplish the purposes of the district in the manner provided in this part.
(e) Make contracts, and employ, except as otherwise provided in this part, all persons, firms, and corporations necessary to carry out the purposes and the powers of the district, and at any salary, wage, or other compensation as the board of directors shall determine.
(f) Eradicate, remove, or prevent the spread of any and all olive, stone, or pome fruit pests.
(g) Enter into or upon any land included within the boundaries of the district for the purpose of inspecting and treating the olive, stone, or pome fruit trees and other host plants and fruit growing on them.
(h) Perform any and all acts either within or outside the district necessary or proper to fully and completely carry out the purposes for which the district was organized.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8767.

8767. In order to expedite the elimination of the source of the olive fruit fly and the apple maggot, a district may, with the consent of the owner, remove trees that have not been determined to be infested with the olive fruit fly or the apple maggot.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8768.

8768. The board in which the district is located shall, after consultation with the commissioner, supervise and direct, in accordance with the best known and accepted methods as determined by the board, all activities undertaken by the district for the control or eradication of olive, stone, or pome fruit pests. The board may authorize the use of nonchemical alternatives.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8769.

8769. (a) The board, annually after the organization of the district, shall assess any assessor’s parcel of real property with 10 or more olive, stone, or pome fruit trees on it and enter as a separate item, on an annual assessment roll for each assessor’s parcel of real property included in the district, the number of all olive, stone, or pome fruit trees that are growing on it.
(b) For the purpose of this part, the board shall assess all olive, stone, or pome fruit acreage at a uniform value per tree. The assessment shall be upon a tree basis and the number of trees shall be determined conclusively by the board counting the trees on each assessor’s parcel. The board, in counting the olive, stone, or pome fruit trees, shall not, however, count any more than 100 trees on any one acre of land.
(c) Upon completing the tree count within the district each year, the board shall separately compute and certify, to the board of supervisors, the total number of all the olive, stone, or pome fruit trees in the district on each parcel.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 83. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8770.

8770. Whenever new acreage within the district is planted with olive, stone, or pome fruit trees so as to qualify as olive, stone, or pome fruit acreage, the trees are subject to assessment as provided in this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 84. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8771.

8771. Whenever any olive, stone, or pome fruit trees have been removed from any parcel of land included in the district, the owner of the parcel of land may file with the board an affidavit particularly describing the parcel of land, and setting forth the fact of the removal of the trees. Upon receipt of the affidavit, the board shall cause an investigation of the parcel of land to be made and, if the board finds the statements in the affidavit are true, the board shall immediately verify this fact and the amount of olive, stone, or pome fruit trees removed shall not be assessed on the next assessment roll.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 5.5 - OLIVE, STONE, AND POME FRUIT PEST DISTRICT CONTROL LAW › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 8772.

8772. (a) The board shall, on or before the first Monday in July of each year, file with the board of supervisors a list of assessor parcel numbers that sets forth all assessments of the district for the fiscal year commencing on the first day of July. At the same time, a copy of the list shall also be filed with the auditor of the county.
(b) The board of supervisors shall annually, at the time of levying county taxes, levy a special assessment upon all the olive, stone, or pome fruit trees planted or growing in the district regardless of age, as submitted by the district pursuant to subdivision (a). The special assessment shall be added to the secured roll and collected by the county on behalf of the district in the same manner that the county collects county taxes.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 179, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 6 - PEST CONTROL COMPACT › Section 8802.

8802. Consistent with law and within available appropriations, the departments, agencies, and officers of this state may cooperate with the fund established by the Pest Control Compact.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 6 - PEST CONTROL COMPACT › Section 8805.

8805. Within the meaning of Article VI(b) or VIII(a), a request or application for assistance from the fund may be made by the Governor whenever in his judgment the conditions qualifying this state for such assistance exist and it would be in the interest of this state to make such request.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 6 - PEST CONTROL COMPACT › Section 8806.

