California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 5004

FAC § 5004 Effective Jan 1, 1993Div. 4 · Part 1 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

“Noxious weed” means any species of plant that is, or is liable to be, troublesome, aggressive, intrusive, detrimental, or destructive to agriculture, silviculture, or important native species, and difficult to control or eradicate, which the director, by regulation, designates to be a noxious weed. In determining whether or not a species shall be designated a noxious weed for the purposes of protecting silviculture or important native plant species, the director shall not make that designation if the designation will be detrimental to agriculture.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 556, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.