PCOC Holds 2006 Legislative Days

PCOC Legislative Days provided industry leaders the opportunity to discuss industry issues with key legislators. Shown from left to right: PCOC Political Action Chairman Curtis Good, PCOC Vice-President Harvey Logan, and Dean Osborn, Pest Control Business Manager for Target.

SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — Pest Control Operators of California held its annual Legislative Days, April 25-26, 2006 in Sacramento, Calif. The event provided industry leaders the opportunity to meet with legislators and promote industry issues.

PCOC is the sponsor of AB 87 (Bermudez) Trapping Licenses: exemptions and SB 230 (Figueroa) Structural Fumigation Enforcement Program. AB 87 would exempt structural pest control licensees from the licensing requirement for trapping mammals. SB 230 would extend the current Fumigation Enforcement Program (in Los Angeles and Orange counties) currently set to expire on July 1, 2006.

In an effort to build support for the legislative days, Target Specialty Products sponsored the registration fee for one representative from the PCOC’s 20 districts. More than 100 pest management professionals participated this year.

For more information about PCOC sponsored bills and other legislation of interest, contact PCOC at (916) 372-4363.