BILL NUMBER: SB 1018	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 26, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator De León

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2014

   An act to amend  Section   Sections 5915 and
 5918 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to pest
control.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1018, as amended, De León. Pest control: citrus disease
prevention  : expenditure reimbursement.  
prevention. 
   Existing law creates in the Department of Food and Agriculture the
California Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Committee and provides
for its continuation, and that of the California Citrus Pest and
Disease Prevention Program, every 4 years subject to a referendum of
the citrus producers on or before June 30, 2013, and every 4 years
thereafter. Pursuant to this referendum the department has extended
the citrus pest and disease prevention program for an additional 4
years.  Under existing law, the committee is required to develop
and make recommendations to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture on
all matters regarding the implementation of the citrus pest and
disease prevention program.  
   This bill would prohibit the secretary from altering any citrus
pest and disease prevention program or activity submitted by the
committee to, and approved by, the secretary without first obtaining
approval for the alteration from the committee. 
   Existing law requires the committee to reimburse the 
Secretary of Food and Agriculture   secretary  for
all expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out his or her
duties and responsibilities pursuant to the citrus pest and disease
prevention program, including the costs of implementing and
administering the administrative, enforcement, and regulatory
recommendations of the statewide work plan developed by the
committee.
   This bill would require that all expenditures be reasonable and
 that expenditures charged by the department not exceed a
total of 14% of the assessments collected pursuant to the citrus pest
and disease prevention program, unless the committee is notified and
approves of   would prohibit the secretary from seeking
reimbursement for costs that exceed expenditures developed by the
committee without first obtaining approval for the additional
 expense   expenditures from the committee 
.
   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 5915 of the   Food and
Agricultural Code   is amended to read: 
   5915.  (a) The powers and duties of the committee are limited to
activities involving the producers of citrus fruit and residential
owners of citrus fruit or other host material.
   (b) The committee may do all of the following:
   (1) Develop, subject to the approval of the secretary, a statewide
citrus specific pest and disease work plan that includes, but is not
limited to, the following:
   (A) Informational programs to educate and train residential owners
of citrus fruit, local communities, groups, and individuals on the
prevention of pests, and diseases and their vectors, specific to
citrus.
   (B) Programs for surveying, detecting, analyzing, and treating
pests and diseases specific to citrus involving producers of citrus
fruit and residential owners of citrus fruit and host materials,
except as provided in Section 5930.
   (2) Submit recommendations to the secretary on, but not limited
to, the following:
   (A) Annual assessment rate.
   (B) Annual budget.
   (C) Expenditures necessary to implement the statewide work plan
developed pursuant to this section.
   (D) The amount of fees to be levied, as provided in Section 5919.
   (E) The receipt of money from other sources to pay any obligation
of the committee and to accomplish the purposes of the committee in
the manner provided in this article.
   (3) Recommend to the secretary the adoption of regulations
consistent with the powers and duties of the committee.
   (c) The committee shall not engage in any activity deemed by the
secretary to be contradictory to any eradication program or
quarantine implemented to combat citrus specific pests, diseases, or
related vectors.
   (d) For any program or activity occurring pursuant to this
section, the department shall be the lead agency, unless an agreement
is reached between the committee and the secretary to authorize
another agency within the state or local government to act as lead
for specific activities. 
   (e) Any program or activity submitted by the committee to, and
approved by, the secretary pursuant to this section shall not be
altered without first obtaining approval for the alteration from the
committee. 
   SECTION 1.   SEC. 2.   Section 5918 of
the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:
   5918.  (a) The committee shall reimburse the secretary for all
reasonable expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out his
or her duties and responsibilities pursuant to this article,
including the costs of implementing and administering the
administrative, enforcement, and regulatory recommendations of the
statewide work plan developed by the committee. 
   (b) Expenditures charged by the department shall not exceed a
total of 14 percent of the assessments collected pursuant to this
article, unless the committee is notified and approves of the
additional expense.  
   (b) The secretary shall not seek reimbursement for costs that
exceed expenditures developed by the committee without first
obtaining approval for the additional expenditures from the
committee.