Bill Text: CA SB1018 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pest control: citrus disease prevention.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 924, Statutes of 2014. [SB1018 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1018-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1018	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator De León

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2014

   An act to amend Section 5918 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to pest control.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1018, as introduced, De León. Pest control: citrus disease
prevention: expenditure reimbursement.
   Existing law creates in the Department of Food and Agriculture the
California Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Committee and provides
for its continuation, and that of the California Citrus Pest and
Disease Prevention Program, every 4 years subject to a referendum of
the citrus producers on or before June 30, 2013, and every 4 years
thereafter. Pursuant to this referendum the department has extended
the citrus pest and disease prevention program for an additional 4
years.
   Existing law requires the committee to reimburse the Secretary of
Food and Agriculture for all expenditures incurred by the secretary
in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities pursuant to
the citrus pest and disease prevention program, including the costs
of implementing and administering the administrative, enforcement,
and regulatory recommendations of the statewide work plan developed
by the committee.
   This bill would require that all expenditures be reasonable and
that expenditures charged by the department not exceed a total of 14%
of the assessments collected pursuant to the citrus pest and disease
prevention program, unless the committee is notified and approves of
the additional expense.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 5918 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   5918.   (a)  The committee shall reimburse the secretary
for all  reasonable  expenditures incurred by the secretary
in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities pursuant to
this article, including the costs of implementing and administering
the administrative, enforcement, and regulatory recommendations of
the statewide work plan developed by the committee. 
   (b) Expenditures charged by the department shall not exceed a
total of 14 percent of the assessments collected pursuant to this
article, unless the committee is notified and approves of the
additional expense.