Section 6045 - [Operative until 3/1/2026] Legislative findings and declarations(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the plant killing bacterium, Xyella Fastidiosa, and the resulting pathogen, Pierce's disease, and its vectors present a clear and present danger to California's sixty-billion-dollar grape industry, as well as to many other commodities and plant life.(b) There exists an ongoing need for at least fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) annually in research and programs to combat Pierce's disease and its vectors in California.Ca. Food and Agric. Code § 6045
Amended by Stats 2015 ch 303 (AB 731),s 171, eff. 1/1/2016.Amended by Stats 2014 ch 231 (AB 1642),s 1, eff. 1/1/2015.Added by Stats 2000 ch 21 (SB 671), s 1, eff. 5/19/2000.