BILL NUMBER: SB 1270	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Sections 9175 and 9184 of the Food and
Agricultural Code, relating to animals.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1270, as introduced, Galgiani. Diseased animals and poultry:
regulation: fee schedule.
   Existing law governs the reporting, transportation, handling, and
disposal, as specified, of animals that are infected with a
contagious disease. Existing law provides for the quarantine or
destruction of diseased animals, and the vaccination of certain
animals. Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture
to license biologic establishments which are engaged in the
production of products used to diagnose and detect, or prevent or
treat, disease in animals other than human beings, if those
establishments meet certain requirements. Existing law authorizes,
until January 1, 2017, the Department of Food and Agriculture to
establish, by regulation, a fee schedule not to exceed the reasonable
costs associated with carrying out these provisions, up to a maximum
fee of $500 for each license, permit, registration, product, or
service, as specified.
   This bill would extend the operative date of the fee schedule to
January 1, 2022.
   Existing law authorizes the secretary to make any necessary
investigations relative to reported violations of the above-described
provisions.
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that
authorization.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 9175 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   9175.  The  director   secretary  may
make any necessary investigations relative to reported violations of
this  division,   division  pursuant to
Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
  SEC. 2.  Section 9184 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   9184.  (a) The department may establish by regulation a fee
schedule not to exceed the reasonable costs associated with carrying
out the provisions of this division with a maximum fee not to exceed
five hundred dollars ($500) for a particular license, permit,
registration, product, or service. These fees shall only be
established when a specific benefit or service is conferred directly
to the payer and  such   the  benefit or
service is not provided to those not charged.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
 2017,   2022,  and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before
January 1,  2017,   2022,  deletes or
extends that date.