California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 3 - Plant Quarantine Inspection Stations

• Section 5341.
  To prevent the introduction into, or the spread within this state, of pests, the director shall maintain at such places within this state as he...
• Section 5341.5.
  (a) Every operator of a motor vehicle entering the state with a shipment of any agricultural commodity shall cause the vehicle and the shipment to be...
• Section 5342.
  Plant quarantine officers at plant quarantine inspection stations may ascertain the origin, quantity, and kinds of meat and meat products, poultry and poultry products, eggs,...
• Section 5343.
  The director shall cause conspicuous signs to be erected at or near each inspection station which disclose the existence of the station.(Enacted by Stats. 1967,...
• Section 5343.5.
  At any inspection station maintained at or near the California border by the director pursuant to Section 5341, the following sign shall be conspicuously posted...
• Section 5344.
  (a) It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail to stop the vehicle at an inspection station or to willfully avoid an inspection...
• Section 5345.
  It is unlawful for any person to operate upon any highway in this state any vehicle which, in violation of Section 5344, was not stopped...
• Section 5346.
  (a) It is unlawful for any person to conceal any plant from any plant quarantine officer or to fail to present it or any quarantined article...
• Section 5348.
  Plant quarantine officers, and officers of the California Highway Patrol, are authorized to cite persons for any violation of this article.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch....
• Section 5349.
  (a) It is unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to intentionally route the vehicle and travel on that route in order to prevent the vehicle...
• Section 5350.
  (a) The director shall establish a program for the inspection of conveyances entering California through airport and maritime facilities to prevent the introduction into, or the...
• Section 5350.5.
  (a)The director may establish a task force comprised of representatives of the following industries:(1) Air common carriers.(2) Port authorities.(3) Maritime common carriers.(4) Other industries that the director deems appropriate.(b) The...
• Section 5351.
  (a) The director shall levy a service charge, to the extent authorized by subsection (b) of Section 1513 of Title 49 of the United States Code,...
• Section 5352.
  To the extent permitted by federal law, the director shall levy a fee on commercial marine carriers, based on the schedule established pursuant to Section...
• Section 5353.
  (a) Each air carrier or foreign air carrier engaged in foreign air commerce which carries animals or plants or other materials which are, or are likely...

Last modified: October 22, 2018