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2007 California Public Resources Code Article 5. Forest Insect And Plant Disease Control
CA Codes (prc:4712-4718)
PUBLIC RESOURCES CODESECTION 4712-4718
4712. As used in this article: (a) "Owner" includes any individual, partnership, corporation, or association. (b) "Timberland" means any land which has enough timber, standing or down, to constitute, in the judgment of the board, an insect or pine beetle infestation breeding ground or plant disease hazard of a nature to constitute a menace, injurious and dangerous to timber or forest growth. 4713. Pine beetles and other insect pests or plant diseases which are harmful, detrimental and injurious to timber and forest growth are a public nuisance. 4714. Every owner of timber or timberlands shall control or eradicate such insect pests or plant diseases on lands owned by him or under his control. If he does not do so the work may be performed as provided in this article. 4714.5. The movement of eucalyptus wood containing live Eucalyptus Longhorn Borers or their larvae in trucks or trailers is prohibited. A violation of this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars (,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than six months, or by both that fine and imprisonment. 4715. The department, in accordance with policy established by the board, may enter into agreements with any owner and with any agency of government, including the federal government, for the purpose of controlling or eradicating forest insects or plant diseases damaging or threatening destruction to timber or forest growth, and it may make expenditures for that purpose. 4716. Whenever the director determines that there exists an area which is infested or infected with insect pests or plant diseases injurious to timber or forest growth and that the infestation or infection is of such a character as to be a menace to the timber or timberlands of adjacent owners, the director, with the approval of the board, may declare the existence of a zone of infestation or infection, and describe and fix its boundaries. Thereafter, the department or its agents may go upon state and private lands within the zone of infestation or infection and shall cause the infestation or infection to be eradicated or controlled in a manner which is approved by the board. 4717. The department may make the necessary surveys and appraisals to obtain pertinent data and information on insect infestations and disease infections. The department may make expenditures for that purpose. 4718. Whenever the director determines that insect or disease control work within the designated zone of infestation or infection is no longer necessary or feasible he shall, with the approval of the board, dissolve the zone.
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