BILL NUMBER: AB 634	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 12, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Huber

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to add Section 6025.4 to the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to vertebrate pests.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 634, as amended, Huber. Vertebrate pest control: carbon
monoxide.
   Existing law defines a vertebrate pest for purposes of provisions
requiring the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to establish and
administer a research program to control vertebrate pests, including
soliciting and considering research proposals for alternative humane
methods of control.
   This bill would authorize the use of carbon monoxide for the
control of vertebrate pests, subject to specified provisions
governing pest control operations and the use of agricultural
chemicals.
   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 6025.4 is added to the Food and Agricultural
Code, to read:
   6025.4.  Notwithstanding  any other law  
Section 597u of the Penal Code  , carbon monoxide may be used
for the control of vertebrate pests, subject to the requirements of
Division 6 (commencing with Section 11401) and Division 7 (commencing
with Section 12500).