BILL NUMBER: AB 1789	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Williams

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act to add Section 12838 to the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to pesticides.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1789, as introduced, Williams. Pesticides: neonicotinoids:
reevaluation: determination.
   Existing law requires pesticides to be registered by the
Department of Pesticide Regulation. Existing law requires that a
pesticide be thoroughly evaluated prior to registration, and provides
for the continued evaluation of registered pesticides.
   This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2015, to issue
a proposed determination with respect to its reevaluation of
neonicotinoids, and to issue a final determination 6 months after the
department issues its proposed determination.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12838 is added to the Food and Agricultural
Code, to read:
   12838.  (a) By July 1, 2015, the department shall issue a proposed
determination with respect to its reevaluation of neonicotinoids.
The department shall accept public comments on its proposed
determination for a minimum of 30 days thereafter.
   (b) No later than six months after issuance of the proposed
determination, the department shall issue its final determination
with respect to its reevaluation of neonicotinoids, with a written
response to any comments received.
   (c) The department shall implement its final determination within
six months after the department issues the final determination.