California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 7272

FAC § 7272 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 4 · Part 4 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1.7

Statute text

(a)To be eligible to receive funding from the Noxious Weed Management Account pursuant to this article, a weed management area, as defined in subdivision (b), shall be formed in a county or other geographic area.

(b)A “weed management area” is a local organization that brings together all interested landowners, land managers (private, city, county, state, and federal), special districts, and the public in a county or other geographical area for the purpose of coordinating and combining their action and expertise to deal with their common weed control problems. The organization shall function under the authority of a mutually developed memorandum of understanding and subject to statutory and regulatory requirements. A weed management area may be voluntarily governed by a chairperson or a steering committee.

(c)Not more than 10 percent of the noxious weed management funds distributed to a weed management area subject to this section may be used by that local organization for meeting, travel, administration, and coordination costs.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 208, Sec. 2. (AB 1763) Effective January 1, 2024.