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HomeFood and Agricultural CodeDiv. 4Pt. 1Ch. 12Art. 2§ 6220 Winegrape District Exclusion Requests

§ 6220 Winegrape District Exclusion Requests

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§ 6220 Winegrape District Exclusion Requests

Key Takeaways

  • •If you own land with grapes in a new district, you can ask to keep your land out of it if you prove it won’t benefit from the district’s help.
  • •You can show your land already had a bug or disease problem and the grapes were removed, or that most of your land has special bug-resistant grape plants.
  • •If your land is outside the new district but you want to be included, you can ask to join.

Example

A farmer owns a vineyard where most of the grapes were already killed by bugs, and the farmer removed all the dead plants. The government wants to create a new district to help protect vineyards from bugs, but the farmer doesn’t think their land needs it.

The farmer can write a request to the local board saying, 'My land already had bugs, and I removed the grapes, so I don’t need the district’s help.' If the board agrees, the farmer’s land can stay out of the new district.

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§ 6220 Winegrape District Exclusion Requests

At the hearing, any owner of winegrape acreage in the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request, in writing, for the exclusion of that land or any part of that land from the proposed district upon a showing that the land or part of that land will not be benefited by the activities of the proposed district. Factors that the board of supervisors may consider in its determination to exclude shall include an affidavit from the landowner stating that the land has already been affected by phylloxera or other winegrape plant pests or diseases and the winegrape plants have been removed from the land, that more than 66 percent of the subject parcel is planted with non-vinifera-crossed rootstock, including, but not limited to, St. George, S04, 5C, or 5BB rootstock, or that the subject parcel does not have a pest or disease problem that can be controlled by the district. Any owner of winegrape acreage outside the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request in writing for inclusion of that land in the proposed district. (Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1078, Sec. 1. Effective October 11, 1993.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

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Related Statutes

  • § 6223 Winegrape District Boundary Rules
  • § 6252 Winegrape Land Exclusion Requests
  • § 6293.10 Winegrape District Land Exclusion
  • § 6216 Winegrape Pest District Hearing
  • § 6218 Hearing Notice Publication Requirements

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 6220.
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