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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 556
Author: Wiggins (D)
Amended: 9/4/07
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE : 3-0, 5/15/07
AYES: Maldonado, Ducheny, Denham
NO VOTE RECORDED: Florez, Kuehl
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SENATE FLOOR : 35-1, 5/29/07
AYES: Ackerman, Alquist, Ashburn, Calderon, Cedillo,
Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, Cox, Denham, Ducheny, Dutton,
Florez, Harman, Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Kuehl, Lowenthal,
Machado, Maldonado, Margett, Migden, Negrete McLeod,
Oropeza, Padilla, Perata, Ridley-Thomas, Romero, Scott,
Simitian, Steinberg, Torlakson, Wiggins, Wyland, Yee
NOES: Aanestad
NO VOTE RECORDED: Battin, McClintock, Runner, Vincent
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 9/6/07 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : The Light Brown Apple Moth
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill creates, until January 1, 2010, the
Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Program within the California
Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), creates an
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account within the food and agriculture fund, and provides
those funds shall be available for expenditure without
regard to fiscal year, permits CDFA to allocate funding for
local assistance to agencies designated by a county board
of supervisors; requires CDFA to annually review the
progress made by each local agency in eradicating LBAM, and
make recommendations, as needed, to improve individual
local agency eradication efforts, requires an annual
legislative report to be submitted on January 10, beginning
in 2008, requires eradication activities conducted pursuant
to this bill to comply with all applicable laws, and be
conducted in an environmentally responsible manner, makes
legislative findings and declarations, and, contains an
urgency clause.
Assembly Amendments delete provisions relative to the
creation of the task force, and gives the Department of
Food and Agriculture control of the program and create a
Light Brown Apple Moth Account.
ANALYSIS : The California Department of Food and
Agriculture (CDFA) is charged with control and eradication
of invasive pests and diseases. As part of that authority,
CDFA may institute quarantines within the state to control
the movement of potential host plants to limit the spread
of an invasive pest. Most invasive pest control and
eradication efforts by CDFA are implemented by or with
County Agriculture Commissioners in affected counties.
The Light Brown Apple Moth was detected in the Bay Area on
February 27, 2007. Since then, moths have been detected in
Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Santa Clara, Santa
Cruz, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties.
CDFA established a quarantine of at least 182 square miles,
including portions of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco,
Marin and Santa Clara counties, and expected to expand soon
due to recent detections of the pest in Monterey, Santa
Cruz, and San Mateo counties. The United States Department
of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection,
implemented a Federal Order restricting the interstate
movement of certain regulated articles, including nursery
stock, cut flowers, and greenery, from several counties in
California and the entire state of Hawaii to prevent the
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spread of the Light Brown Apple Moth.
The Light Brown Apple Moth is native to Australia and is
found in New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and
Hawaii. The range of host plants is broad with more than
250 plant species known to be susceptible to attack by this
pest. Major domestic hosts of concern are stone fruit
(peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries and apricots),
apples, pears, grapes, and citrus.
Comments
This bill is patterned after the Pierce's Disease/Glassy
Winged Sharpshooter program, which was enacted several
years ago in response to the pest's introduction and threat
to the state's wine grape and table grape industry. Exotic
pests and diseases create environmental and financial
havoc, not only to California's agricultural industry, but
to the environment, as well. Due to increased global
travel, relaxed federal inspections at ports of entry, and
lack of funding for agricultural inspection stations,
California has battled exotic pests and diseases with an
increasing frequency.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/22/07)
Family Winemakers of California
California Association of Nurseries and Garden Centers
California Association of Pest Control Advisors
California Association of Winegrape Growers
California Citrus Mutual
Nisei Farmers League
Wine Institute
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Aghazarian, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall,
Benoit, Berg, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Brownley, Caballero,
Charles Calderon, Carter, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre,
De Leon, DeSaulnier, DeVore, Duvall, Dymally, Emmerson,
Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fuentes, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani,
Garcia, Garrick, Hancock, Hayashi, Hernandez, Horton,
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Houston, Huff, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Karnette, Keene,
Krekorian, La Malfa, Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber, Lieu,
Ma, Maze, Mendoza, Mullin, Nakanishi, Nava, Niello,
Parra, Plescia, Portantino, Price, Sharon Runner, Ruskin,
Salas, Saldana, Silva, Smyth, Solorio, Soto, Spitzer,
Swanson, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Walters, Wolk, Nunez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Strickland, Vacancy
TSM:do 9/7/07 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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