BILL NUMBER: AB 1232	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   627
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 5, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   SEPTEMBER 9, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   SEPTEMBER 2, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 7, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 19, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Agriculture (Cardoza (Chair), Maldonado
(Vice Chair), Brewer, Reyes, Thomson, and Wiggins)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add and repeal Section 12798.1 of the Food and
Agricultural Code, relating to pest control, making an appropriation
therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1232, Committee on Agriculture.   Pierce Disease research.
   Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to
establish a Pest Management Research Committee to award competitive
grants to conduct pest management research projects.
   This bill, in addition, would appropriate $750,000 each year for 3
specified fiscal years from the General Fund to the secretary for
the purpose of funding, on a competitive basis, Pierce Disease
research.  The bill also would specify that the appropriation for
each year shall become operative only upon an annual commitment
during that year of at least $250,000 in private contributions from
the California viticulture and enology industry.
   In addition, the bill would require the secretary to appoint an
advisory task force consisting of scientific experts, including, but
not limited to, university researchers and agricultural
representatives, for the purpose of advising the secretary on
research to control and eradicate Pierce Disease.
   The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2005.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation:  yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 12798.1 is added to the Food and Agricultural
Code, to read:
   12798.1.  (a) In addition to the program described in Section
12798, the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) is
hereby appropriated each year for each of the following fiscal years,
1999-2000, 2000-01, and 2001-02, from the General Fund to the
Secretary of Food and Agriculture for the purpose of funding, on a
competitive basis, Pierce Disease research.  The disbursement of
these funds shall be exempt from the requirements of Sections 12798
and 12798.6.
   (b) The appropriation for each year pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall become operative only upon an annual commitment during that
year of at least two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) in
private contributions from the California viticulture and enology
industry.
   (1) The secretary shall appoint an advisory task force consisting
of scientific experts, including, but not limited to, university
researchers and agricultural representatives, for the purpose of
advising the secretary on the control and management of Pierce
Disease.  The task force, in consultation and cooperation with the
American Vineyard Foundation, shall make recommendations to the
secretary on projects to be conducted in a competitive grant program
for Pierce Disease research.  The program is open to all California
public institutions with research capabilities to address the needs
of the California viticulture and enology industry.
   (2) Members of the advisory task force, or alternate members when
acting as members, may be reimbursed, upon request, for necessary
expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect until January 1, 2005, and
as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is
enacted before January 1, 2005, deletes or extends that date.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to eradicate new vectors that spread Pierce Disease at
the earliest possible time, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.