{"code":"FAC","codeName":"Food and Agricultural Code","section":"6045","citation":"Food & Agr. Code, § 6045","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 9. Specific Pest Control and Abatement Provisions [5901. - 6049.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-4/part-1/chapter-9"},{"name":"ARTICLE 8. Pierce’s Disease [6045. - 6047.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-4/part-1/chapter-9/article-8"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 171.   (AB 731)   Effective January 1, 2016.   Inoperative March 1, 2031.   Repealed as of January 1, 2032, pursuant to Section 6046.","effective":"2016-01-01","html":"<p>(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the plant killing bacterium, Xyella Fastidiosa, and the resulting pathogen, Pierce’s disease, and its vectors present a clear and present danger to California’s sixty-billion-dollar grape industry, as well as to many other commodities and plant life.</p><p>(b) There exists an ongoing need for at least fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) annually in research and programs to combat Pierce’s disease and its vectors in California.</p>","text":"(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the plant killing bacterium, Xyella Fastidiosa, and the resulting pathogen, Pierce’s disease, and its vectors present a clear and present danger to California’s sixty-billion-dollar grape industry, as well as to many other commodities and plant life. (b) There exists an ongoing need for at least fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) annually in research and programs to combat Pierce’s disease and its vectors in California.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/pierces-disease-6045","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}