California

Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

9,659 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 8406 — “Citrus pest” includes any infectious, transmissible, or contagious disease, any form of animal life, or any form of vegetable life infesting citrus trees or citrus fruits.
• § 8407 — “District” means a citrus pest control district organized pursuant to this part.
• § 8408 — “Number of trees per acre of average planting,” for the purpose of assessment pursuant to this part, shall be 100 trees per acre.
• § 8409 — “Owner” includes joint owner, coowner, guardian, executor, administrator, or any other person that holds property in a trust capacity under appointment of court.
• § 8410 — “Citrus” includes “citrous” and any plants of the genera Citrus, Fortunella, Poncirus, and all hybrids having one or more of such as parents.
• § 8451 — Proceedings for the formation of a district within any county shall be commenced by a petition which is signed by the owners of not less than 51 percent by area of the land in the proposed district wi
• § 8452 — The petition may be filed in sections each of which shall comply with all the requirements for a petition, except that a section need not contain the total number of signatures required for the petiti
• § 8453 — Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before it has been acted upon by filing with the clerk of the board of supervisors a declaration signed by the petitioner which states that it i
• § 8454 — (a) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district and shall set forth its boundaries or describe the lands to be included in it.
• § 8455 — Upon the presentation and filing of a petition, the board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for the hearing of the petition and shall refer the petition to the commissioner for investigation a
• § 8456 — The board of supervisors shall order the clerk of the board of supervisors to give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the petition.
• § 8457 — The notice of hearing shall do all of the following: (a) State the name of the district and that it is being formed for the eradication and control of citrus pests.
• § 8458 — Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.
• § 8459 — The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.
• § 8460 — At the hearing, the report of the commissioner shall be received and protests may be made orally or in writing by any person interested in the formation of the proposed district.
• § 8461 — At the hearing, any owner of citrus acreage in the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request in writing for the exclusion of that land or any part of that land from, and any
• § 8462 — If the board of supervisors determines that the petition does not comply with the requirements of law, the matter may be dismissed without prejudice to the right to present a new petition covering the
• § 8463 — (a) If the board of supervisors determines that the project is feasible and in the interest of the citrus growers of the county, the board of supervisors shall, by order entered in its minutes, declar
• § 8464 — Any district formed prior to March 2, 1961, in which the order of the board of supervisors adopted the description in general terms as it appears in the petition is hereby validated.
• § 8465 — (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any citrus acreage which it finds will not be benefited by the proposed project, and it may
• § 8501 — Upon the adoption of the order of organization, the board of supervisors shall immediately appoint a board of directors of five members to administer the affairs of the district.
• § 8502 — In order to be eligible to hold the office of director of the district, a person shall be a citizen of the United States and of this state, and an owner of lands within the district which are devoted,
• § 8503 — Upon his appointment, each director shall, in the manner provided by law, give such official bond for the faithful performance of his duties as shall be fixed by the board of supervisors and shall sub
• § 8504 — From and after the filing for record of the order of the board of supervisors declaring the district organized, and the appointment and qualification of its first board of directors, the organization
• § 8505 — Immediately after the organization of the district, the directors shall meet and organize as a board and shall elect a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, and an assistant secretary, from among th
• § 8506 — The members of the board shall serve for terms of four years and until the appointment and qualification of their successors.
• § 8507 — Upon the expiration of the term of any member of the board, the board of supervisors shall appoint his successor.
• § 8508 — The members of the board are not entitled to any compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses, when claims for such expenses have been approved by the
• § 851 — It is the intent of this chapter to establish a means of identifying the owner of any fruits, nuts, or vegetables which are the food product of any tree, vine, or plant so as to provide an additional
• § 8551 — The district shall have perpetual succession and may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 8552 — Every district formed pursuant to this part has all of the powers prescribed by Section 8551 and other sections of this part, including the power to eradicate, remove, or prevent the spread of each an
• § 8553 — (a) A district may pay limited compensation to the owner of any citrus tree infected with citrus tristeza virus which is removed by the district or by the owner within 15 days after written notice of
• § 8554 — In order to expedite the elimination of the source of citrus tristeza virus, if it appears to the board that the cost of testing, indexing, or retesting trees to determine infection may exceed the cos
• § 8555 — Any payment made to the owner or owners of citrus trees removed pursuant to Section 8553 or 8554 shall in no event exceed the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) per geographical acre.
