Section 6025 Of Article 6.5. Vertebrate Pest Control Research From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 4. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 6.5.
6025
. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) The continued viability of the agricultural economy is of
paramount importance to the people of this state.
(b) Vertebrate pests cause an estimated two hundred million
dollars ($200,000,000) damage to agricultural crops each year, and
without effective controls, the losses and damage could reach one
billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) annually.
(c) The use of materials to control vertebrate pests benefits the
public health by preventing rodent-borne diseases that could be
transmitted, and be injurious, to humans.
(d) County departments of agriculture have historically provided
vertebrate pest control materials to the agricultural community.
(e) Recent changes in the federal law require the development of
extensive data and the payment of registration fees in order to
register these materials, and these requirements are costly. Research
studies to develop this data will be required if these valuable
control materials are to be maintained.
(f) It is appropriate that the necessary research be funded by an
assessment on the vertebrate pest control materials for which these
studies are required.