SECTIONS 5491-5494 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 5491-5494

5491. If any pest is found to exist in any public park or along any
street, highway, or other property which is subject to the control
of a city or county, the notice of abatement shall be served on the
chairman of the governing body of the city or county. If the
eradication, control, or destruction of the pest is performed by the
commissioner, the cost of the eradication, control, or destruction is
a city or county charge, as the case may be, and shall be paid from
the general fund of the city or county.

5492. If any pest is found to exist in any park or along any
street, highway, right-of-way, or other property which is subject to
the control of any agency of the state, the director, upon receiving
a report of the existence of the pest from the commissioner, shall
notify the agency. He may instruct the commissioner to serve the
notice upon the director or other executive officer of the agency. If
the eradication, control, or destruction of the pest is performed by
the commissioner, the cost of the eradication, control, or
destruction is a charge against, and shall be paid from, the
maintenance fund or from other funds for the support of the agency.
This section applies to a state highway right-of-way if any pest
of the same kind has been, or is being, subjected to control,
destruction, or eradication on other private or public property in
the immediate vicinity of the right-of-way, either at the direction
of the commissioner or voluntarily by the owner of such adjacent
property.

5493. If any pest is found to exist upon any property which is
subject to the control of any irrigation, drainage, flood control,
reclamation, or levee district, or other political subdivision of the
state, the notice of abatement shall be served upon the chairman of
the governing body of the district or political subdivision. If the
chairman is absent from the county, or for any reason cannot be
served, the notice shall be served upon some other member of the
governing body. If the eradication, control, or destruction of the
pests upon the property is performed by the commissioner, the cost of
the eradication, control, or destruction is a legal charge and shall
be paid from the general maintenance or operating fund, as the case
may be, of the district or political subdivision.

5494. If any pest is found to exist in or on any irrigation canal
or ditch, including its lateral banks, which is not subject to the
control of any district or political subdivision of the state, the
notice of abatement shall be served upon all users of water from the
irrigation canal or ditch that is described in the notice.