BILL NUMBER: AB 1202	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

    An act to amend Section 577 of the Food and Agricultural
Code, relating to pest control.   An act to add Section
143 to the Water Code, relating to water. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1202, as amended, Anderson.  University of California
Center for Pest Research.   Department of Water
Resources: water usage and efficiency study.  
    Existing law requires the Department of Water Resources to
prepare and update, every 5 years, the California Water Plan, which
is the plan for the orderly and coordinated control, protection,
conservation, development, and use of the water resources of the
state.  
   This bill would require the department to study whether the
Legislature should establish a statewide water usage and water
efficiency measuring system.  
   Existing law provides for various research programs for pest
control and eradication and for their funding, including the
University of California Pest Research Act of 1990, under which the
Regents of the University of California are requested to establish
the University of California Center for Pest Research to review and
prioritize pest-related research conducted through the university, to
award pest research funds, to develop a list of recommended pest
management research priorities, and to prepare an annual report
relating to the activities of the center for submittal to the
Legislature.  
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 143 is added to the  
Water Code   , to read:  
   143.  The department shall study whether the Legislature should
establish a statewide water usage and water efficiency measuring
system, and shall report its findings by January 1, 2012. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 577 of the Food and
Agricultural Code is amended to read:
   577.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

   (1) There is a need to develop and apply ecologically based pest
management alternatives that are environmentally sound to prevent,
control, and eradicate pests.
   (2) The continuation of pest control technology in agriculture
which relies primarily on synthetic chemicals may be impractical,
given the dwindling number of newly registered chemicals, increasing
resistance of numerous pests to pesticides, public concern about
pesticide residues, and potential threats posed to environmental
quality and human health.
   (3) To be adequately prepared for existing and new infestations of
agricultural pests, California needs to have a means of coordinating
and evaluating long-term basic and applied pest research, including
the impact of prevention, control, and eradication efforts upon
public health and the environment.
   (4) The state should facilitate, promote, and support
collaborative pest research programs and projects by its agencies,
public and private universities, the federal government, and the
agricultural industry that work toward developing environmentally
sound, ecologically based pest management techniques.
   (5) In order to strengthen pest prevention, control, and
eradication efforts, it is the intent of the Legislature that an
administrative structure be created within the University of
California which, in cooperation with California's public and private
universities, the state, the agricultural industry, and persons
experienced with environmentally sound, ecologically based pest
management alternatives, advances pest research and formulates
innovative solutions that better safeguard the environment and public
health.
   (b) (1) Toward these ends, the Legislature requests that the
Regents of the University of California establish a pest research
center which will review and prioritize pest-related research
activities conducted through the university.
   (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that University of
California programs engaged in pest research shall, when applicable,
follow the research priorities established by the center.
   (3) The center is encouraged to develop research priorities in
cooperation with other public and private universities and with
state, federal, and county agencies, including, but not limited to,
the Department of Food and Agriculture, State Department of Health
Services, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, county
agricultural commissioners, United States Department of Agriculture,
National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and the
agricultural industry, and with environmental and public and
occupational health groups.