{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fac-6045","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAC § 6045","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Food and Agricultural Code - FAC","DIVISION 4. PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL [5001. - 8808.]","PART 1. GENERALLY [5001. - 6299.]","CHAPTER 9. Specific Pest Control and Abatement Provisions [5901. - 6049.]","ARTICLE 8. Pierce’s Disease [6045. - 6047.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b40856ad385ca79adbe537c2b1857d3a3ae58ac5bc7e044b93c4baee63c83ea9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fac-6043","next":"us-ca/fac-6046"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}