CHAPTER 2. County Agricultural Commissioners and Their Employees [2101. - 2287.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.

§§ 2101–2287 · 59 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Qualifications §§ 2101–2107 · 7 sections

   • § 2101 (a) The director shall examine persons who desire to become commissioners or deputy commissioners. He or she may adopt regulations which govern the…
   • § 2102 (a) The director shall pass upon the qualifications of persons who desire to become county agricultural inspectors and shall issue licenses to successful…
   • § 2103 The director shall issue a license, for any county which has a charter that provides for civil service examination of county agricultural inspectors, to any…
   • § 2104 A commissioner, deputy commissioner, or county agricultural inspector need not be a resident of the county for which he may be chosen.
   • § 2105 Prior to entering upon his duties, the commissioner shall file the usual oath, and he shall be required to file an official bond in an amount determined by the…
   • § 2106 No person shall be eligible for the examination or shall be given or issued a license pursuant to Section 2101, 2102, or 2103 unless he or she possesses a…
   • § 2107 The director shall publish and make available a registry of persons holding a license pursuant to Section 2101, 2102, or 2103 and Section 12202 of the Business…
2. ARTICLE 2. Appointment and Employment §§ 2121–2129 · 9 sections

   • § 2121 The commissioner shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county. Any chartered county may, however, prescribe a different method of appointment.
   • § 2122 The term of office of the commissioner shall be four years from and after his appointment and until his successor is appointed. He may, however, be removed…
   • § 2123 Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person shall not be appointed to the office of commissioner or deputy commissioner unless he or she has a…
   • § 2124 If the board of supervisors of such adjoining county consents, the board of supervisors of any county in which there is no commissioner may employ a qualified…
   • § 2125 In any county in which no commissioner has served, the director shall perform the duties of commissioner in the same manner, to the same extent, and with the…
   • § 2126 The commissioner may appoint deputy commissioners, inspectors, and clerks who shall serve at his pleasure. Such inspectors may be designated as county…
   • § 2127 Deputy commissioners and inspectors shall be appointed from a list which is furnished by the director of persons who hold a license for the office.
   • § 2128 If the position of deputy commissioner cannot be filled from the list, a temporary appointment may be made for a period not exceeding six months upon the…
   • § 2129 If the position of inspector cannot be filled from the list, a temporary appointment not exceeding six months may be made.
3. ARTICLE 3. Vacancies §§ 2151–2154 · 4 sections

   • § 2151 If a vacancy in the office of commissioner occurs, the director, upon learning of the vacancy, shall immediately transmit to the board of supervisors or other…
   • § 2152 If, within 60 days after the receipt of the list of persons who are licensed, the appointing power fails to appoint a commissioner from the list, the secretary…
   • § 2153 If there is no qualified person available for the office of commissioner, the appointing power may make a temporary appointment, for a period not exceeding…
   • § 2154 If the appointing power does not make a temporary appointment of a commissioner and no person can be appointed from the eligible list by the director, the…
4. ARTICLE 4. Removal §§ 2181–2187 · 7 sections

   • § 2181 Upon satisfactory evidence presented to the Secretary or the Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation that the commissioner of any county is guilty…
   • § 2182 The county agricultural commissioner’s trial board shall be composed of the Secretary and the Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation, a person who…
   • § 2183 At least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing the director shall give notice in writing to the commissioner of the time and place of the hearing and such…
   • § 2184 At the hearing the trial board shall hear the evidence which is offered.
   • § 2185 The trial board shall, within 30 days subsequent to the conclusion of the hearing make an order dismissing the charges or an order disqualifying the…
   • § 2186 If the order disqualifies the commissioner, the director shall revoke the commissioner’s license and declare his or her office vacant. A copy of the order…
   • § 2187 The license of a deputy commissioner may be revoked in the same manner and for the same causes that a license of a commissioner may be revoked.
5. ARTICLE 5. Compensation §§ 2201–2206 · 5 sections

