California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 2282.5

FAC § 2282.5 Effective Sep 23, 2000Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 8

Statute text

(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.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 573, Sec. 3. Effective September 23, 2000.