SECTIONS 461-462 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 461-462

461. The department may conduct surveys or investigations of any
nursery, orchard, vineyard, agricultural commodity, agricultural
appliance, farm, or other premises within the state liable to be
infested or infected with any pest as defined in Section 5006 or
disease, including any infectious, transmissible, and contagious
diseases of livestock and poultry, for the purpose of detecting the
presence of, or determining the status of, the pest or disease. The
director and the county agricultural commissioner shall consult
concerning these surveys or investigations and in the conduct or
implementation of any control or eradication activity when the
provisions of this code provide joint responsibilities in connection
with the pest or disease.

462. The director may enter into an agreement with one or more
organizations representing growers, shippers, manufacturers of
agricultural commodities, nonprofit trade associations whose members
market agricultural commodities, federal or state marketing order
boards, and state commissions which are organized pursuant to this
code, operate in California, and actively engage in the marketing of
agricultural commodities, whereby research will be conducted by
public or private agencies to determine methods, techniques, or
criteria for agricultural commodities to qualify for entrance into
foreign markets.
The agreement shall specify that the state will provide up to 50
percent of the funds necessary for the research and the other parties
to the agreement will provide an amount equal to or greater than
that provided by the state.
State funds shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of
this section upon appropriation therefor in the Budget Act or other
statute.