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FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 6295-6295.6



6295.  The district may do all of the following:
   (a) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts
and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
   (b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
   (c) Take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, or otherwise,
and hold, use and enjoy, and lease, or otherwise dispose of, real and
personal property of every kind and description within or without
the district necessary to the full and convenient exercise of its
powers.
   (d) Cause assessments to be levied, as provided in Article 5
(commencing with Section 6296), to pay any obligation of the district
and to accomplish the purposes of the district in the manner
provided in this chapter.
   (e) Make contracts, and employ, except as otherwise provided in
this chapter, all persons, firms, and corporations necessary to carry
out the purposes and the powers of the district, and at any salary,
wage, or other compensation as the district board of directors shall
determine.
   (f) Respond to the effects and spread of Pierce's disease, the
glassy-winged sharpshooter, and other winegrape plant pests and
diseases and collect and disseminate to winegrape growers in the
district all relevant information and scientific studies concerning
the pest or pests or diseases, as well as to chart and determine the
extent and location of any infestations.
   (g) With reasonable advance notice in writing to the landowner, as
determined by the district, enter into or upon any land included
within the boundaries of the district for the purpose of inspecting
the winegrape plants and any other host plants and fruit growing on
them.
   (h) Perform any and all acts, either within or outside the
district, necessary or proper to fully and completely carry out the
purposes for which the district is organized.
   (i) The district's administrative costs are to be limited to 5
percent of the annual assessment revenues.




6295.1.  Every district formed pursuant to this chapter has all of
the powers prescribed by Section 6295 and other provisions of this
chapter, regardless of any language in the petition for formation for
any district or in any of the proceedings leading to the formation
that would otherwise limit the power of the district.




6295.2.  The county agricultural commissioner of the county in which
the district is located shall, in consultation with the district
board, assist the district to the extent possible in all activities
undertaken by the district for the control of Pierce's disease, the
glassy-winged sharpshooter, or any other winegrape plant pests or
diseases.



6295.3.  The district board shall, immediately after its appointment
and after public hearing, formulate an effective plan and adopt a
budget of expenditures for the forthcoming fiscal year. At a public
hearing on the plan and the budget, any owner of winegrape growing
acreage included in the district may make written or oral protest
against the budget or any item in it. The plan and the budget, as
thereafter approved by the district board, shall be the plan and the
budget of the district for the forthcoming fiscal year.



6295.4.  There may be added to the budget for the first fiscal year
of the operation of the district an amount not to exceed 20 percent
of the total amount of the budget to cover the preliminary expenses
of the district, including, but not limited to, the costs of
formation, before the beginning of the first fiscal year.




6295.5.  For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year of
operation of the district, the district board shall adopt the final
budget therefor in the same manner and at the same time that the
budget for the first fiscal year was adopted.




6295.6.  The board of supervisors may charge the district for actual
costs incurred by the county in connection with the proceedings for
the formation of the district, and the district shall reimburse the
county from assessments levied for those expenses.


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Statutes > California > Fac > 6295-6295.6

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 6295-6295.6



6295.  The district may do all of the following:
   (a) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts
and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
   (b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
   (c) Take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, or otherwise,
and hold, use and enjoy, and lease, or otherwise dispose of, real and
personal property of every kind and description within or without
the district necessary to the full and convenient exercise of its
powers.
   (d) Cause assessments to be levied, as provided in Article 5
(commencing with Section 6296), to pay any obligation of the district
and to accomplish the purposes of the district in the manner
provided in this chapter.
   (e) Make contracts, and employ, except as otherwise provided in
this chapter, all persons, firms, and corporations necessary to carry
out the purposes and the powers of the district, and at any salary,
wage, or other compensation as the district board of directors shall
determine.
   (f) Respond to the effects and spread of Pierce's disease, the
glassy-winged sharpshooter, and other winegrape plant pests and
diseases and collect and disseminate to winegrape growers in the
district all relevant information and scientific studies concerning
the pest or pests or diseases, as well as to chart and determine the
extent and location of any infestations.
   (g) With reasonable advance notice in writing to the landowner, as
determined by the district, enter into or upon any land included
within the boundaries of the district for the purpose of inspecting
the winegrape plants and any other host plants and fruit growing on
them.
   (h) Perform any and all acts, either within or outside the
district, necessary or proper to fully and completely carry out the
purposes for which the district is organized.
   (i) The district's administrative costs are to be limited to 5
percent of the annual assessment revenues.




