California Code
PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS
CHAPTER 1 - California Marketing Act of 937

ARTICLE 1 - Short Title and Definitions

Section 58601. - 58601. This chapter shall be known as “The California Marketing...

Section 58602. - 58602. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 58603. - 58603. “Administrative rules and regulations” means rules and regulations that...

Section 58604. - 58604. “Advertising and sales promotion” means, in addition to its...

Section 58604.5. - 58604.5. “Advertising and sales promotion” also means, in addition to...

Section 58605. - 58605. “Commodity,” except as otherwise provided in Section 58747, means...

Section 58606. - 58606. “Directly affecting” or “directly affected” is synonymous with “directly...

Section 58607. - 58607. “Distributing” means engaging in the business of a distributor...

Section 58608. - 58608. “Distributor” means any person that engages in the operation...

Section 58608.1. - 58608.1. “Educational program,” unless otherwise defined in this chapter, means...

Section 58609. - 58609. “Fish” means every form of fish, either salt water...

Section 58610. - 58610. “General rules and regulations” means rules and regulations, which...

Section 58611. - 58611. “Handler,” except with respect to fish and seafood, means...

Section 58612. - 58612. “Handling” means engaging in the business of a handler...

Section 58613. - 58613. “Major amendments” mean amendments to any marketing order or...

Section 58614. - 58614. “Marketed by producers” means producer marketing, as defined by...

Section 58615. - 58615. “Marketing order” means an order which is issued by...

Section 58616. - 58616. “Minor amendments” are amendments to any marketing order or...

Section 58617. - 58617. “Person” means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or any...

Section 58618. - 58618. “Processing” means engaging in the business of a processor...

Section 58619. - 58619. “Processor” means any person that is engaged within this...

Section 58620. - 58620. “Producer” means any person that is engaged within this...

Section 58621. - 58621. “Producer marketing” means any or all operations which are...

Section 58622. - 58622. “Retailer” means any person that purchases or acquires any...

Section 58623. - 58623. “Seafood” means shellfish and every other form of animal...

Section 58624. - 58624. “Seasonal marketing regulations” mean marketing regulations that are applicable...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 58651. - 58651. It is hereby declared that the marketing of commodities...

Section 58652. - 58652. These conditions vitally concern the health, peace, safety, and...

Section 58653. - 58653. The marketing of commodities within this state is hereby...

Section 58654. - 58654. The purposes of this chapter are to do the...

Section 58655. - 58655. In any civil or criminal action or proceeding for...

Section 58657. - 58657. The provisions of this chapter regarding the marketing of...

Section 58658. - 58658. If any section, sentence, clause, or part of this...

Section 58659. - 58659. The suspension, amendment, or termination of any marketing order...

Section 58660. - 58660. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

Section 58661. - 58661. The term volume, or quantity, as used in this...

ARTICLE 3 - Exceptions

Section 58681. - 58681. This chapter does not apply to any order, rule,...

Section 58682. - 58682. This chapter is not applicable to any retailer of...

ARTICLE 4 - Administration

Section 58711. - 58711. The director shall administer and enforce this chapter and...

Section 58712. - 58712. In order to effectuate the declared purposes of this...

Section 58713. - 58713. The director may do all of the following: (a)...

Section 58714. - 58714. The director may purchase general liability insurance for all...

ARTICLE 5 - Marketing Orders and Agreements

Section 58741. - 58741. Subject to the provisions, restrictions, and limitations which are...

Section 58741.1. - 58741.1. Subject to Section 58993.1, the director may establish an...

Section 58742. - 58742. The director may also, subject to the restriction and...

Section 58743. - 58743. If the director finds that it tends to effectuate...

Section 58744. - 58744. Any marketing order which is issued by the director...

Section 58745. - 58745. In order to effectuate the declared policy of this...

Section 58746. - 58746. The purposes and provisions of the chapter which relate...

Section 58747. - 58747. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 58605, the director may...

Section 58748. - 58748. If producers or handlers of any commodity which is...

Section 58749. - 58749. The director may issue and make effective a marketing...

