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          Date of Hearing:   April 16, 2009

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                 Ted W. Lieu, Chair
                 ACR 40 (Conway) - As Introduced:  February 26, 2009
           
          SUBJECT  :   West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control  
          Awareness Week.

           SUMMARY  :   Declares April 20 through April 26, 2009, as West  
          Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week.   
          Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following legislative  
          findings:  

          1)Mosquitoes and other vectors, including but not limited to  
            ticks, Africanized honeybees, rats, fleas, and flies, continue  
            to be a source of human suffering, illness, death and public  
            nuisance in California and around the world.

          2)The State Department of Health Services and the Centers for  
            Disease Control predict West Nile virus will again pose a  
            grave public health threat in California in 2009; and the  
            Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California has  
            designated the week of April 20 through April 26, 2009, as  
            West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness  
            Week.

          3)The public's awareness of the health benefits associated with  
            safe, professionally applied mosquito and vector control  
            methods will support efforts to reduce pesticide risk, as well  
            as, motivate the public to eliminate mosquito and vector  
            breeding sites on private, commercial and public lands.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          Public Policy Advocates

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.









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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800