12841. (a) It is unlawful for a person to sell for use in this state any pesticide products that have been registered by the director for which the mill assessment established by this article, and the regulations adopted pursuant to it, is not paid at the times specified in Section 12843. (b) Except as provided in subdivision […]
12841.1. (a) The director may collect an assessment, in addition to the mill assessment collected pursuant to Section 12841, for all pesticide sales for use in this state except for sales for use in this state of pesticides labeled solely for home, industrial, or institutional use. The director may only collect up to an additional three-fourths […]
12841.2. (a) The Department of Pesticide Regulation shall create a program to conduct outreach and education activities for worker safety, environmental safety, school safety, and proper pesticide handling and use, to include, but not be limited to, the following issues and criteria: (1) The program shall encompass all communities, including urban, rural, and suburban communities. (2) All potential […]
12841.3. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 2282, 12784, and 12841, the director shall pay from the revenue collected from the mill assessment in the Department of Pesticide Regulation Fund an amount not to exceed the revenue derived from 0.5 mill ($0.0005) per dollar of sales for all pesticide sales for use in this state to counties in nonattainment […]
12841.4. (a) Every registrant of any production agricultural- or structural-use pesticide product sold for use in this state that is packaged in rigid, nonrefillable, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers of 55 gallons or less shall establish a recycling program, or demonstrate participation in a recycling program to ensure HDPE containers are recycled. Container recycling must comply with […]
12842. Every person who sells for use in this state any pesticide products that have been registered by the director shall maintain in this state, or with the director’s permission at another location, an accurate record of all transactions subject to assessment for four years. The records are subject to audit by the director and […]
12843. The payments required by this article, together with a return in a form prescribed by the director, shall be made quarterly one calendar month after March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year. For any delinquency in making a return, or any deficiency in payment, the director shall add to […]
12844. The director and the county agricultural commissioners shall jointly develop regulations specifying the criteria to be used in allocating pesticide mill assessment funds to the counties based upon each county’s pest control activities, costs, workload, and performance. After providing public notice, the director shall adopt those regulations. The criteria to be used in allocating […]
12844.5. Notwithstanding Section 12784, the funds paid to the counties under Section 12844 shall also be considered as reimbursement for costs incurred by the counties in the administration and enforcement of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 15201). (Added by renumbering Section 12845 (as added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 766) by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1266, Sec. […]
12845. (a) The director may adopt regulations that require persons subject to this article to provide information determined by the director to be necessary to enable the director to perform the audit authorized pursuant to Section 12842 and to carry out other powers or duties under this division. (b) The regulations adopted pursuant to this section may […]
12847. Sales invoices for pesticides first sold into or within this state by a registrant, pesticide broker, pest control dealer, or other person subject to this article shall show that the assessment specified in Sections 12841 and 12841.1 will be paid by the registrant, broker, dealer, or person, respectively. All other sales invoices for pesticides […]
