BILL NUMBER: AB 1912	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Evans

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act relating to bees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1912, as introduced, Evans. California Apiary Research
Commission.
   Existing law generally regulates bee management and honey
production. Existing law provides that there is in the Department of
Food and Agriculture the Apiary Board, consisting of 5 members
appointed by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, to advise the
secretary on all matters related to the beekeeping industry and make
recommendations on all matters affecting the activities of the
department in relation to the beekeeping, industry including an
annual review of the department's apiary program.
   This bill would declare the Legislature's intent to later amend
the bill to establish within state government the California Apiary
Research Commission to promote research and education regarding
California's bee industry.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to later amend this
bill to establish within state government the California Apiary
Research Commission to promote research and education regarding
California's bee industry.