Section 5915 Of Article 2. Citrus Disease Prevention From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 4. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 2.
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. (a) The powers and duties of the committee are limited to
activities involving the producers of citrus fruit and residential
owners of citrus fruit or other host material.
(b) The committee may do all of the following:
(1) Develop, subject to the approval of the secretary, a statewide
citrus specific pest and disease work plan that includes, but is not
limited to, the following:
(A) Informational programs to educate and train residential owners
of citrus fruit, local communities, groups, and individuals on the
prevention of pests, and diseases and their vectors, specific to
citrus.
(B) Programs for surveying, detecting, analyzing, and treating
pests and diseases specific to citrus involving producers of citrus
fruit and residential owners of citrus fruit and host materials,
except as provided in Section 5930.
(2) Submit recommendations to the secretary on, but not limited
to, the following:
(A) Annual assessment rate.
(B) Annual budget.
(C) Expenditures necessary to implement the statewide work plan
developed pursuant to this section.
(D) The amount of fees to be levied, as provided in Section 5919.
(E) The receipt of money from other sources to pay any obligation
of the committee and to accomplish the purposes of the committee in
the manner provided in this article.
(3) Recommend to the secretary the adoption of regulations
consistent with the powers and duties of the committee.
(c) The committee shall not engage in any activity deemed by the
secretary to be contradictory to any eradication program or
quarantine implemented to combat citrus specific pests, diseases, or
related vectors.
(d) For any program or activity occurring pursuant to this
section, the department shall be the lead agency, unless an agreement
is reached between the committee and the secretary to authorize
another agency within the state or local government to act as lead
for specific activities.
(e) Any program or activity submitted by the committee to, and
approved by, the secretary pursuant to this section shall not be
altered without first notifying the committee of the alteration.