California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC |
Division 7. AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS |
Chapter 2. Pesticides |
ARTICLE 1. Definitions |
Section 12754.5.
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"Pest" means any of the following that is, or is liable to become, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural or nonagricultural environment of the state:
(a) Any insect, predatory animal, rodent, nematode, or weed.
(b) Any form of terrestrial, aquatic, or aerial plant or animal, virus, fungus, bacteria, or other microorganism (except viruses, fungi, bacteria, or other microorganisms on or in living man or other living animals).
(c) Anything that the director, by regulation, declares to be a pest.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 161, Sec. 2. Effective June 10, 1988. Note: See changes set forth in Governor's Reorg. Plan 1 of 1991.)