Bill Text: CA AB1788 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Pesticides: use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 250, Statutes of 2020. [AB1788 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1788-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 02, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 19, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1788 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Bloom |
February 22, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 12978.7 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:12978.7.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), (d),(c)(1) This section does not apply to the use of a pesticide that contains an anticoagulant described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) if the local health authority determines that an emergency pest infestation poses an immediate threat to public health.
(2)In the event that the local health authority determines that there is a public health emergency, the county agricultural commissioner shall grant permission for licensed pest control operators, upon application, to use an anticoagulant described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a). That permission shall be granted for the limited time frame of the public health emergency.
(3)The county agricultural commissioner may impose additional conditions for public health emergency applications of an anticoagulant described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a).
(d)
(e)
(f)