California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC |
Division 4. PLANT QUARANTINE AND PEST CONTROL |
Part 1. GENERALLY |
Chapter 1. Definitions and General Provisions |
ARTICLE 1. Definitions |
Section 5004.
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"Noxious weed" means any species of plant that is, or is liable to be, troublesome, aggressive, intrusive, detrimental, or destructive to agriculture, silviculture, or important native species, and difficult to control or eradicate, which the director, by regulation, designates to be a noxious weed. In determining whether or not a species shall be designated a noxious weed for the purposes of protecting silviculture or important native plant species, the director shall not make that designation if the designation will be detrimental to agriculture.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 556, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)