CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 98Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-CurryJanuary 09, 2023 An act to amend Section 6051 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to agriculture. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 98, as introduced, Aguiar-Curry. Agriculture: cotton pests abatement districts: organization and establishment: authorized counties.Existing law provides procedures for the formation of pest abatement districts for the purpose of pest control or abatement. The Cotton Pests Abatement District Act authorizes the organization and establishment of cotton pests abatement districts by the boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura.This bill would remove the authority to establish these districts in the Counties of Orange, San Diego, and Ventura.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6051 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:6051. (a) Cotton pests abatement districts may be organized and established by the board boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and may exercise the powers expressly granted, or necessarily implied, by those provisions.The (b) The cotton pests abatement district may include land in more than one of the counties listed in this section with the consent of the board boards of supervisors of the counties affected. The county which that includes the majority of acreage in the district shall be designated the principal county. The agricultural commissioner and county officers in the principal county shall perform the acts required by the provisions of this chapter. District funds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county.Chapter(c) Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Government Code and the District Reorganization Act of 1965 do not apply to cotton pests abatement districts organized pursuant to this chapter.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 98Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-CurryJanuary 09, 2023 An act to amend Section 6051 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to agriculture. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 98, as introduced, Aguiar-Curry. Agriculture: cotton pests abatement districts: organization and establishment: authorized counties.Existing law provides procedures for the formation of pest abatement districts for the purpose of pest control or abatement. The Cotton Pests Abatement District Act authorizes the organization and establishment of cotton pests abatement districts by the boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura.This bill would remove the authority to establish these districts in the Counties of Orange, San Diego, and Ventura.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 98
Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-CurryJanuary 09, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry
January 09, 2023
An act to amend Section 6051 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to agriculture.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 98, as introduced, Aguiar-Curry. Agriculture: cotton pests abatement districts: organization and establishment: authorized counties.
Existing law provides procedures for the formation of pest abatement districts for the purpose of pest control or abatement. The Cotton Pests Abatement District Act authorizes the organization and establishment of cotton pests abatement districts by the boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura.This bill would remove the authority to establish these districts in the Counties of Orange, San Diego, and Ventura.
Existing law provides procedures for the formation of pest abatement districts for the purpose of pest control or abatement. The Cotton Pests Abatement District Act authorizes the organization and establishment of cotton pests abatement districts by the boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura.
This bill would remove the authority to establish these districts in the Counties of Orange, San Diego, and Ventura.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 6051 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:6051. (a) Cotton pests abatement districts may be organized and established by the board boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and may exercise the powers expressly granted, or necessarily implied, by those provisions.The (b) The cotton pests abatement district may include land in more than one of the counties listed in this section with the consent of the board boards of supervisors of the counties affected. The county which that includes the majority of acreage in the district shall be designated the principal county. The agricultural commissioner and county officers in the principal county shall perform the acts required by the provisions of this chapter. District funds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county.Chapter(c) Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Government Code and the District Reorganization Act of 1965 do not apply to cotton pests abatement districts organized pursuant to this chapter.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 6051 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:6051. (a) Cotton pests abatement districts may be organized and established by the board boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and may exercise the powers expressly granted, or necessarily implied, by those provisions.The (b) The cotton pests abatement district may include land in more than one of the counties listed in this section with the consent of the board boards of supervisors of the counties affected. The county which that includes the majority of acreage in the district shall be designated the principal county. The agricultural commissioner and county officers in the principal county shall perform the acts required by the provisions of this chapter. District funds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county.Chapter(c) Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Government Code and the District Reorganization Act of 1965 do not apply to cotton pests abatement districts organized pursuant to this chapter.
SECTION 1. Section 6051 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:
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6051. (a) Cotton pests abatement districts may be organized and established by the board boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and may exercise the powers expressly granted, or necessarily implied, by those provisions.The (b) The cotton pests abatement district may include land in more than one of the counties listed in this section with the consent of the board boards of supervisors of the counties affected. The county which that includes the majority of acreage in the district shall be designated the principal county. The agricultural commissioner and county officers in the principal county shall perform the acts required by the provisions of this chapter. District funds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county.Chapter(c) Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Government Code and the District Reorganization Act of 1965 do not apply to cotton pests abatement districts organized pursuant to this chapter.
6051. (a) Cotton pests abatement districts may be organized and established by the board boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and may exercise the powers expressly granted, or necessarily implied, by those provisions.The (b) The cotton pests abatement district may include land in more than one of the counties listed in this section with the consent of the board boards of supervisors of the counties affected. The county which that includes the majority of acreage in the district shall be designated the principal county. The agricultural commissioner and county officers in the principal county shall perform the acts required by the provisions of this chapter. District funds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county.Chapter(c) Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Government Code and the District Reorganization Act of 1965 do not apply to cotton pests abatement districts organized pursuant to this chapter.
6051. (a) Cotton pests abatement districts may be organized and established by the board boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and may exercise the powers expressly granted, or necessarily implied, by those provisions.The (b) The cotton pests abatement district may include land in more than one of the counties listed in this section with the consent of the board boards of supervisors of the counties affected. The county which that includes the majority of acreage in the district shall be designated the principal county. The agricultural commissioner and county officers in the principal county shall perform the acts required by the provisions of this chapter. District funds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county.Chapter(c) Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Government Code and the District Reorganization Act of 1965 do not apply to cotton pests abatement districts organized pursuant to this chapter.
6051. (a) Cotton pests abatement districts may be organized and established by the board boards of supervisors of the Counties of Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and may exercise the powers expressly granted, or necessarily implied, by those provisions.
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(b) The cotton pests abatement district may include land in more than one of the counties listed in this section with the consent of the board boards of supervisors of the counties affected. The county which that includes the majority of acreage in the district shall be designated the principal county. The agricultural commissioner and county officers in the principal county shall perform the acts required by the provisions of this chapter. District funds shall be deposited in the treasury of the principal county.
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(c) Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Government Code and the District Reorganization Act of 1965 do not apply to cotton pests abatement districts organized pursuant to this chapter.