BILL NUMBER: AB 1483	INTRODUCED
	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.