BILL NUMBER: SB 1100	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2012

   An act to amend Section 5006 of the Food and Agriculture Code,
relating to pests.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1100, as introduced, Cannella. Pests.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture,
which is under the control of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture,
and, among other things, requires the department to protect the
agricultural industry of this state from pests. Existing law defines
"pest" for purposes of these provisions.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to the
definition of "pest."
   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 5006 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   5006.  "Pest" means any of the following things that is, or is
liable to be, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural industry
of the state:
   (a) Any infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease of any
plant, or any disorder of any plant which manifests symptoms or
behavior which the  director   secretary  ,
after investigation and hearing, finds and determines is
characteristic of an infectious, transmissible, or contagious
disease.
   (b) Any form of animal life.
   (c) Any form of vegetable life.