Section 58750. - 58750. (a) There is within the Department of Food and...

ARTICLE 6 - Notice, Reports, and Hearings

Section 58771. - 58771. If the director has reason to believe that the...

Section 58773. - 58773. The director shall also mail a copy of such...

Section 58774. - 58774. The notice of hearing shall set forth all of...

Section 58775. - 58775. To provide the director with accurate and reliable information,...

Section 58777. - 58777. The director shall mail a copy of such notice...

Section 58778. - 58778. Each handler of such commodity that may be directly...

Section 58779. - 58779. From the reports which are filed and the information...

Section 58780. - 58780. In the preparation of the list of producers or...

Section 58781. - 58781. The information which is contained in the individual reports...

Section 58782. - 58782. The hearing on a proposed marketing order or proposed...

Section 58783. - 58783. At the hearing, the director shall receive, in addition...

Section 58784. - 58784. At any public hearing which is held in connection...

Section 58785. - 58785. At each public hearing upon a marketing order or...

Section 58786. - 58786. At a public hearing which is held to consider...

Section 58787. - 58787. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the director shall...

Section 58788. - 58788. If the director finds that a referendum shall be...

ARTICLE 7 - Findings

Section 58811. - 58811. After the notice and hearing which are required by...

Section 58812. - 58812. In making the findings with respect to any of...

Section 58813. - 58813. If the marketing order or amendments to it contain...

Section 58814. - 58814. Any marketing order in effect on August 27, 1945,...

ARTICLE 8 - Advisory Boards and Committees

Section 58841. - 58841. Any marketing order which is issued pursuant to this...

Section 58842. - 58842. If the marketing order affects directly only producers of...

Section 58842.5. - 58842.5. Any raisin marketing order or agreement involving producers operating...

Section 58843. - 58843. Upon the recommendation of the advisory board, the director...

Section 58844. - 58844. A member of an advisory board is entitled to...

Section 58845. - 58845. The director may authorize an advisory board to do...

Section 58846. - 58846. The duties of an advisory board are administrative only...

Section 58846.5. - 58846.5. Each advisory board shall, annually, report to the members...

Section 58847. - 58847. The members or alternate members of any advisory board,...

Section 58848. - 58848. In addition to the advisory board, one or more...

Section 58849. - 58849. If the marketing order so authorizes, or upon the...

Section 58850. - 58850. An advisory board may at any time invite any...

Section 58851. - 58851. Any action of any committee, special committee, or subcommittee...

Section 58852. - 58852. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

Section 58853. - 58853. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11123 of the Government Code, all...

ARTICLE 9 - Terms of Marketing Orders

Section 58881. - 58881. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 58657 and 58747,...

Section 58882. - 58882. A marketing order may contain provisions for determining the...

Section 58883. - 58883. A marketing order may contain provisions for limiting the...

Section 58884. - 58884. A marketing order may contain provisions for allotting the...

Section 58885. - 58885. A marketing order may contain provisions for allotting the...

Section 58886. - 58886. A marketing order may contain provisions which regulate the...

Section 58887. - 58887. A marketing order may contain provisions for the establishment...

Section 58888. - 58888. A marketing order may contain provisions which establish, or...

Section 58889. - 58889. (a) A marketing order may contain provisions for the...

Section 58889.1. - 58889.1. Notwithstanding Section 58889, any marketing order for processed fruits,...

Section 58889.3. - 58889.3. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 58889, effective immediately, a...

Section 58890. - 58890. A marketing order may contain provisions which relate to...

Section 58891. - 58891. A marketing order may contain provisions for the application...

Section 58892. - 58892. (a) A marketing order may contain provisions for carrying...

Section 58892.1. - 58892.1. A marketing order may contain provisions for research studies...

Section 58892.2. - 58892.2. No marketing order for milk shall be issued by...

Section 58893. - 58893. A marketing order may contain provisions which establish, or...

Section 58894. - 58894. A marketing order may contain provisions which establish, or...

Section 58895. - 58895. A marketing order may contain provisions to detect, control,...

