California Code
PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 12.6 - California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission

ARTICLE 1 - Declaration and General Provisions

Section 74701. - 74701. The production of grape rootstock constitutes an important industry...

Section 74702. - 74702. The maintenance of the grape rootstock industry of California...

Section 74702.5. - 74702.5. The successes that the grape rootstock industry has enjoyed...

Section 74703. - 74703. The production and marketing of grape rootstock produced in...

Section 74704. - 74704. No action taken by the commission, or by any...

Section 74705. - 74705. This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any provision...

Section 74706. - 74706. It is hereby declared as a matter of legislative...

Section 74707. - 74707. A commission form of administration created by this chapter...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 74710. - 74710. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 74711. - 74711. “Bearing acreage” means a planting grape rootstock three years...

Section 74712. - 74712. “Board member” means a nursery owner or representative of...

Section 74713. - 74713. “Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda,...

Section 74714. - 74714. “Commission” means the California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission. (Added...

Section 74715. - 74715. “Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the...

Section 74716. - 74716. “Grafted” means the art of joining parts of plants...

Section 74717. - 74717. “Grafted grape rootstock” means a rootstock that has been...

Section 74718. - 74718. “Grape rootstock” means the rootstock portion of grapevines grown...

Section 74719. - 74719. “Grape rootstock nursery” or “nursery” means any person in...

Section 74720. - 74720. “Grape rootstock research” means any cultural and biological research...

Section 74721. - 74721. “Invoicable unit” means any rootstock cutting, or rooted rootstock...

Section 74721.5. - 74721.5. “Distribute” means to sell or otherwise transfer any rootstock...

Section 74722. - 74722. “Marketing year” or “fiscal year” means the period beginning...

Section 74723. - 74723. “Marketing year 1992–93” means the period commencing August 1,...

Section 74723.5. - 74723.5. “Person” means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,...

Section 74724. - 74724. “Rooted rootstock cutting” means a rootstock cutting with roots...

Section 74725. - 74725. “Rootstock” means the part of the graft combination which...

Section 74726. - 74726. “Rootstock cutting” means a cutting of a rootstock variety...

ARTICLE 3 - The California Grape Rootstock Improvement Commission

Section 74730. - 74730. (a) There is in state government the California Grape...

Section 74731. - 74731. (a) The director may require the commission to correct...

Section 74732. - 74732. The commission or the director may bring an action...

Section 74733. - 74733. When the director is required to concur in a...

Section 74734. - 74734. The commission shall reimburse the director for all expenditures...

Section 74734.5. - 74734.5. (a) The director shall operate in the most efficient,...

Section 74735. - 74735. Each board member, except ex officio members, shall have...

Section 74736. - 74736. (a) Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the...

Section 74737. - 74737. Any board member and his or her alternate member...

Section 74738. - 74738. The term of office of all board members and...

Section 74739. - 74739. Notwithstanding Section 74738, the initial term of members and...

Section 74740. - 74740. The commission is hereby declared and created a corporate...

Section 74741. - 74741. A quorum of the commission is seven voting members...

Section 74742. - 74742. The director or his or her representatives shall be...

Section 74743. - 74743. No board member or alternate member or member of...

Section 74744. - 74744. All funds received by any person from the assessments...

Section 74745. - 74745. The state is not liable for the acts of...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the Commission

Section 74750. - 74750. The powers and duties of the commission include, but...

Section 74751. - 74751. The commission may adopt, amend, and repeal regulations and...

Section 74752. - 74752. The commission may administer and enforce this chapter and...

Section 74753. - 74753. The commission may appoint its own officers, including a...

Section 74754. - 74754. The commission may employ a person to serve at...

Section 74755. - 74755. The commission may fix the compensation for all employees...

Section 74756. - 74756. The commission may appoint committees composed of both board...

Section 74757. - 74757. The commission may establish offices and incur expenses, enter...

Section 74758. - 74758. The commission shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts...

Section 74759. - 74759. The commission may present facts to, and negotiate with,...

Section 74760. - 74760. The commission may make, in its name, contracts to...

Section 74761. - 74761. The commission may conduct, and contract with others to...

Section 74762. - 74762. The commission may accept contributions or matching private, state,...

Section 74763. - 74763. The commission may publish and distribute, without charge, bulletins...

Section 74764. - 74764. The commission shall establish an assessment rate to defray...

Section 74765. - 74765. The commission shall adopt an annual budget according to...

Section 74766. - 74766. The commission shall submit to the director, for his...

Section 74767. - 74767. All proprietary information obtained by the commission or the...

Section 74768. - 74768. The commission may investigate and prosecute civil violations of...

ARTICLE 5 - Implementation and Voting Procedures

Section 74770. - 74770. (a) Within 30 days of the effective date of...

Section 74771. - 74771. This chapter, except as necessary to conduct an implementation...

Section 74772. - 74772. The director shall use invoicable units or grape rootstock...

Section 74773. - 74773. The director shall establish a period to conduct the...

Section 74774. - 74774. The failure of a grape rootstock nursery to receive...

Section 74775. - 74775. If the director finds that a favorable vote has...

Section 74776. - 74776. If the director finds that a favorable vote has...

Section 74777. - 74777. Upon certification of the commission, the director shall contact...

Section 74778. - 74778. Subsequent to the first election of board members pursuant...

Section 74779. - 74779. (a) Prior to the referendum vote conducted by the...

ARTICLE 6 - Assessments and Records

Section 74785. - 74785. (a) The commission shall establish the assessment for the...

Section 74786. - 74786. Every nursery, including nurseries exempt from the payment of...

Section 74787. - 74787. Any assessment which is levied pursuant to this chapter...

Section 74788. - 74788. Any nursery that fails to file a return or...

ARTICLE 7 - Actions and Penalties

Section 74790. - 74790. It is unlawful for any person to do any...

Section 74791. - 74791. The commission shall adopt procedures to grant individuals aggrieved...

Section 74792. - 74792. (a) The commission may commence civil actions and utilize...

Section 74793. - 74793. The suspension or termination of this chapter shall not...

ARTICLE 8 - Continuation or Suspension and Termination

Section 74795. - 74795. The commission shall conduct a referendum pursuant to Section...

Section 74796. - 74796. To dissolve the commission, a simple majority vote of...