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California · Through 2026-09-13

FAC § 5026

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
  2. DIVISION 4. PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL [5001. - 8808.]
  3. PART 1. GENERALLY [5001. - 6299.]
  4. CHAPTER 1. Definitions and General Provisions [5001. - 5035.]
  5. ARTICLE 2. General Provisions [5021. - 5029.]

(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.

Collected 2026-09-14T05:56:33Z. Source file · JSON

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