Section 58896. - 58896. A marketing order may contain provisions for the gathering...

Section 58897. - 58897. To address catastrophic events, a marketing order may contain...

ARTICLE 10 - Assessments and Funds

Section 58921. - 58921. Except as otherwise provided in Section 58926, each marketing...

Section 58922. - 58922. Each marketing order shall indicate the maximum rate of...

Section 58923. - 58923. The advisory board which is appointed by the director...

Section 58924. - 58924. The amount of the assessment for necessary expenses shall...

Section 58925. - 58925. Any assessment rate which is established for assessments to...

Section 58926. - 58926. In lieu of the assessments to defray the costs...

Section 58927. - 58927. If the director approves and fixes a single assessment,...

Section 58928. - 58928. If any advisory board of any marketing order has...

Section 58929. - 58929. Any assessment which is levied as provided in this...

Section 58930. - 58930. If any producer or handler that is duly assessed...

Section 58931. - 58931. The director may require the persons that are assessed...

Section 58932. - 58932. The amount of any deposit which is required by...

Section 58933. - 58933. At any time after the funds which are credited...

Section 58934. - 58934. In lieu of requiring advance deposits, or in order...

Section 58934.5. - 58934.5. In order to provide funds for defraying expenditures authorized...

Section 58935. - 58935. For the convenience of making collections of any producer...

Section 58936. - 58936. The director may adopt rules and regulations with respect...

Section 58937. - 58937. (a) Any money that is collected by the director...

Section 58938. - 58938. The director may, at the close of each fiscal...

Section 58938.5. - 58938.5. (a) Assessments paid on milk pursuant to the requirements...

Section 58939. - 58939. Any money which is deposited pursuant to this article,...

Section 58940. - 58940. Any check or warrant which is drawn against the...

Section 58941. - 58941. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section...

ARTICLE 11 - Deposits by Applicants for Marketing Order

Section 58961. - 58961. Prior to the issuance of any marketing order by...

Section 58962. - 58962. The director may reimburse the applicant, from any funds...

ARTICLE 12 - Assent to Marketing Orders

Section 58991. - 58991. A marketing order or major amendment to it, which...

Section 58992. - 58992. Any marketing order or major amendment to it which...

Section 58993. - 58993. No marketing order or major amendment to it, which...

Section 58994. - 58994. If any marketing order or any major amendment to...

Section 58995. - 58995. If the director determines that it should be by...

Section 58996. - 58996. If from the tabulation the director finds that the...

Section 58997. - 58997. If the director finds from the tabulation of such...

Section 58998. - 58998. The director may prescribe such additional procedures as may...

Section 58999. - 58999. In finding whether the marketing order or major amendment...

Section 59000. - 59000. Any producer that sells a growing crop to be...

ARTICLE 13 - Major Amendments

Section 59021. - 59021. In making effective major amendments to a marketing order,...

Section 59022. - 59022. For the purposes of this chapter, a major amendment...

Section 59023. - 59023. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59024. - 59024. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59025. - 59025. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59026. - 59026. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59027. - 59027. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59028. - 59028. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59029. - 59029. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59030. - 59030. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59031. - 59031. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59032. - 59032. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59033. - 59033. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59034. - 59034. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59035. - 59035. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...

Section 59036. - 59036. Modification of any provision of any marketing order in...

Section 59037. - 59037. The exercise by the director of any regulatory authority...

ARTICLE 14 - Minor Amendments

Section 59051. - 59051. The director may make minor amendments to any marketing...

Section 59052. - 59052. The director may require a public hearing upon minor...

ARTICLE 15 - Termination or Suspension

Section 59081. - 59081. The director shall suspend or terminate any marketing order,...

Section 59082. - 59082. The director shall terminate any marketing order if he...

Section 59083. - 59083. If at least 25 percent of the producers that...

Section 59084. - 59084. If the director finds that the marketing order is...

Section 59085. - 59085. At any time the director finds that a substantial...

Section 59086. - 59086. A marketing order shall not be submitted for reapproval...

Section 59087. - 59087. (a) The secretary may terminate, without a public hearing,...

