Section 2282 Of Article 8. Powers And Duties From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 8.
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. (a) Except as provided in Section 2282.5, and to the extent
funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act, the Secretary of
Food and Agriculture or the Director of Pesticide Regulation may
allocate annually to each county an amount determined by the
secretary or the director not to exceed one-third of the amount
expended by the county during the previous fiscal year for the
programs of joint responsibility under the jurisdiction of the
secretary or director, as applicable. The allocations shall be made
from funds appropriated to the secretary or the director for purposes
of carrying out activities of joint responsibility with the
commissioners at the local levels.
(b) The annual report to the Legislature required by Section 2281
shall include findings for each of the following joint programs,
including the amounts allocated to, and expended by, the counties in
the previous fiscal year and the proposed amount to be allocated by
the secretary for each program for the ensuing budget year:
(1) Pest detection.
(2) Pest eradication.
(3) Pest management control.
(4) Pest exclusion.
(5) Seed inspection.
(6) Nursery inspection.
(7) Fruit and vegetable quality control.
(8) Egg quality control.
(9) Apiary inspection.
(10) Crop statistics.
The report shall also specify the programs that have been
augmented with state funds each year since 1980 because of new
legislative mandates, or because of pest infestations or outbreaks
occurring since that date, and the annual amounts of those
augmentations.