• § 8556 — The commissioner of the county in which the district is located shall, upon request of the board and without fee or charge, supervise and direct, in accordance with the best known and accepted methods
• § 8557 — The board shall, immediately after its qualification, formulate an effective plan based on the best known and accepted methods for the control and eradication of the citrus pests within the district.
• § 8558 — After the final adoption of the plan, the board shall make or cause to be made an estimate of the cost of operating the plan for the next fiscal year beginning not sooner than 90 days thereafter.
• § 8559 — Within 30 days after the receipt of the estimate, the board shall adopt a preliminary budget of expenditures for such fiscal year.
• § 8560 — Upon the adoption of the preliminary budget, the board shall fix a time and place for holding a hearing thereon.
• § 8561 — The board shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the preliminary budget by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.
• § 8562 — The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.
• § 8563 — The notice shall contain all of the following: (a) A summary of the proposed budget and shall refer to the original on file with the board for further particulars.
• § 8564 — At any time not later than the hour set for hearing objections to the proposed budget, any owner of citrus acreage in the district may make written protest against the budget or any item in it.
• § 8565 — At the time set for hearing protests, the board shall proceed to hear and pass upon all protests so made and its decision on the protests shall be final and conclusive.
• § 8566 — At the conclusion of the hearing, the board shall by resolution entered on its minutes make such changes in the proposed budget as it finds are proper and advisable.
• § 8567 — There may be added to the budget for the first fiscal year of the operation of the district an amount not in excess of 20 percent of the total amount of the budget to cover the preliminary expenses of
• § 8568 — For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year of operation of the district, the board shall adopt the final budget therefor in the same manner and at the same time that the budget for the first fi
• § 8601 — (a) The county assessor, in making the annual assessment of property in each and every year after the organization of the district, shall assess any parcel of real property with 25 or more citrus tree
• § 8602 — Whenever acreage within the district is planted with citrus trees in such a fashion as to qualify as citrus acreage, the acreage is subject to assessment as provided in this part.
• § 8603 — Whenever any citrus trees have been removed from any parcel of land included in the district, the owner of the parcel of land may file with the board an affidavit particularly describing the parcel of
• § 8604 — (a) The board shall, on or before the first Monday in July of each year, file with the board of supervisors the final budget which sets forth all estimated expenditures of the district for the fiscal
• § 8605 — The assessment authorized to be assessed and levied is hereby declared to be in the nature of a special assessment, and the Legislature hereby finds that the owners of all citrus trees will be benefit
• § 8606 — The tax so levied shall be computed and entered upon the assessment roll by the county auditor, and if the supervisors fail to levy the tax as required, the auditor shall do so.
• § 8607 — The general provisions of the laws of this state, prescribing the manner of levying and collecting county taxes and the duties of the several county officers with respect to levying and collecting cou
• § 8608 — The county treasury shall be the repository of all the moneys of the district.
• § 8609 — If a consolidated district includes parts of two or more counties, the repository of all money of the district shall be the county treasury of the county in which is located the largest area of the di
• § 861 — For lots of over 25 pounds of any fruits, nuts, or vegetables that are the food product of any tree, vine, or plant, or for lots of over 200 pounds of any burl wood from a walnut tree, living or dead,
• § 8610 — The county treasurer shall pay out money of the district only upon warrants of the county auditor drawn upon the order of the board of directors of the district signed by the chairman or vice chairman
• § 862 — Upon probable cause to believe any fruits, nuts, vegetables, or walnut burl regulated pursuant to this chapter is in unlawful possession, proof of ownership shall be made available for inspection upon
• § 863 — A bill of lading, bill of sale, certified farmers certificate, data obtainable by electronic transmission which is accessible to a common carrier, or a similar type document shall be considered proof
• § 864 — It is unlawful for any person to knowingly falsify or cause to be falsified any information in a record intended to show proof of ownership.
