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Section 15503.

15503. The Aquaculture Disease Committee may recommend regulations to the commission designed to safeguard wild and cultured organisms from the list of harmful organisms compiled pursuant to Section 15500. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1300, Sec. 23.)

Section 15504.

15504. Regulations recommended under Section 15503 and adopted by the commission may include all of the following: (a) Routine monitoring procedures. (b) Standardized diagnostic procedures. (c) A requirement for the confirmation of the diagnosis by the state through at least one other independent and qualified laboratory. (d) Criteria for ordering quarantine, condemnation, or destruction. (e) A stated maximum time period […]

Section 15505.

15505. If any of the diseases or parasites listed pursuant to Section 15500 is found to exist which the director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Disease Committee and consistent with the regulations adopted under Section 15504, deems to be detrimental to the aquaculture industry or to wild stocks of aquatic plants and animals, the director […]

Section 15506.

15506. Except for those diseases in the list compiled pursuant to Section 15500, infected plants or animals shall not be quarantined or destroyed, unless the director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Disease Committee, finds that an outbreak of aquatic disease among privately cultured plants or animals presents a threat to the aquaculture industry or to […]

Section 15507.

15507. If the director, in consultation with the Aquaculture Disease Committee, finds that a disease is present in a nearby government operated facility or in nearby wild stocks, infected plants or animals in a private aquaculture facility shall not be quarantined or destroyed unless similar action is taken with respect to the government facility and […]

Section 15508.

15508. Reports of those diseases and parasites compiled pursuant to Section 15500 shall be immediately forwarded by the director to the Aquaculture Disease Committee and shall be promptly investigated by the department. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1300, Sec. 26.)

Section 15509.

15509. No person may move, or allow to be moved, any of the aquatic plants or animals which are subject to a quarantine established pursuant to Section 15505 across the quarantine line which is established, unless the person has first obtained a permit from the director authorizing the movement. The director may issue a permit […]

Section 15510.

15510. If the director determines that any disease designated pursuant to Section 15500 exists among domestic aquatic plants and animals, or that aquatic plants and animals have been exposed, or may have been exposed, to the disease, or to the vectors of the disease, in any other state or territory in the United States or […]

Section 15512.

15512. (a) If aquatic plants or animals are destroyed pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 15505, the owner shall be promptly paid from the General Fund an amount equal to 75 percent of the replacement value of the plants or animals, less the value determined by the department of any replacement stock provided by the department […]

Section 15513.

15513. Claims against the department arising under this chapter may be submitted pursuant to Section 905.2 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1486, Sec. 25.)