California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 7 - Beet Leafhopper Control

• Section 6031.
  The necessity of controlling beet leafhopper, the only known vector of the curly top virus, is recognized by the Legislature as being in the public...
• Section 6032.
  As used in this article “handler” means any person that engages in the operation of selling, marketing, or processing any of the crops vulnerable to...
• Section 6033.
  Except as otherwise provided in this article, the assessment collected from producers by handlers or due from producer-handlers shall be paid by the handlers or...
• Section 6033.5.
  (a) Any assessment that is imposed on the producer pursuant to this article is a personal debt of the producer.(b) Every handler or producer-handler is personally liable...
• Section 6034.
  For the purpose of assessment, the following districts are established: District I, Imperial and Riverside Counties; District II, Kern, Kings, Tulare, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus,...
• Section 6035.
  The secretary may establish the rate of assessment by district and crop and may adjust the assessment rate from time to time, whenever necessary as...
• Section 6036.
  The assessment rate may vary from district to district and from crop to crop based on the degree of vulnerability to damage from curly top...
• Section 6037.
  Any money which is received by the director pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund to be...
• Section 6038.
  The director may receive moneys from other sources for this program, which shall be deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and used...
• Section 6039.
  The secretary shall appoint a Curly Top Virus Control Board consisting of nine members. The membership shall consist of at least one representative of each...
• Section 6039.5.
  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that persons appointed to the Curly Top Virus Control Board pursuant to Section 6039 are...
• Section 6040.
  Board members shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 508, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1995.)
• Section 6041.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the board shall be advisory to the secretary and may make recommendations on all matters pertaining to this article...
• Section 6042.
  The board shall meet at the call of its chairman or the secretary or at the request of any three members of the board. The...
• Section 6043.
  Upon termination of this article, any remaining funds received pursuant to this article shall be refunded on a pro rata basis to all persons from...

Last modified: October 22, 2018