California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 2 - Citrus Disease Prevention

• Section 5911.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the citrus killing diseases, Huanglongbing, citrus leprosis, citrus variegated chlorosis, and citrus canker, and the associated vectors present...
• Section 5912.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions shall govern the construction of this article:(a) “Carton” means a unit equivalent to 40 pounds of citrus fruit.(b) “Citrus”...
• Section 5913.
  (a) There is hereby created the Citrus Disease Management Account in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.(b) The Citrus Disease Management Account shall consist of money...
• Section 5914.
  (a) There is hereby created in the department the California Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Committee.(b) The committee shall be composed of 17 members. Fourteen producer representatives...
• Section 5915.
  (a) The powers and duties of the committee are limited to activities involving the producers of citrus fruit and residential owners of citrus fruit or other...
• Section 5916.
  (a) Upon receipt of a recommendation from the committee for the adoption of regulations, the secretary shall do one of the following within 30 working days:(1) Initiate...
• Section 5917.
  No member or agent of the committee shall be personally liable for the actions of the committee or the department. No member or agent of...
• Section 5918.
  (a)  The committee shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities pursuant to...
• Section 5919.
  (a) During the first marketing season, beginning February 1, 2010, and ending September 30, 2010, the monthly assessment to be paid by producers shall be one...
• Section 5920.
  (a) Upon establishment of a disease prevention program, any handler who does not file the required monthly assessment report and assessments by the 10th day of...
• Section 5921.
  No later than June 30, 2013, the secretary shall hold one or more public hearings to determine whether the operation of this article should be...
• Section 5922.
  (a) If the secretary finds after the hearing that a substantial question of opposition exists among affected producers under this article regarding whether the operation of...
• Section 5923.
  For the purpose of voting in the referendum required in Section 5922, only a producer required to pay the assessment pursuant to Section 5919 shall...
• Section 5924.
  In determining whether this article shall become inoperative, the secretary shall find that at least 40 percent of the total number of producers from the...
• Section 5925.
  The secretary shall establish a period in which to conduct the referendum that shall not be less than 10 days nor more than 60 days...
• Section 5926.
  Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate a referendum. (Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 426, Sec. 1. (AB 281) Effective October 11, 2009. Conditionally inoperative...
• Section 5927.
  (a) If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has not been given as provided in this article, this article shall become inoperative within one year...
• Section 5928.
  Upon termination of this article, and based upon a recommendation of the committee subject to approval by the secretary, any collected assessments not required to...
• Section 5930.
  No later than July 1, 2011, the committee, in consultation with the department, shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with citrus pest control districts...
• Section 5931.
  In the event the committee and the citrus pest control districts do not agree on the terms of the memorandum of understanding as prescribed in...
• Section 5940.
  (a) The provisions of this article are severable.(b) If any provision of this article or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions...

Last modified: October 22, 2018