Pest control: mosquito abatement.

Existing law, the Mosquito Abatement and Vector Control District Law, provides for the formation of mosquito abatement and vector control districts and specifies the powers and duties of the district boards. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to provide examinations to certify government agency employees and vector control technicians. This bill would create the California Mosquito Surveillance and Research Program, to be administered by the University of California, and would require the University to maintain an interactive internet website for management and dissemination of data on mosquitoborne virus and surveillance control and coordinate with the department, among other functions, to the extent the program receives federal, state, or private funding for those purposes. The bill would make related findings and declarations.