ARTICLE 4. Notice and Expense of Abatement on Other Public Property [5491. - 5494.]

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 4.

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Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5491. Section 5491.

If any pest is found to exist in any public park or along any street, highway, or other property which is subject to the control of a city or county, the notice of abatement shall be served on the chairman of the governing body of the city or county. If the eradication, control, or destruction of the pest is performed by the commissioner, the cost of the eradication, control, or destruction is a city or county charge, as the case may be, and shall be paid from the general fund of the city or county.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5492. Section 5492.

If any pest is found to exist in any park or along any street, highway, right-of-way, or other property which is subject to the control of any agency of the state, the director, upon receiving a report of the existence of the pest from the commissioner, shall notify the agency. He may instruct the commissioner to serve the notice upon the director or other executive officer of the agency. If the eradication, control, or destruction of the pest is performed by the commissioner, the cost of the eradication, control, or destruction is a charge against, and shall be paid from, the maintenance fund or from other funds for the support of the agency. This section applies to a state highway right-of-way if any pest of the same kind has been, or is being, subjected to control, destruction, or eradication on other private or public property in the immediate vicinity of the right-of-way, either at the direction of the commissioner or voluntarily by the owner of such adjacent property.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5493. Section 5493.

If any pest is found to exist upon any property which is subject to the control of any irrigation, drainage, flood control, reclamation, or levee district, or other political subdivision of the state, the notice of abatement shall be served upon the chairman of the governing body of the district or political subdivision. If the chairman is absent from the county, or for any reason cannot be served, the notice shall be served upon some other member of the governing body. If the eradication, control, or destruction of the pests upon the property is performed by the commissioner, the cost of the eradication, control, or destruction is a legal charge and shall be paid from the general maintenance or operating fund, as the case may be, of the district or political subdivision.

Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 5494. Section 5494.

If any pest is found to exist in or on any irrigation canal or ditch, including its lateral banks, which is not subject to the control of any district or political subdivision of the state, the notice of abatement shall be served upon all users of water from the irrigation canal or ditch that is described in the notice.

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