Bill Text: CA AB2465 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Vector control: state agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-28 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2465 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB2465-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2465 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 7, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 5, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Yamada
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to add Section 14718 to the Government Code, relating to
pest management.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2465, as amended, Yamada. Vector control: state agencies.
Existing law, the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District
Law, authorizes the establishment of mosquito abatement and vector
control districts governed by a board of trustees. Existing law
requires the State Department of Public Health to certify government
agency employees and pest abatement district employees who handle,
apply, or supervise the use of pesticides as vector control
technicians. It also requires the department to establish minimum
standards for continuing education for any government agency employee
so certified.
Existing law authorizes the department to enter into a cooperative
agreement with any local district or other public agency engaged in
the work of controlling mosquitoes, gnats, flies, other insects,
rodents, or other vectors and pests of public health importance, in
areas and under terms, conditions, and specifications as the State
Public Health Officer may prescribe. Existing law, until January 1,
2011, requires any state or local agency responding to an outbreak of
West Nile virus or other mosquito-borne disease with an abatement
and surveillance program to contract with a local mosquito and vector
control agency that is party to the cooperative agreement or to
consult directly with the department to ensure that the outbreak
response is supervised appropriately and conducted by licensed
personnel using sound integrated mosquito management techniques.
Existing law requires each state agency to annually make a review
of all proprietary state lands, except as specified, over which it
has jurisdiction to determine what, if any, land is in excess of its
foreseeable needs and report thereon in writing to the Department of
General Services. It also requires jurisdiction of all land reported
as excess to be transferred to the Department of General Services,
when requested by the director of the reporting agency, for sale or
disposition.
This bill would require the Department of General Services
and every state agency that is required to report to the Department
of General Services all land that is in excess of its foreseeable
needs and that does not request transfer of its jurisdiction to the
Department of General Services to, with respect to this excess
, with respect to any land that is acquired by
the state on and after January 1, 2011, that the acquiring state
agency take specified actions with regard to mosquito control
on state properties, as described in the June 2008 Best Management
Practices for Mosquito Control on California State Properties
prepared by the State Department of Public Health.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) On August 2, 2007, Governor Schwarzenegger issued an Emergency
Proclamation in response to the then rapidly escalating West Nile
virus outbreak and directed the State Department of Public Health
(DPH), in coordination with the State and Consumer Services Agency,
the Resources Agency, and the Department of Food and Agriculture, to
develop a plan to be implemented by all state agencies to enhance
early detection and control of West Nile virus on state-owned
properties.
(b) In 2009, the DPH reported that West Nile virus resulted in the
deaths of four Californians and resulted in 105 Californians testing
positive for West Nile virus.
(c) In June 2008, the DPH adopted its Best Management Practices
for Mosquito Control on California State Properties (Best Management
Practices). These Best Management Practices describe land management
practices intended to reduce mosquito populations by eliminating
standing water, modifying a habitat, enhancing natural predation on
mosquito larvae, and using highly specific mosquito control products.
(d) Additionally, the Best Management Practices are a fundamental
attribute of an integrated pest management program, that combines
chemical and nonchemical control measures to reduce populations of
mosquitoes, while minimizing the potential impacts to people, other
organisms, and the environment.
(e) Due in large part to recent state budget constraints, the
state agencies required to implement the Best Management Practices on
lands under their jurisdiction have been unable to fully implement
the Best Management Practices, thus further straining the budgets of
local mosquito control districts.
(f) Mosquito control utilizing Best Management Practices through
collaboration between state agencies and local mosquito and vector
control agencies provides a higher level of public safety to all
Californians and will reduce the use of pesticides on state-owned and
state-managed lands.
SEC. 2. Section 14718 is added to the Government Code, to read:
14718. The Department of General Services and every state agency
that is required, pursuant to Section 11011, to report to the
Department of General Services all land that is in excess of its
foreseeable needs and that does not request transfer of its
jurisdiction to the Department of General Services, shall, with
respect to land that is acquired by the state on and after January 1,
2011, and reportable pursuant to Section 11011, do all of the
14718. With respect to any land that is acquired
by the state on and after January 1, 2011, the acquiring state agency
shall do all of the following, as described in the June 2008
Best Management Practices for Mosquito Control on California State
Properties prepared by the State Department of Public Health:
(a) Coordinate with local mosquito control agencies to monitor
mosquito populations and the West Nile virus.
(b) Collaborate with mosquito control professionals to establish
the treatment threshold of mosquito populations based on facts
related to local health, public safety, and economics.
(c) Identify and implement best management practices most
appropriate for the land-use type, resource availability, West Nile
virus risk, and mosquito populations.
(d) Coordinate any best management practices implementation with
the local mosquito and vector control agency.
(e) Ensure that mosquito control staff has permanent access and
permission to survey standing water for mosquito production and apply
control measures.
(f) Use integrated pest management, including biological,
mechanical, cultural, microbial, biochemical, and chemical controls
to actively control mosquitoes while considering human health,
ecological impact, feasibility, and cost effectiveness.
(g) Eliminate artificial mosquito breeding sites.
(h) Ensure that all surface water is gone within four days (96
hours) to prevent mosquito breeding.
(i) Control plant growth in ponds, ditches, and shallow wetlands.
(j) Design facilities and water conveyance or holding structures
to minimize potential mosquito breeding.
(k) Use appropriate biorational control measures to control
mosquito larvae.
(l) Use personal protective measures to prevent mosquito bites.
(m) Evaluate the effects and efficacy of treatments for mosquito
control.