   • § 2201 The compensation provided for a commissioner, deputy commissioner, county agricultural inspector, or clerk who is employed by the year or by the month shall be…
   • § 2203 The commissioner shall be paid his or her compensation and traveling and incidental expenses while he or she is attending the annual meeting of the California…
   • § 2204 The compensation of a commissioner who is appointed by the director shall be paid in the same manner as if he were appointed by the board of supervisors.
   • § 2205 The rate and manner of payment of compensation for a commissioner who is employed pursuant to Section 2124 shall be fixed by the board of supervisors of the…
   • § 2206 The board of supervisors of any county in which the director is required by Section 2125 to perform the duties of commissioner shall, upon claim which is duly…
6. ARTICLE 6. Cooperative Salary Agreements §§ 2221–2224 · 4 sections

   • § 2221 For the purpose of this article the base salary of a commissioner is the salary, or if a salary range is established, the lowest step in such range, which was…
   • § 2222 For the purpose of securing more uniform and adequate enforcement of this code throughout the state, the director may enter into cooperative agreements with…
   • § 2223 In the agreement the board of supervisors shall agree not to reduce the salary of the commissioner to less than the base salary. The director may agree to pay…
   • § 2224 The director may agree with the board of supervisors of any county in which no salary was established for the position of commissioner for January, 1959, that…
7. ARTICLE 7. Offices, Equipment and Supplies §§ 2241–2244 · 4 sections

   • § 2241 As used in this article “commissioner” includes a commissioner who is employed pursuant to Section 2124.
   • § 2242 The board of supervisors shall provide a suitable office for the commissioner, and shall furnish and equip his office with all necessary furniture, supplies,…
   • § 2243 The board of supervisors may also provide the commissioner with all necessary field equipment for the proper discharge of the duties of his office.
   • § 2244 All expenses which are ordered by the board of supervisors for the office, furniture, supplies, effects, and equipment for the commissioner are a county…
8. ARTICLE 8. Powers and Duties §§ 2271–2287 · 19 sections

   • § 2271 The commissioner shall keep a record of his official acts.
   • § 2272 (a) The commissioner shall make an annual report to the director on the condition of agriculture in his or her county and on what is being done to eradicate,…
   • § 2273 The commissioner shall also make a monthly report to the board of supervisors if and when so required by the board.
   • § 2274 The commissioner shall learn about all pests that may exist, or are likely to exist, in his county.
   • § 2275 The commissioner, for the purpose of learning the best and most efficacious methods of performing his or her duties, shall attend the annual meeting of the…
   • § 2276 The commissioner shall, for the purpose of becoming informed about new and dangerous agricultural pests, observing and learning new and better methods of pest…
   • § 2276.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, acting under policy direction of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, California’s unique system of county…
   • § 2277 The commissioner shall, if directed by the board of supervisors, collect, prepare, and install exhibits for public information which illustrate the work of his…
   • § 2278 The commissioner may disseminate information which relates to pests that may exist in his county, or are likely to exist in it. The information may include…
   • § 2279 The commissioner shall compile reports of the condition, acreage, production, and value of the agricultural products in his county. The commissioner may…
   • § 2280 The director, when acting in person with a commissioner, has all the rights of such commissioner.
   • § 2281 Except as otherwise specifically provided, in all cases where provisions of this code place joint responsibility for the enforcement of laws and regulations on…
   • § 2282 (a) Except as provided in Section 2282.5, and to the extent funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or the…
   • § 2282.5 (a) The development of work plans for allocation of the funding appropriated in the Budget Act to the department for local assistance for agricultural plant…
   • § 2283 The commissioner, in carrying out his responsibilities under Section 2281, may assist the department in the conduct of surveys or investigations pursuant to…
   • § 2284 The commissioner may, with the approval of the board of supervisors, contract with any person or association to certify the condition of a shipment of a…
   • § 2285 For the purpose of developing necessary information and securing the best results for agriculture in this state, the commissioner may correspond and meet with…
   • § 2286 The discretionary immunity doctrine as applied to a public entity and an employee of a public entity pursuant to Sections 815.2 and 820.2 of the Government…
   • § 2287 Whenever the commissioner determines that it is necessary to more effectively or more efficiently carry out a program listed in subdivision (b) of Section…