• § 865 — A copy of the record shall be retained by the buyer and seller for a period of 60 days after delivery.
• § 8651 — Lands devoted exclusively to the growing of citrus fruits within a tract of land outside the district but in the county wherein the district is located may be annexed to the district.
• § 866 — This chapter establishes minimal requirements for the transportation and identification of agricultural commodities.
• § 8701 — Any two or more districts organized or existing under this part may be consolidated, whether or not the boundaries are coterminous and whether or not the districts are located in the same county.
• § 8702 — Proceedings for consolidation may be initiated by the filing of a petition for consolidation with the board of each district to be consolidated.
• § 8703 — Upon presentation and filing of the petitions of two or more districts proposing consolidation, the board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of citrus acreage of the pro
• § 8704 — If the board of supervisors determines that the consolidation is feasible and for the best interests of the citrus growers of the respective districts, it shall by resolution duly adopted declare the
• § 8705 — Upon the adoption of a resolution consolidating two or more districts, the board of supervisors shall immediately appoint a board of directors of at least five members, including at least one member f
• § 8706 — The board of a consolidated district has all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the board of any other district.
• § 8707 — Any district which has been included in a consolidated district may withdraw from the consolidated district and be reconstituted as a separate district by filing with the board of directors of the con
• § 871 — This chapter does not apply to the following agricultural commodities: (a) Commodities transported from the farm or ranch where they are produced to a commercial packing plant within this state for pr
• § 8751 — Upon the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors, signed by the owners of not less than 60 percent by area of the citrus acreage in the district, requesting the dissolution of the district,
• § 8752 — The board of supervisors shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the petition for dissolution.
• § 8753 — The notice of hearing shall state all of the following: (a) That a petition has been filed requesting the dissolution of the district.
• § 8754 — Notice of such hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district.
• § 8755 — The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing.
• § 8756 — If, at the hearing, a majority of the members of the board of supervisors find that the dissolution of the district will benefit the citrus industry of the county, it shall by resolution dissolve the
• § 8757 — The board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be recorded in the office of the county recorder and shall file a certified copy of the same with the Secretary of State.
• § 8758 — Upon dissolution, the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district which is situated within the corporate limits of any city shall vest absolutely in such city.
• § 8759 — The board of supervisors is ex officio the governing body of the dissolved district.
• § 8760 — This part shall be known as the Olive, Stone, and Pome Fruit Pest District Control Law.
• § 8761 — All of Part 5 (commencing with Section 8401) applies to olive, stone, and pome fruit pest control districts and is hereby incorporated in this part as though set forth in full in this part unless a pr
• § 8762 — Any district formed pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 8401) to control and eradicate olive, stone, and pome fruit pests shall continue in existence without further proceedings and shall be s
• § 8763 — Sections 8451, 8551, 8553, 8554, 8555, 8556, 8601, 8602, 8603, and 8604, and subdivision (b) of Section 8563 do not apply to this part.
