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CA AB2755
Bill
Status
Passed
8/17/2016
Primary Sponsor
James Gallagher
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AI Summary
- Establishes civil remedies for wrongful taking, possessing, harboring, transporting, or destroying of beehives or bees without owner consent
- Provides damages of three times the value of the bees at time of wrongful act, plus fair compensation for plaintiff's time and money spent recovering or replacing the bees
- Applies to civil actions involving wrongful and willful removal of bees from hives or killing/destroying of bees
- Addresses concerns about California's beekeeping industry, which operates nearly 500,000 bee colonies and conducts three-fourths of the country's commercial honeybee crop pollination
- Responds to significant honeybee population reductions due to Colony Collapse Disorder and other factors threatening California's agricultural pollination needs
Legislative Description
Agriculture: bees: civil remedies.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 138, Statutes of 2016.
8/17/2016
Committee Referrals
Judiciary5/5/2016
Rules4/28/2016
Judiciary3/31/2016
Agriculture3/10/2016
Full Bill Text
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