8806. The notice of any meeting at which an application for assistance from the fund is to be considered given pursuant to Article VI (d), shall also be given to the Speaker of the Assembly and the President pro Tempore of the Senate.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 4 - PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 6 - PEST CONTROL COMPACT › Section 8807.

8807. The department, agency, or officer expending or becoming liable for an expenditure on account of a control or eradication program undertaken or intensified pursuant to the compact shall have credited to his account in the State Treasury the amount or amounts of any payments made to this state to defray the cost of such program, or any part thereof, or as reimbursement thereof.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 5 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 1 - DISEASED ANIMALS AND POULTRY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Reports › Section 9101.

9101. (a) The department shall periodically publish and make available a list of reportable conditions that pose or may pose significant threats to public health, animal health, the environment, or the food supply. This document shall be known as the “List of Reportable Conditions for Animals and Animal Products.”
(b) Any licensed veterinarian, any person operating a diagnostic laboratory, or any person who has been informed, recognizes or should recognize, by virtue of education, experience, or occupation, that any animal or animal product is or may be affected by, has been exposed to, or may be transmitting or carrying any condition specified in the “List of Reportable Conditions for Animals and Animal Products,” shall report to the department all known information required by the department within the time specified in the “List of Reportable Conditions for Animals and Animal Products.”
(c) For the purposes of this section, “animal” includes any animal, poultry, fowl, bird, or fish.
(d) While the procedure for selecting the conditions required to be reported and the method of preparation and publication of the “List of Reportable Conditions for Animals and Animal Products” shall be established by regulation, the selection of the specific conditions identified in the “List of Reportable Conditions for Animals and Animal Products” and the timeframe for reporting those conditions are exempt from Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of Government Code.
(e) Until the department publishes the “List of Reportable Conditions for Animals and Animal Products,” the diseases listed in Section 796 of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations shall constitute the conditions required to be reported pursuant to this section.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 503, Sec. 1.2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 5 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 1 - DISEASED ANIMALS AND POULTRY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Serum › Section 9121.

9121. Any person that is engaged in stockraising may purchase for injection in his stock any serum used for the cure or prevention of animal diseases.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 5 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 1 - DISEASED ANIMALS AND POULTRY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - Disposal of Carcasses › Section 9143.

9143. An animal which has died from any contagious disease shall not be used for the food of any human being, domestic animal, or fowl.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 5 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 1 - DISEASED ANIMALS AND POULTRY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3.5 - Laboratory Services › Section 9151.

9151. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Emergency or regulatory condition” includes all diseases or conditions listed as emergency or regulatory conditions in the department’s List of Reportable Conditions for Animals and Animal Products published pursuant to Section 9101.
(b) “Laboratory services” means any of the following:
(1) Providing a residue analysis of animal tissue.
(2) Providing nutrient analysis of animal tissue.
(3) Providing the identification of insects, parasites, bacteria, viruses, prions, or any pathogenic organisms in animal tissue.
(4) Providing any other services compatible with, or incidental to, those laboratory services provided pursuant to Section 9152.
(c) “Poultry” and “livestock” have the same meanings as defined in Sections 9502 and 9503.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 495, Sec. 1. (SB 703) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 5 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 1 - DISEASED ANIMALS AND POULTRY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3.5 - Laboratory Services › Section 9152.

9152. The department shall do all of the following:
(a) Require certification of laboratories providing services in the examination, diagnosis, analysis, testing, quantifying, or identification of any emergency or regulatory condition of poultry or livestock owned or located within the state.
(b) Prescribe procedures and requirements for certification.
(c) Develop and implement regulations necessary to carry out this article.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 495, Sec. 1. (SB 703) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 5 - ANIMAL AND POULTRY QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL › PART 1 - DISEASED ANIMALS AND POULTRY › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3.5 - Laboratory Services › Section 9152.5.

9152.5. A laboratory approved, certified, or accredited by the state or the federal government to provide services equivalent to those described in subdivision (a) of Section 9152 is exempt from this article.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 495, Sec. 1. (SB 703) Effective January 1, 2022.)