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§ 3611. Lettuce Mosaic Host-Free District and Period.

3 CA ADC § 3611Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 3. Food and Agriculture
Division 4. Plant Industry (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 4. Plant Pathology (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter 1. Host-Free Districts and Periods (Western Celery Mosaic)
Article 1. Territorial Limits and Periods
3 CCR § 3611
§ 3611. Lettuce Mosaic Host-Free District and Period.
Currentness
The Director finds that lettuce mosaic virus disease exists in certain lettuce growing areas of California and that this pest cannot be eradicated or effectively controlled by recognized ordinary means.
(a) Hosts. Lettuce (Lactuca spp) and endive or escarole (Cichoriumendivia).
(b) Host-Free District. The entire County of Monterey.
(c) Host-Free Period. The host-free period for the district described in subsection (b) shall commence on December 7 and end on December 21 of each year.
(d) Restrictions. No host plant including greenhouse seed crop plants or transplants or part thereof, except seed, shall be planted or maintained in any state of cultivation or growth in any lettuce mosaic host-free district during the host-free period unless authorized under a permit issued by the director or agricultural commissioner of the county in which the district is located. During the existence of the host-free period, any host plant or part thereof, except seed, which is planted, growing or being cultivated or maintained within a host-free district, is a public nuisance and subject too all the laws which relate to the abatement of such nuisance.

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Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 5781, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 5781-5783, Food and Agricultural Code.
History
1. New section filed 9-23-87 as an emergency; operative 9-23-87 (Register 87, No. 40). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 1-21-88.
2. Emergency language filed 9-23-87 repealed byoperation of Government Code Section 11346.1 (Register 88, No. 33).
3. New section filed 8-9-88; operative 8-9-88 (Register 88, No. 33).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 3, § 3611, 3 CA ADC § 3611
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