California Assembly Bill AB1483 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1483INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Anderson FEBRUARY 27, 2009 An act to amend Section 6045 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to Pierce's disease. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1483, as introduced, Anderson. Pierce's disease. Existing law, scheduled to become inoperative on March 1, 2011, establishes the Pierce's Disease Control Program in the Department of Food and Agriculture. Existing law also establishes the Pierce's Disease Management Account in the Food and Agriculture Fund, money in which is to be expended as specified to combat Pierce's disease and its vectors. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 6045 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read: 6045. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the plant killing bacterium,  Xyella Fastidiosa   Xylella fastidiosa,  and the resulting pathogen, Pierce's disease, and its vectors present a clear and present danger to California's fifty billion dollar grape industry, as well as to many other commodities and plant life. (b) There exists an ongoing need for at least fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) annually in research and programs to combat Pierce's disease and its vectors in California.