California Code
PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 25 - Sea Urchins

ARTICLE 1 - Declarations and General Provisions

Section 79000. - 79000. The sea urchin fishery includes both divers and processors...

Section 79001. - 79001. The production and marketing of seafood, including sea urchin,...

Section 79002. - 79002. The production of sea urchin for domestic consumption and...

Section 79003. - 79003. The establishment of a commission is necessary for the...

Section 79004. - 79004. The successes that the sea urchin fishery in California...

Section 79005. - 79005. The harvesting, processing, and marketing of sea urchin in...

Section 79006. - 79006. No action taken by the commission, or by any...

Section 79007. - 79007. This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any provision...

Section 79008. - 79008. Opportunity exists for increasing the stability and reliability of...

Section 79009. - 79009. The commission form of administration created by this chapter...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 79020. - 79020. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 79021. - 79021. “Commission” means the California Sea Urchin Commission. (Added by...

Section 79022. - 79022. “Fiscal year” means from April 1 of a year...

Section 79023. - 79023. “Diver” means an individual licensed to commercially harvest fish...

Section 79024. - 79024. “Handler” means any individual or person working for any...

Section 79025. - 79025. “Sea urchin” means the following species of fish: (a)...

Section 79026. - 79026. “Sea urchin fishery” means any activity, including economic activity,...

ARTICLE 3 - The California Sea Urchin Commission

Section 79040. - 79040. There is in the state government the California Sea...

Section 79041. - 79041. (a) The secretary may require the commission to correct...

Section 79042. - 79042. The commission or the secretary may bring an action...

Section 79043. - 79043. When the secretary is required to concur in a...

Section 79044. - 79044. The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures...

Section 79045. - 79045. Except for nonvoting members, alternates for regular members may...

Section 79046. - 79046. Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure...

Section 79047. - 79047. Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure...

Section 79048. - 79048. (a) (1) Any handler member and his or her...

Section 79049. - 79049. (a)Any diver member and his or her alternate on...

Section 79050. - 79050. The public member and his or her alternate member...

Section 79051. - 79051. (a) The term of office of all members and...

Section 79052. - 79052. The commission shall be, and is hereby declared and...

Section 79053. - 79053. A quorum of the commission shall be six voting...

Section 79054. - 79054. The secretary or his or her representative shall be...

Section 79055. - 79055. No member or alternate of the commission or member...

Section 79056. - 79056. (a) All funds received by the commission or an...

Section 79057. - 79057. The state is not liable for the acts of...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the Commission

Section 79061. - 79061. The commission may adopt and from time to time...

Section 79062. - 79062. The commission may administer and enforce this chapter and...

Section 79063. - 79063. The commission may appoint its own officers, including a...

Section 79064. - 79064. The commission may employ a person or firm to...

Section 79065. - 79065. The commission may fix the compensation for all employees...

Section 79066. - 79066. The commission may appoint committees composed of both members...

Section 79067. - 79067. The commission may establish offices and incur expenses, enter...

Section 79068. - 79068. The commission shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts...

Section 79069. - 79069. The commission may present facts to, and negotiate with,...

Section 79070. - 79070. (a) The commission may carry out industry educational programs...

Section 79071. - 79071. The commission may conduct, or contract with others to...

Section 79072. - 79072. The commission may enter into contracts to acquire and...

Section 79073. - 79073. The commission may accept contributions of, or match private,...

Section 79074. - 79074. The commission may collect information, including, but not limited...

Section 79075. - 79075. The commission shall establish an assessment rate to defray...

Section 79076. - 79076. (a) The commission shall establish an annual budget and...

Section 79077. - 79077. The commission shall submit to the secretary for his...

Section 79078. - 79078. The commission and the secretary shall keep confidential and...

Section 79079. - 79079. The commission may investigate and prosecute civil violations of...

Section 79080. - 79080. The commission may administer any government program engaged in...

Section 79081. - 79081. The commission may approve payment of a stipend to...

ARTICLE 5 - Implementation and Voting Procedures

Section 79100. - 79100. (a) Within 60 days of the effective date of...

Section 79101. - 79101. This chapter, except as necessary to conduct an implementation...

Section 79102. - 79102. (a) The secretary shall establish a period in which...

Section 79103. - 79103. (a) If the secretary finds that a favorable vote...

Section 79104. - 79104. (a) Prior to the referendum vote conducted by the...

ARTICLE 6 - Assessments and Records

Section 79120. - 79120. (a) The commission shall establish an assessment for the...

Section 79121. - 79121. (a) Every person or entity who handles sea urchin...

Section 79122. - 79122. (a) All proprietary information obtained by the commission or...

Section 79123. - 79123. The first handler of sea urchin being assessed shall...

Section 79124. - 79124. When the handler is a corporation, all of the...

Section 79125. - 79125. Any person who fails to pay any assessment, including...

Section 79126. - 79126. In addition to any other penalty imposed, the commission...

Section 79127. - 79127. It is a misdemeanor for any person to do...

Section 79128. - 79128. The commission shall establish procedures for the purpose of...

Section 79129. - 79129. (a) The commission may commence civil actions and utilize...

Section 79130. - 79130. Any action by the commission for any violation of...

Section 79131. - 79131. The termination of this chapter shall not affect or...

Section 79132. - 79132. The commission may consult and enter into agreements with...

ARTICLE 7 - Continuation or Suspension and Termination

Section 79140. - 79140. Every five years, commencing with the fifth year following...

Section 79141. - 79141. If the secretary finds after conducting a hearing that...

Section 79142. - 79142. The process specified in Section 79140 shall be conducted...

Section 79143. - 79143. (a) Upon a finding by a two-thirds vote of...

Section 79144. - 79144. After the effective date of suspension of this chapter,...

Section 79145. - 79145. Upon suspension of the operation of this chapter, the...