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Administrative Code and Statutes
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Other State Legal Resources
- Bills
- AB 740 (PDF | 89 KB) (Oct 10, 2007)
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation that will work to eliminate the influx of invasive species that arrive in California waters in the ballast water of shipping vessels above 300 gross tons. The new regulations take full effect on Jan 1, 2012, and will mandate detailed cleaning of the ballast tanks, propellers, hulls and other submerged components of such vessels. It will furthermore empower the State Lands Commission to develop rules relating to water management.
- AB 1693 (PDF | 87 KB) (Oct 10, 2007)
Govenor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed legislation to provide the Department of Fish and Game with the authority needed to effectively combat highly invasive mussel species that threaten California's water delivery and natural ecosystems. The bill applies to the family of dressinid mussels, which include both quagga mussels and their cousins the zebra mussels.
- SB 311 Noxious Weed Management (Feb 16, 2007)
Bill to add $1 million/year to California's Weeds Management Area program. This would bring the total program funding to $2.5 million/year, the amount approved in the Legislature last year, but reduced by the Governor.
- SB 497 Vessels: releases
Sep 19, 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed state legislation (SB 497) that requires ships entering California ports to treat ballast water. The new law will make California the second state in the country to regulate ballast water. S.B. 497 was signed by Governor Schwarzenegger at a Long Beach conference on ocean protection. The new law requires the state Lands Commission to adapt ballast water performance standards for both small and large vessels and calls for ballast water to be free of invasive species by 2020.
- AB 984 Tamarisk plant control
Sep 29, 2006, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed state legislation (AB 984). The bill directs CA state agencies to work with other Colorado River basin states to develop a comprehensive plan for tamarisk control and re-vegetation for the entire Colorado River system.
- California Invasive Plant Council (Cal-IPC)
- California Department of Food and Agriculture
- Legistative Counsel of California
- National Plant Board
- University of California-Davis, Information Center for the Environment
- University of California, Weed Research and Information Center
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