Patricia Wiggins
- Democratic
Author
(1) Existing law establishes the Pierce's Disease Control Program in the Department of Food and Agriculture, and the Pierce's Disease Management Account in the Food and Agriculture Fund. Existing law allows money in this account to be expended as specified to combat Pierce's disease and its vectors. Existing law declares that these provisions shall become inoperative on March 1, 2011. This bill would allow specified money in the account to also be expended for purposes relating to other designated pests and diseases, as provided. The bill would change the date on which the above provisions become inoperative to March 1, 2016. (2) Existing law creates in the Department of Food and Agriculture the Pierce's Disease and Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board, which consists of specified numbers of representatives of producers and processors, as defined, in the grape industry who are appointed by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. Existing law sets forth the powers of the board and provides for an annual assessment to be paid by the processors into the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund for the purposes of, among other things, research and other activities related to the transmittal of the plant killing Pierce's disease bacterium, and its vectors, particularly the glassy-winged sharpshooter. Existing law repeals these provisions on March 1, 2011. This bill would authorize the expenditure of the assessments for purposes relating to other designated pests and diseases, as provided, and would extend the repeal date of these provisions to March 1, 2016, except that this bill would make these provisions inoperative as of March 1, 2011, unless the secretary finds, in a referendum conducted by him or her, or a person designated by him or her, that a favorable vote has been given. The bill would require, no later than April 15, 2010, the secretary to establish a list of those individuals eligible to vote on the continued implementation of these provisions, as specified. The bill would also make a conforming change and other technical changes. (3) Existing law authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Pierce's Disease and Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board to charge expenditures for administrative purposes, as specified, in an amount not to exceed a total of 7% of the assessments collected pursuant to these provisions. This bill would increase the amount that may be charged for administrative purposes to an amount not to exceed a total of 14% of the assessments collected. Because assessments collected pursuant to these provisions are deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, which is continuously appropriated, by extending the collection of these assessments and authorizing expenditure for a new purpose, this bill would make an appropriation. (4) Existing law, operative until March 1, 2011, provides that the Secretary of Food and Agriculture shall appoint an advisory task force to advise him or her on the control and management of Pierce's disease. This bill would extend these provisions to March 1, 2016. This bill would authorize the Pierce's Disease and Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Board, after consulting with the advisory task force and upon making specified findings, to recommend to the secretary, and would authorize the secretary to determine, that a pest or disease affecting grapes grown in California and crushed for wine, wine vinegar, juice, concentrate, or beverage brandy be designated as an other designated pest or disease, and that money should be expended on research and outreach programs for specified purposes relating to the other designated pest or disease, except as provided. The bill would also make conforming changes.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 325, Statutes of 2009.
Approved by Governor.
Enrolled. To Governor at 9 p.m.
In Senate. To enrollment.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2914.) To Senate.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.)
Read second time. To third reading.
(Received by Desk on August 28 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(a)(11).)
(Heard in committee on August 27.)
Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
(Heard in committee on June 17.)
To Com. on AGRI.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1103.) To Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1066.)
(Suspense - for vote only.)
Set for hearing May 28.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 4.
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 581.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 21.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on F. & A.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on F. & A.
To Com. on F. & A.
From print. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB2 | HTML |
| 12/01/08 - Introduced | |
| 02/24/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/19/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/13/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/20/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/04/09 - Enrolled | |
| 10/11/09 - Chaptered |
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