Bill Text: CA AB751 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Vertebrate pest control research: repeal extension.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2015. [AB751 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB751-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 751	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  372
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 30, 2015
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 24, 2015
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooper

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 6029 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to pest control, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 751, Cooper. Vertebrate pest control research: repeal
extension.
   Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to
establish and administer a research program to control vertebrate
pests, as specified. Existing law requires the secretary to establish
the Vertebrate Pest Control Research Advisory Committee, and
requires the committee to make recommendations to the secretary
regarding vertebrate pest control research each year. Existing law
requires each county agricultural commissioner to pay a specified fee
to the secretary based on the amount of vertebrate pest control
material sold, distributed, or applied in the county. Existing law
establishes the Vertebrate Pest Control Research Account in the
Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and continuously
appropriates the funds in the account to the secretary for purposes
of carrying out the provisions relating to vertebrate pest control
research. Existing law repeals all of the provisions specified above
on January 1, 2016.
   This bill would extend the operation of those provisions until
January 1, 2026. By extending the secretary's authority to expend
funds in a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an
appropriation.
   Appropriation: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 6029 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   6029.  Except as specified in Section 6025.4, this article shall
remain in effect only until January 1, 2026, and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before
January 1, 2026, deletes or extends that date.