Bill Text: CA AB719 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Bees.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-09-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 683, Statutes of 2022. [AB719 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB719-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
August 17, 2022 |
Amended
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Senate
August 26, 2021 |
Amended
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Senate
June 22, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 24, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 22, 2021 |
Amended
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Assembly
March 30, 2021 |
Introduced by Committee on Agriculture (Assembly Members Robert Rivas (Chair), Mathis (Vice Chair), Aguiar-Curry, Cunningham, Flora, Gray, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Villapudua, and Wood) |
February 16, 2021 |
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 29005.5 is added to the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:29005.5.
“Broker” means a person or entity that receives a monetary profit from the managing of beehives, hive equipment, or honey bees that they do not own, but have control of, through a private or public agreement between one or more parties.SEC. 2.
Section 29009 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:29009.
“Pest” includes American foulbrood or any other infectious disease, parasite, pest, or hereditary disease that affects bees that the secretary declares by regulations, in consultation with the association representing the beekeeping industry and the board and final approval by the secretary, is detrimental to the welfare of the bee industry.SEC. 3.
Section 29010 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:29010.
“Infected,” “infested,” “contaminated,” or “diseased” includes a viable stage of a life cycle of a “pest” as defined in Section 29009 can be demonstrated to exist on or within the colony population or on hives, comb, or any appliances associated with beekeeping operations.SEC. 4.
Section 29012 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:29012.
“Inspector” means any person who has received a certificate issued by the department with curriculum approved by the secretary and who is authorized to enforce this chapter.SEC. 5.
Section 29020 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:29020.
There is in the department the Apiary Board, consisting of nine members appointed by the secretary, six of whom shall be registered beekeepers who reside in California and who are representative of the industry functions of queen breeding, pollination, or honey production. Notwithstanding Section 29024, the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association shall annually designate one of its members who shall serve in a nonvoting capacity as the seventh member of the board. A member of an agriculture commodity group that uses the services of pollinators shall serve in a nonvoting capacity as the eighth member of the board. The secretary may appoint the ninth member of the board, who shall be a public member.SEC. 6.
Section 29040 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:29040.
Every person that is the owner, broker, or is in possession of an apiary that is located within the state, on the first day of January of each year, shall register the number of colonies in each apiary that is owned or possessed by the person and the location of each apiary. Every person required to register under this article, shall do so on the first day of January of each year in which they maintain, possess, or are in possession of an apiary, or within 30 days thereafter, as prescribed in this article.Each beekeeper, apiary owner, apiary operator, broker, or person in possession of any apiary, shall pay, in addition to any other fees imposed under this chapter, an annual registration fee of ten dollars ($10) to the commissioner of the county where the bees reside on January 1, to cover the cost of apiary registration. The secretary shall by regulation adopt and periodically update a schedule of the fees, which shall include late fees for anyone who fails to register an apiary under Sections 29041 and 29042. The board of supervisors of any county may waive the registration fee for any beekeeper, apiary owner, apiary operator, broker, or person, who is a hobbyist not in the business of beekeeping and who possesses nine or
fewer colonies.