Existing law, the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District Law, provides for the formation of mosquito abatement and vector control districts and specifies the powers and duties of the district boards. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to provide examinations to certify government agency employees and vector control technicians.
This bill would create the California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program Account, to be administered by the department, to fund California-based surveillance and research on mosquitoes. The bill would appropriate $2,000,000 from the General Fund to the account, thereby making an
appropriation. The bill would require that $1,500,000 of that money be used to fund the California Vectorborne Disease Surveillance System, known as CalSurv, to perform specified functions.
Existing law provides the Secretary of Food and Agriculture with various powers and duties with regard to the control and abatement of various pests, including, but not limited to, Mexican fruit flies, field rodents, and beet leafhoppers.This bill would create the California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program Account, as a continuously appropriated fund, in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, with the money to be used by the secretary for the purpose of funding California-based surveillance and research on mosquitoes, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would appropriate $2,000,000 from the General Fund to the account, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require that $1,500,000 of that money be used annually to fund the California Vector-borne Disease Surveillance program, known as CalSurv, to perform
specified functions. The bill would also require the secretary to appoint an advisory committee consisting of scientific experts, including, but not limited to, academic researchers, agricultural experts, public health experts, pesticide experts, and local mosquito abatement and vector control districts to make recommendations to the secretary on applicability of surveillance programs statewide and would report annually to the secretary on outcomes. Because the bill would require a higher level of service by local officials appointed to serve on the advisory committee, it would create a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the
bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
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