DIVISION 4. PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL 5001-8808›PART 1. GENERALLY 5001-6299›CHAPTER 6. Abatement, Generally 5401-5494›ARTICLE 4. Notice and Expense of Abatement on Other Public Property 5491-5494

§ 5491

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

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