BILL NUMBER: AB 647	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Valadao

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act relating to pests.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 647, as introduced, Valadao. Pests: Asian citrus psyllid
insect.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture
and requires the department to promote and protect the agricultural
industry of this state. Existing law authorizes the secretary of the
department to establish, maintain, and enforce quarantine regulations
as he or she deems necessary to protect the agricultural industry of
this state from pests. Existing law provides that the regulations
may establish a quarantine at the boundaries of this state or
elsewhere within the state.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the department to conduct a study
regarding the necessary changes in law needed to effect solutions to
problems discovered as a result of the fight against the Asian citrus
psyllid insect.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would require the Department of Food and Agriculture
to conduct a study regarding the necessary changes in law needed to
effect solutions to problems discovered as a result of the fight
against the Asian citrus psyllid insect.