California Public Resources Code

§ 4750.1

PRC § 4750.1 Effective Sep 25, 2002Div. 4 · Part 2 · Ch. 10 · Art. 9

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)The need for expanding the current efforts to slow the spread of sudden oak death grows more urgent with the discovery of each new plant host and the spread of the disease to an increasing number of counties.

(b)The cause of sudden oak death, a fungus known as Phytophthora ramorum, has only recently been discovered. There is currently no known cure for trees and other plant species infected with this fungus, leaving removal as the only current option. Although costly, infected trees and other plant species can be removed.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 854, Sec. 1. Effective September 25, 2002.