• § 8764 — It is the purpose of this part to make available a procedure for the organization, operation, government, and dissolution of districts for the more effective control and eradication of olive, stone, a
• § 8764.5 — Proceedings for the formation of a district within any county shall be commenced by a petition that is signed by the owners of not less than 51 percent by area of the land in the proposed district, wh
• § 8764.6 — (a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any olive, stone, and pome fruit acreage that it finds will not be benefited by the proposed
• § 8765 — “Olive, stone, and pome fruit acreage” means any parcel, tract, or lot of land with 10 or more olive, stone, or pome fruit trees of any age growing on it with a commercial value of at least two hundre
• § 8766 — The district shall have perpetual succession and may do all of the following: (a) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
• § 8767 — In order to expedite the elimination of the source of the olive fruit fly and the apple maggot, a district may, with the consent of the owner, remove trees that have not been determined to be infested
• § 8768 — The board in which the district is located shall, after consultation with the commissioner, supervise and direct, in accordance with the best known and accepted methods as determined by the board, all
• § 8769 — (a) The board, annually after the organization of the district, shall assess any assessor’s parcel of real property with 10 or more olive, stone, or pome fruit trees on it and enter as a separate item
• § 8770 — Whenever new acreage within the district is planted with olive, stone, or pome fruit trees so as to qualify as olive, stone, or pome fruit acreage, the trees are subject to assessment as provided in t
• § 8771 — Whenever any olive, stone, or pome fruit trees have been removed from any parcel of land included in the district, the owner of the parcel of land may file with the board an affidavit particularly des
• § 8772 — (a) The board shall, on or before the first Monday in July of each year, file with the board of supervisors a list of assessor parcel numbers that sets forth all assessments of the district for the fi
• § 8801 — The Pest Control Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: PEST CONTROL COMPACT Article I.
• § 8802 — Consistent with law and within available appropriations, the departments, agencies, and officers of this state may cooperate with the fund established by the Pest Control Compact.
• § 8803 — Pursuant to Article IV(h) of the compact, copies of bylaws and amendments thereto shall be filed with the Office of Administrative Procedure.
• § 8804 — The compact adminstrator for this state is the director.
• § 8805 — Within the meaning of Article VI(b) or VIII(a), a request or application for assistance from the fund may be made by the Governor whenever in his judgment the conditions qualifying this state for such
• § 8806 — The notice of any meeting at which an application for assistance from the fund is to be considered given pursuant to Article VI (d), shall also be given to the Speaker of the Assembly and the Presiden
• § 8807 — The department, agency, or officer expending or becoming liable for an expenditure on account of a control or eradication program undertaken or intensified pursuant to the compact shall have credited
• § 8808 — As used in the compact, with reference to this state, the term “executive head” means the Governor.
• § 881 — Any peace officer, upon probable cause to believe an agricultural commodity regulated pursuant to this chapter is being unlawfully transported, may stop the vehicle and request proof of ownership of t
• § 882 — Upon reasonable belief that a person is in unlawful possession of a commodity regulated by this chapter, the commodity may be held or seized by the secretary, the commissioner, or any peace officer an
• § 883 — The director, the commissioner, or a peace officer may investigate to ascertain the ownership of any commodity that has been held pursuant to this chapter.
• § 884 — (a) If for any reason the commodity is not released to the rightful owner after being in the custody of the commissioner for 48 hours or, in the case of a highly perishable commodity, any shorter peri
• § 885 — In lieu of civil prosecution, the secretary or the commissioner may levy a civil penalty against any person violating the provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted pursuant to its provision
• § 890 — (a) It is unlawful for any person or entity, or employee or agent of that person or entity, to make any statement, representation, or assertion orally, by public statement, advertisement, signage, or
• § 891 — In lieu of prosecution, the secretary, or a county agricultural commissioner under the authority of the secretary, may levy a civil penalty against a person or entity that violates this chapter in an
• § 892 — Any action taken against a person by the secretary or a county agricultural commissioner pursuant to Section 890 or 891 shall not preclude the secretary or a county agricultural commissioner from taki
• § 893 — (a) All civil penalties collected pursuant to this chapter by the secretary shall be deposited in the Direct Agricultural Marketing Penalty Account, which is hereby created in the Department of Food a
• § 894 — An action brought by the state or a county pursuant to Section 891 or 892 for a violation of Section 890 shall preclude a concurrent proceeding by the state or a county for the same act.
• § 9 — Unless a different penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of this code is a misdemeanor.
• § 901 — There is in the state government the State Board of Food and Agriculture which consists of 15 members.
• § 901.5 — It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that representatives of the agricultural industry appointed to the State Board of Food and Agriculture pursuant to this chapter are int
• § 902 — The members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor as follows: (a) One from the Agricultural Sciences Division of the University of California.
