California Health and Safety Code 2055 – (a) In any dispute between a district and another public agency …
(a) In any dispute between a district and another public agency over the need to prevent, abate, or control, or the methods and materials used to prevent, abate, or control vectors or vectorborne diseases, the district or the other public agency may appeal the decision to the director of the department within 10 days of the decision.
(b) Within 30 days of receiving an appeal pursuant to subdivision (a), the director of the department shall consult with the affected agencies, take written and oral testimony, decide the appeal, and convey the decision to the affected agencies. The director’s decision shall be consistent with the purposes of this chapter. The decision of the director of the department shall be final and conclusive.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 2055
- Abate: means to put an end to a public nuisance, or to reduce the degree or the intensity of a public nuisance. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Control: means to prevent or reduce vectors. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
- Department: means the State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
- Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
- District: means any mosquito abatement and vector control district created pursuant to this chapter or any of its statutory predecessors. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
- Public agency: means any state agency, board, or commission, including the California State University and the University of California, any county, city and county, city, regional agency, school district, special district, redevelopment agency, or other political subdivision. See California Health and Safety Code 2002
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 395, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2003.)