BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 29, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Bill Dodd, Chair
SB
1270 (Galgiani) - As Introduced February 18, 2016
SENATE VOTE: 36-0
SUBJECT: Diseased animals and poultry: regulation: fee
schedule.
SUMMARY: Extends, until January 1, 2022, the authority for the
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to
establish a fee schedule for cost recovery related to animal
health services that do not provide benefits beyond the payer;
and, makes technical non-substantive changes.
EXISTING LAW: Existing law governs the reporting,
transportation, handling, and disposal, as specified, of animals
that are infected with a contagious disease; provides for the
quarantine or destruction of diseased animals, and the
vaccination of certain animals; requires the CDFA to license
biologic establishments which are engaged in the production of
products used to diagnose and detect, or prevent or treat,
disease in animals other than human beings, if those
establishments meet certain requirements; authorizes, until
January 1, 2017, CDFA to establish, by regulation, a fee
schedule not to exceed the reasonable costs associated with
carrying out these provisions, up to a maximum fee of $500 for
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each license, permit, registration, product, or service, as
specified.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, CDFA states that it has yet to ever exercise this fee
authority; consequently, no revenue has ever been collected and
this bill would not impact CDFA's administrative costs.
COMMENTS: Within CDFA, the Animal Health Branch is the state's
organized professional veterinary medical unit which addresses
diseases and other problems that require statewide coordinated
resources. Among its activities, the Animal Health Branch
conducts surveillance and emergency response planning of animal
diseases to help ensure safe products from livestock and
poultry.
A trailer bill to the Budget Act of 2011, Chapter 133, Statutes
of 2011 (AB 120), authorized CDFA to establish a fee schedule in
order to recover costs associated with animal health services
that do not provide a benefit beyond the payer, among other
provisions. This includes a service that is required for a
personal matter, is not related to a suspected animal health
disease outbreak, and there are no private veterinarians
certified by CDFA to perform the service. The service fee may
not exceed $500 for a particular license, permit, registration,
product, or service. This authority is set to sunset on January
1, 2017.
According to the author's office, this bill would improve CDFA's
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fiscal responsibility and use of state resources.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
Association of California Egg Farmers (sponsor)
California Grain and Feed Association (sponsor)
Opposition
None on file.
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Analysis Prepared by:Jim Collin / AGRI. / (916)
319-2084