• § 903 — The term of office of the members of the board is four years.
• § 904 — The members shall be residents and citizens of the state and shall be specially qualified for this service through actual farm business, economic agricultural training, environmental protection, or co
• § 905 — The members shall serve without pay, but shall be allowed necessary traveling and incidental expenses which are incurred in the discharge of their duties.
• § 906 — (a) Public officers associated with any area of government, including agriculture, and whether elected or appointed, may be appointed to, and may serve contemporaneously as members of, the board.
• § 9101 — (a) The department shall periodically publish and make available a list of reportable conditions that pose or may pose significant threats to public health, animal health, the environment, or the food
• § 9121 — Any person that is engaged in stockraising may purchase for injection in his stock any serum used for the cure or prevention of animal diseases.
• § 9143 — An animal which has died from any contagious disease shall not be used for the food of any human being, domestic animal, or fowl.
• § 9151 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Emergency or regulatory condition” includes all diseases or conditions listed as emergency or regulatory conditions in the departmen
• § 9152 — The department shall do all of the following: (a) Require certification of laboratories providing services in the examination, diagnosis, analysis, testing, quantifying, or identification of any emerg
• § 9152.5 — A laboratory approved, certified, or accredited by the state or the federal government to provide services equivalent to those described in subdivision (a) of Section 9152 is exempt from this article.
• § 9153 — (a) A person shall not establish, operate, or maintain a laboratory that provides services in the examination, diagnosis, analysis, testing, quantifying, or identification of any emergency or regulato
• § 9154 — (a) Before issuing a certificate pursuant to Section 9153, the department shall require an applicant for a certificate to pay an application fee.
• § 9155 — (a) The department may refuse to approve or renew a certificate or may suspend or revoke a certificate if the applicant or certificate holder is not in compliance with this article or regulations adop
• § 9156 — Test results certified by the department are prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the results for purposes of an action pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 9157.
• § 9157 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 9166, any person who violates Section 9153 shall be liable for a civil penalty of no more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each act constituting a violat
• § 9161 — It is unlawful for any person to bring, cause to be brought, or aid in bringing into the state any domestic animal which such person knows is infected with any contagious disease.
• § 9163 — Any person that owns or has possession or control of any animal which is affected by any contagious or infectious disease, that fails to keep the animal within an inclosure, or herd the animal in a pl
• § 9164 — In order to prevent the spread of any livestock disease, it is unlawful for any person, that does not have a written permit issued by the director, to remove, or cause to be removed, any livestock fro
• § 9165 — Except for Sections 10492 and 10494, any person that violates any provision of this division is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dol
• § 9166 — (a) In addition to any other penalty or fine prescribed by law, any person who violates any provision of this division, or any regulation which is issued pursuant to this division, is subject to an ad
• § 9167 — The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may, upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a violation has occurred, bring an action fo
• § 9168 — The Attorney General shall, upon complaint by the director, or may upon his own initiative, if after examination of the complaint and evidence he believes a violation has occurred, bring an action in
• § 9169 — It is unlawful for any person to defeat or interfere with or to attempt to defeat or interfere with any animal disease test authorized by any provision of this division.
• § 9175 — The secretary may make any necessary investigations relative to reported violations of this division pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title
• § 9185 — Any fees that are provided for by any provision of this division and regulations promulgated pursuant to it shall be due and payable upon receipt of a statement from the department itemizing the kind
• § 9186 — Any fees that are due and payable pursuant to Section 9185 which are not paid may be recovered by the secretary in accordance with the provisions of Section 281.
• § 9187 — A penalty assessment of 5 percent per month of the amount of any unpaid fees, not to exceed 25 percent, shall be collected by the secretary when fees are not paid in accordance with Section 9185.
• § 9188 — The secretary shall have a lien upon any livestock and real property owned by the person owing any fees due under any provision of this division that are not paid pursuant to Section 9185.