6295.1.  Every district formed pursuant to this chapter has all of
the powers prescribed by Section 6295 and other provisions of this
chapter, regardless of any language in the petition for formation for
any district or in any of the proceedings leading to the formation
that would otherwise limit the power of the district.




6295.2.  The county agricultural commissioner of the county in which
the district is located shall, in consultation with the district
board, assist the district to the extent possible in all activities
undertaken by the district for the control of Pierce's disease, the
glassy-winged sharpshooter, or any other winegrape plant pests or
diseases.



6295.3.  The district board shall, immediately after its appointment
and after public hearing, formulate an effective plan and adopt a
budget of expenditures for the forthcoming fiscal year. At a public
hearing on the plan and the budget, any owner of winegrape growing
acreage included in the district may make written or oral protest
against the budget or any item in it. The plan and the budget, as
thereafter approved by the district board, shall be the plan and the
budget of the district for the forthcoming fiscal year.



6295.4.  There may be added to the budget for the first fiscal year
of the operation of the district an amount not to exceed 20 percent
of the total amount of the budget to cover the preliminary expenses
of the district, including, but not limited to, the costs of
formation, before the beginning of the first fiscal year.




6295.5.  For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year of
operation of the district, the district board shall adopt the final
budget therefor in the same manner and at the same time that the
budget for the first fiscal year was adopted.




6295.6.  The board of supervisors may charge the district for actual
costs incurred by the county in connection with the proceedings for
the formation of the district, and the district shall reimburse the
county from assessments levied for those expenses.



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Statutes > California > Fac > 6295-6295.6

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 6295-6295.6



6295.  The district may do all of the following:
   (a) Sue and be sued in all actions and proceedings in all courts
and tribunals of competent jurisdiction.
   (b) Adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
   (c) Take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, lease, or otherwise,
and hold, use and enjoy, and lease, or otherwise dispose of, real and
personal property of every kind and description within or without
the district necessary to the full and convenient exercise of its
powers.
   (d) Cause assessments to be levied, as provided in Article 5
(commencing with Section 6296), to pay any obligation of the district
and to accomplish the purposes of the district in the manner
provided in this chapter.
   (e) Make contracts, and employ, except as otherwise provided in
this chapter, all persons, firms, and corporations necessary to carry
out the purposes and the powers of the district, and at any salary,
wage, or other compensation as the district board of directors shall
determine.
   (f) Respond to the effects and spread of Pierce's disease, the
glassy-winged sharpshooter, and other winegrape plant pests and
diseases and collect and disseminate to winegrape growers in the
district all relevant information and scientific studies concerning
the pest or pests or diseases, as well as to chart and determine the
extent and location of any infestations.
   (g) With reasonable advance notice in writing to the landowner, as
determined by the district, enter into or upon any land included
within the boundaries of the district for the purpose of inspecting
the winegrape plants and any other host plants and fruit growing on
them.
   (h) Perform any and all acts, either within or outside the
district, necessary or proper to fully and completely carry out the
purposes for which the district is organized.
   (i) The district's administrative costs are to be limited to 5
percent of the annual assessment revenues.




6295.1.  Every district formed pursuant to this chapter has all of
the powers prescribed by Section 6295 and other provisions of this
chapter, regardless of any language in the petition for formation for
any district or in any of the proceedings leading to the formation
that would otherwise limit the power of the district.




6295.2.  The county agricultural commissioner of the county in which
the district is located shall, in consultation with the district
board, assist the district to the extent possible in all activities
undertaken by the district for the control of Pierce's disease, the
glassy-winged sharpshooter, or any other winegrape plant pests or
diseases.



6295.3.  The district board shall, immediately after its appointment
and after public hearing, formulate an effective plan and adopt a
budget of expenditures for the forthcoming fiscal year. At a public
hearing on the plan and the budget, any owner of winegrape growing
acreage included in the district may make written or oral protest
against the budget or any item in it. The plan and the budget, as
thereafter approved by the district board, shall be the plan and the
budget of the district for the forthcoming fiscal year.



6295.4.  There may be added to the budget for the first fiscal year
of the operation of the district an amount not to exceed 20 percent
of the total amount of the budget to cover the preliminary expenses
of the district, including, but not limited to, the costs of
formation, before the beginning of the first fiscal year.




6295.5.  For each fiscal year subsequent to the first year of
operation of the district, the district board shall adopt the final
budget therefor in the same manner and at the same time that the
budget for the first fiscal year was adopted.




6295.6.  The board of supervisors may charge the district for actual
costs incurred by the county in connection with the proceedings for
the formation of the district, and the district shall reimburse the
county from assessments levied for those expenses.