CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

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CHAPTER 82

Statutes of 2023

[ Approved by Governor July 21, 2023. Filed with Secretary of State July 21, 2023. ]

Introduced by Assembly Member Chen

January 26, 2023

An act to amend Section 8698.6 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to structural fumigation.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: no

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

Existing law, until January 1, 2024, establishes a structural fumigation enforcement program that requires the Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation to provide oversight for the program. Existing law requires any company performing a structural fumigation in the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, or Santa Clara to pay the county agricultural commissioner a specified fee for each fumigation conducted at a specific location. Existing law authorizes the agricultural commissioners of those counties to perform increased structural fumigation, inspection, and enforcement activities to be funded by the required fee. Existing law requires these funds to be paid to the county and used for the sole purpose of funding enforcement and training activities directly related to the structural fumigation program.

This bill would extend the operation of these provisions to January 1, 2029.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 8698.6 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

8698.6.

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.