{"code":"FAC","codeName":"Food and Agricultural Code","section":"5026","citation":"Food & Agr. Code, § 5026","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL [5001. - 8808.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-4"},{"name":"PART 1. GENERALLY [5001. - 6299.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-4/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Definitions and General Provisions [5001. - 5035.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-4/part-1/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [5021. - 5029.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-4/part-1/chapter-1/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1531, Sec. 1.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) The director may overrule a local agency’s ordinance or regulation where that ordinance or regulation would prevent or inhibit an eradication effort. The director may act under this section only when the Governor has declared a state of emergency relating to the eradication effort and the effect of the local ordinance or regulation will be to threaten agriculture on a statewide basis, to materially interfere with the ability of the director or the commissioner to eradicate a pest, or where the pest is of such a nature that it could rapidly spread to other areas beyond the boundaries of the local agency.</p><p>(b) “Local agency” means any public agency, other than a state agency, board, or commission and includes, but is not limited to, cities (chartered or otherwise), counties, and special districts.</p>","text":"(a) The director may overrule a local agency’s ordinance or regulation where that ordinance or regulation would prevent or inhibit an eradication effort. The director may act under this section only when the Governor has declared a state of emergency relating to the eradication effort and the effect of the local ordinance or regulation will be to threaten agriculture on a statewide basis, to materially interfere with the ability of the director or the commissioner to eradicate a pest, or where the pest is of such a nature that it could rapidly spread to other areas beyond the boundaries of the local agency. (b) “Local agency” means any public agency, other than a state agency, board, or commission and includes, but is not limited to, cities (chartered or otherwise), counties, and special districts.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/general-provisions-5026","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}