California

• Administrative Code and Statutes
• Other State Legal Resources

Administrative Code and Statutes

• California Code of Regulations - State Regulations
  • Food and Agriculture (Title 3)
    • Plant Industry (Division 4)
      • Entomology and Plant Quarantine (Chapter 3)
        • Insect Pest Control (Subchapter 5)
      • Rodent and Weed Control and Seed Inspection (Chapter 5)
      • Weed Free Areas and Weed Eradication Areas (Chapter 6)
        • Klamath Weed (Article 1)
        • Wild Scotch Broom (Article 3)
        • Russian Thistle (Article 4)
        • Hydrilla (Article 7)
        • Noxious Weed Species (Subchapter 6)
    • Pesticides and Pest Control (Division 6)

  
  

• California Law - State Laws
  • California Fish and Game Code
    • Importation, Transportation, and Sheltering of Restricted Live Wild Animals (Division 3, Chapter 2, Article 1 et seq.)
    • Fish (Division 6)
      • Infected or Diseased Fish (Part 1, Chapter 4)
      • Control of Aquatic Nuisance Plants (Part 1, Chapter 5, Article 4)
      • Marine Aquaria Pets (Part 3, Chapter 2, Article 19)
  • California Food and Agricultural Code
    • Exotic Species Introductions (Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 3, Section 403)
    • Plant Quarantine and Pest Control (Division 4, Part 1)
      • Definitions (Chapter 1, Article 1)
      • Newly Discovered Pests (Chapter 4)
      • Specific Pest Control and Abatement Provisions (Chapter 9)
        • Cotton Pest Control (Article 5)
        • Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter (Article 8.5)
        • Hydrilla (Article 9)
      • Cotton Pests Abatement Districts (Part 1, Chapter 10)
      • Weeds and Pest Seeds (Part 4, Chapter 1)
        • Weed-Free Areas (Article 1)
        • Noxious Weeds Management (Article 1.7)
        • Camelthorn (Article 2)
    • Bee Management and Honey Production (Division 13)
      • Africanized Honey Bees (Article 16)
    • California Seed Law (Division 18, Chapter 2)
      • General Provisions (Article 2)
      • Regulations (Article 4)
      • Labeling of Seeds (Article 8)
  • California Harbors and Navigation Code
    • Ballast Water (Section 132)
  • California Public Resources Code
    • Coastal Resources Planning and Management Policies (Chapter 3)
      • Industrial Development (Article 7)
        • Ballast Water from Tankers (Section 30261)
    • Ports (Chapter 8)
      • Policies (Article 2)
        • Ballast Water from Tankers (Section 30707)
    • Ballast Water Management for Control of Nonindigenous Species (Division 36)
      • General Provisions (Chapter 1)
      • Ballast Water Management Requirements (Chapter 2)
      • Research and Program Evaluation (Chapter 3)
      • Marine Invasive Species Control Fund (Chapter 4)
    • Civil and Criminal Penalties and Liability (Chapter 5)

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 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)
  • AB 2631 proposes creation of a California Invasive Species Council, Jun 2004 (PDF | 20 KB)
  
  
• California Department of Food and Agriculture
  • California Weed Laws
  • Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services - Regulations
    • Pest Exclusion Branch
  
  
• Legistative Counsel of California
  
  
• National Plant Board
  • State Plant Quarantine Summaries (select State)
    
    
• University of California-Davis, Information Center for the Environment
  • CALWEED Database, California Noxious Weed Control Projects Inventory
  
  
• University of California, Weed Research and Information Center
  • Yellow Starthistle Information - Legislation