• § 9189 — All money which is collected pursuant to this division shall be paid into the State Treasury and shall be credited to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and may be expended in carrying out th
• § 9201 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Adverse event” means an event in which an animal is injured, sickened, rendered unconscio
• § 9210 — (a) A person shall not engage in the production of animal blood and blood component products for retail sale and distribution except in a captive closed-colony commercial blood bank for animals licens
• § 9211 — No person shall engage in the production of biologics except as permitted under federal law.
• § 9212 — The secretary shall license establishments as captive closed-colony commercial blood banks for animals that meet all of the following: (a) Operate under conditions, and use methods of production, that
• § 9212.5 — (a) (1) The department shall discontinue its licensing program for commercial blood banks for animals that produce canine blood and blood component products sourced from captive closed-colony dogs wit
• § 9221 — An application for a license for any establishment that produces, or proposes to produce, animal blood and blood component products from a closed-colony blood bank shall be made on forms issued by the
• § 9222 — (a) A commercial blood bank for animals shall not discriminate against veterinarians licensed in California in the sale of animal blood or blood component products.
• § 9231 — The license application fee and license renewal fee under this chapter for an establishment proposing to produce or producing animal blood and blood component products from a closed-colony blood bank
• § 9241 — No person shall offer for sale or use any of the following: (a) Any biologic unless it is manufactured pursuant to the terms of a valid license or permit issued by the United States Department of Agri
• § 9242 — The secretary shall register blood or a blood component product that meets all of the following requirements: (a) It is produced under acceptable procedures.
• § 9244 — (a) An application for registration of blood or a blood component product shall include all of the following: (1) The name and address of the person who owns the property, establishment, institution,
• § 9245 — The secretary may impose such conditions on the production or use of blood or blood component products as he or she deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
• § 9251 — The secretary may adopt reasonably necessary rules and regulations for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
• § 9252 — (a) The secretary shall track, administer, and enforce the safe importation and sale of animal blood and blood component products from out-of-state blood banks for animals that produce those blood and
• § 9253 — (a) A closed-colony blood bank licensed under this chapter shall maintain an onsite record of the number of donations collected from captive animals, the amount of blood collected per donation in esti
• § 9254 — The department shall annually submit a copy of the canine blood collection information that it publicly posts on its internet website pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) o
• § 9255 — (a) The department, in collaboration with the Veterinary Medical Board, technical experts in animal blood banking, and any other relevant stakeholders, shall develop and make available a “Community An
• § 9261 — License for any commercial blood bank for animals or registration of any blood or blood component product may be denied, suspended, or revoked by the secretary for failure to meet the requirements of
• § 9262 — The biologics prepared prior to July 1, 1975, in laboratories licensed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1600) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, which have an expiration date o
• § 9263 — If the secretary finds that blood or blood component products do not conform to the requirements of Section 9242 or the use or continued use of such products constitutes an immediate danger to animals
• § 9264 — (a) If the secretary finds blood or blood component products that do not meet the requirements of Section 9242, the secretary may order those blood or blood component products to be held on the premis
• § 9266 — The department, or humane officers under contract with the department, shall inspect commercial blood banks for animals licensed by the department at least once a year to ensure compliance with the pr
• § 9267 — Notwithstanding Section 4827 of the Business and Professions Code, for commercial blood banks for animals licensed by the department, anesthesia shall be performed pursuant to Section 4826 of the Busi
• § 9268 — The requirements set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 9212, subdivision (e) of Section 9221, subdivision (c) of Section 9231, and Sections 9266 and 9267: (a) Shall not apply to those facilities req
• § 9269 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.
