DIVISION 37.5. Invasive Species Council of California
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(a) There is in state government the Invasive Species Council of California. The purpose of the council is to help coordinate a comprehensive effort to exclude invasive species already established in the state. The council shall address nonnative organisms that cause economic or environmental harm. Invasive species within the scope of the council’s duties do not include humans, domestic livestock, or nonharmful exotic organisms.(b) The council shall consist of the following six members:
(1) The Secretary of Food and Agriculture or his or her designated representative.
(2) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency or his or her
designated representative.
(3) The Secretary for Environmental Protection or his or her designated representative.
(4) The Secretary of Transportation or his or her designated representative.
(5) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services or his or her designated representative.
(6) The Director of Emergency Services or his or her designated representative.
(c) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, or his or her designated representative, and the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, or his or her designee, shall serve as cochairpersons of the council.
(d) The council shall meet annually and as needed as
determined by the cochairpersons.
(e) The council shall select an executive director and a liaison to further the purposes of this division.
(f) (1) The council shall review and approve a yearly progress report submitted by the California Invasive Species Advisory Committee. The council shall develop a final approved report in coordination with the committee through a public process. Once approved by the council, the final report shall be sent to the Legislature and available for public review.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
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(a) There is in state government the California Invasive Species Advisory Committee. The purpose of the committee is to advise the Invasive Species Council of California on a broad array of issues related to preventing the introduction of invasive species and providing for their control or eradication, as well as minimizing the economic, ecological, and human health impacts that invasive species cause.(b) The committee shall consist of the following 11 members:
(1) One appointee designated by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
(2) One appointee designated by the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency.
(3) One appointee designated by the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
(4) One appointee designated by the Secretary of Transportation or his or her designated representative.
(5) One appointee designated by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services or his or her designated representative.
(6) One appointee designated by the Director of Emergency Services or his or her designated representative.
(7) Five appointees selected by the Invasive Species Council of California cochairpersons to create a diverse makeup of federal, nonprofit organization, tribal, industry, and other representatives.
(c) The committee
shall meet quarterly and as needed as determined by the cochairpersons of the Invasive Species Council of California. The committee shall submit a yearly progress report to the council for review and approval.
(d) The committee shall recommend expenditures from the Invasive Species Fund to the Invasive Species Council of California.
(e) The committee may hold an annual California Invasive Species Summit to develop new recommendations and to coordinate invasive species activities.
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The Invasive Species Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the Invasive Species Council of California for the purposes of funding invasive species projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and may include, but are not limited to, the following projects if those projects reduce greenhouse gas emissions:(a) Emergency and nonemergency rapid response and dedication activities, including, but not limited to, activities relating to invasive shot hole borer activity.
(b) Conducting comprehensive reports on the ecological, agricultural, and economic impacts
of invasive species.
(c) Developing and maintaining statewide surveys and mapping of high-risk areas.
(d) Developing statewide education, outreach, and branding of invasive species.
(e) Increasing border inspections.
(f) Increasing coordination and collaboration amongst invasive species partners.
(g) Other invasive species activities recommended by the California Invasive Species Advisory Committee.