(a) The commissioner shall make an annual report to the director on the condition of agriculture in his or her county and on what is being done to eradicate, control, or manage pests, and actions relating to the exclusion of pests or quarantine against pests. The commissioner may include in the annual report information relating to organic farming methods, biotechnology, integrated pest management, and biological control activities in the county. The commissioner shall also furnish from time to time to the director any other information the director may require.

(b) This section shall become operative July 1, 1999.

(Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 870, Sec. 3. Effective September 28, 1998. Section operative July 1, 1999, by its own provisions.)