• § 9272 — This chapter shall not apply to any of the following: (a) Licensed facilities primarily engaged in the collection, preparation, testing, processing, storage, or distribution of human blood or blood pr
• § 9301 — When moved for the purpose of immediate slaughter, cattle which are infected with, or exposed to, the Boophilus annulatus tick shall be dipped or treated in the manner which is prescribed by the depar
• § 9302 — If upon examination of any cattle or sheep, the director finds any cattle which are infected with the Boophilus annulatus tick, or sheep or cattle which are infected with, or exposed to, scabies, he s
• § 9303 — If, at the expiration of 10 days from the date on which notice was given, the owner or person in control of the cattle or sheep has failed to dip the cattle or sheep in accordance with the directions
• § 9304 — If upon examination at the end of the 10 days the director finds that the cattle have been dipped or otherwise treated for the extermination of ticks but are still infected, he shall instruct the owne
• § 9305 — If upon examination at any time the department finds that the cattle are again infected with the ticks or that the owner or person in control of the cattle has not continued to properly dip or otherwi
• § 9306 — If the director has reason to believe that the disease known as scabies exists in a flock of sheep or in a herd of cattle, he shall notify the owner or person that is in control of the sheep or cattle
• § 9307 — If the owner or person that is in control of the sheep or cattle does not gather all of the sheep or cattle in a corral for the examination, the director shall gather the sheep or cattle in a corral f
• § 9331 — All expenses and costs of dipping or treating cattle or sheep and all expenses and costs of gathering sheep or cattle which are incurred by the department pursuant to this chapter are a lien on the ca
• § 9332 — If the lien is not paid within 15 days after the expenses and costs were incurred, the department shall, in the name of the people of the State of California, commence an action to foreclose the lien.
• § 9333 — In any civil proceeding which arises under this chapter, all persons that have an interest in, or control or possession of, the cattle or sheep concerning which the proceeding is had, are liable sever
• § 9351 — It is unlawful for any person to willfully sell, except for immediate slaughter, or expose in such a manner as may infect other livestock not so infected, any cattle which have or are infected with th
• § 9352 — It is unlawful for any person to knowingly sell any sheep or cattle which are infected with scabies, or to expose them in such a manner as may infect other sheep or cattle which are not infected with
• § 9501 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 9502 — “Animal,” “livestock,” or “domestic animal,” includes poultry.
• § 9503 — “Poultry” includes all domesticated fowl and any wild fowl or bird which is reduced to captivity.
• § 951 — The board shall inquire into the needs of the agricultural industry of this state and the functions of the department in relation to such needs, and confer and advise with the Governor and the directo
• § 951.5 — The board shall make recommendations to the secretary regarding the project agreements to be funded pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 58551) of Part 1 of Division 21.
• § 952 — The board, and any member of it who is authorized by resolution of the board, may make investigations, conduct hearings, and prosecute actions concerning all matters and subjects which are under the j
• § 953 — The board shall hold meetings at least once a month in the office of the director at Sacramento or at any other location determined by the president of the board to be appropriate.
• § 9531 — If the director receives information of the existence of any contagious, infectious, or transmissible disease which affects domestic animals within this state, he shall thoroughly investigate it.
• § 9532 — This chapter does not deprive the regular inspectors who are employed by any chartered or incorporated city, or city and county, after they have passed a civil service meat, market, and poultry inspec
• § 954 — Special or adjourned meetings may be held at the office of the director in Sacramento, or at any other place in the state which the president may deem necessary.
• § 9561 — The State Veterinarian may establish such quarantine, sanitary, and police regulations as may be necessary to prevent, circumscribe, or exterminate, any condition designated pursuant to Section 9562.
• § 9562 — (a) Subject to the rights and procedures established pursuant to Chapter 4.
• § 9563 — It is unlawful for any person to move or allow to be moved any of the animals, food product from animals, vehicles, farm equipment, farm products, or other materials that are subject to restrictions e
• § 9564 — If it is necessary to restrict the movements of animals pursuant to Section 9562, the State Veterinarian may fix and proclaim the boundaries of a quarantine area in lieu of separate, individual orders
• § 9569 — In addition to actions that may be directed by the State Veterinarian pursuant to Section 9562, the State Veterinarian may: (a) Regulate, restrict, or restrain the movements of persons, vehicles, farm