Section 59088. - 59088. No suspension or termination of any marketing order or...

ARTICLE 16 - Publication of Notice

Section 59111. - 59111. (a) Upon the issuance of any order that makes...

ARTICLE 17 - General Rules and Regulations

Section 59141. - 59141. The director may establish such general rules and regulations...

Section 59142. - 59142. The provisions of Article 16 (commencing with Section 59111)...

ARTICLE 18 - Administrative Rules and Regulations

Section 59161. - 59161. Upon recommendation of the advisory board which is concerned,...

Section 59162. - 59162. Such rules and regulations may include, but shall not...

Section 59163. - 59163. The provisions of Article 16 (commencing with Section 59111)...

ARTICLE 19 - Seasonal Marketing Regulations

Section 59171. - 59171. Upon recommendation of the advisory board which is concerned,...

Section 59172. - 59172. Seasonal marketing regulations shall be applicable to a particular...

Section 59173. - 59173. Seasonal marketing regulations shall not extend beyond the marketing...

Section 59174. - 59174. Notice of the issuance and the effective date of...

Section 59175. - 59175. It is recognized that, with respect to some commodities,...

Section 59176. - 59176. It is intended that the provisions of this article...

ARTICLE 20 - Records

Section 59201. - 59201. The director may require any and all processors or...

Section 59202. - 59202. Information which is obtained by any person pursuant to...

Section 59203. - 59203. For the purpose of carrying out the purposes of...

Section 59204. - 59204. A person shall not be excused from attending and...

ARTICLE 21 - Actions and Penalties

Section 59231. - 59231. Any action for any penalty or other remedy which...

Section 59232. - 59232. The penalties, remedies, procedures, and actions which are prescribed...

Section 59233. - 59233. Every person that violates any provision of this chapter...

Section 59234. - 59234. Any person that violates this chapter or any marketing...

Section 59234.5. - 59234.5. (a) When the director makes a determination that a...

Section 59235. - 59235. In addition to such civil penalty, any person that...

Section 59236. - 59236. If the use by a producer or handler of...

Section 59237. - 59237. It is a violation of this chapter for any...

Section 59238. - 59238. It is a violation of this chapter for any...

Section 59239. - 59239. It is a violation of this chapter for any...

Section 59240. - 59240. The director on his own motion may, or shall...

Section 59241. - 59241. If the matter is referred directly by the director...

Section 59242. - 59242. If an administrative hearing is called by the director,...

Section 59243. - 59243. The hearing shall be held at one of the...

Section 59244. - 59244. At the time and place which is designated for...

Section 59245. - 59245. If the director finds from the administrative hearing that...

Section 59246. - 59246. The Attorney General, or any district attorney, shall upon...

Section 59247. - 59247. The Attorney General shall upon complaint by the director...

Section 59248. - 59248. If it appears to the court upon any application...

Section 59249. - 59249. In any suit brought by the Attorney General to...

Section 59250. - 59250. Any such action may be commenced either in the...

Section 59251. - 59251. The penalties and remedies which are prescribed in this...

Section 59252. - 59252. In lieu of other procedures which are provided in...

ARTICLE 22 - Inspection and Abatement

Section 59281. - 59281. This article applies to any lot of any commodity...

Section 59282. - 59282. Any authorized inspector, or other authorized person, who is...

Section 59283. - 59283. Except as otherwise provided in this article, any authorized...

Section 59284. - 59284. Following inspection, such inspector or other authorized person may...

Section 59285. - 59285. The director, or the authorized person by whom such...

Section 59286. - 59286. The notice of noncompliance shall include all of the...

Section 59287. - 59287. The owner of the lot shall have, in the...

Section 59288. - 59288. If the owner of the lot fails or refuses...

Section 59289. - 59289. (a) The enforcing officer may file a verified petition...

Section 59290. - 59290. Upon the filing of the verified petition, the court...

Section 59291. - 59291. If at the expiration of the five-day period the...

Section 59292. - 59292. In the event of sale of any lot by...

Section 59293. - 59293. Disposal of any lot or portion of any lot...