BILL NUMBER: AB 2222	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 578 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to agricultural pests.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2222, as introduced, Galgiani. Agricultural pests: University
of California research center.
   Existing law states legislative findings and declarations
regarding the need to develop and apply ecologically based pest
management alternatives to prevent, control, and eradicate pests.
Under existing law, the Legislature requests the Regents of the
University of California establish a pest research center to conduct
those activities.
   This bill would make a technical nonsubstantive change to this
law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 578 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   578.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this section govern the construction of this article.
   (a) "Center" means the University of California Center for Pest
Research.
   (b) "Pest" means any of the following pests that are, or are
likely to become, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural or
nonagricultural environment of the state.
   (1) Any insect, nematode, or weed.
   (2) Any form of terrestrial, aquatic, or aerial plant, virus,
fungus, bacteria, or other microorganism, except viruses, fungi,
bacteria, or other microorganisms  on, or in  
in, or on  , a living human or any other living animal.