California Code
PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 28 - California Apiary Research Commission

ARTICLE 1 - Declaration and General Provisions

Section 79601. - 79601. The California beekeeping industry provides critical pollination services to...

Section 79602. - 79602. The establishment of the commission is necessary for the...

Section 79603. - 79603. The provision of pollination services, production of honey, bees,...

Section 79604. - 79604. The commission form of administration created by this chapter...

Section 79605. - 79605. No action taken by the commission or by any...

Section 79606. - 79606. This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any provision...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 79611. - 79611. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 79612. - 79612. “Apiary” means the physical location where beekeepers place one...

Section 79613. - 79613. “Beekeeper” means a person who keeps bees. (Added by...

Section 79614. - 79614. “Bees” means honey-producing insects of the genus Apis. It...

Section 79615. - 79615. “Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda,...

Section 79616. - 79616. “Colony” means the queen, the adult worker and drone...

Section 79617. - 79617. “Commission” means the California Apiary Research Commission. (Added by...

Section 79618. - 79618. “Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture. (Added...

Section 79619. - 79619. “Districts” consist of the following: (a) District 1 consists...

Section 79620. - 79620. “Ex officio members” are nonvoting members of the commission....

Section 79621. - 79621. “Hive” means the structure containing a honeybee colony. (Added...

Section 79622. - 79622. “Hive products” means materials collected or generated by honeybees,...

Section 79623. - 79623. “Fiscal year” means the period beginning January 1 of...

Section 79624. - 79624. “Out-of-state beekeeper” means a producer whose principal residence is...

Section 79625. - 79625. “Pest” means American foulbrood or any other disease, parasite,...

Section 79626. - 79626. “Pollination unit” means a colony of adequate strength to...

Section 79627. - 79627. “Principal residence” means where the producer pays his or...

Section 79628. - 79628. “Producer” means an individual beekeeper or business who owns...

Section 79629. - 79629. “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. (Added...

ARTICLE 3 - The California Apiary Research Commission

Section 79631. - 79631. (a) There is in the state government the California...

Section 79632. - 79632. (a) The secretary may require the commission to correct...

Section 79633. - 79633. The commission or the secretary may bring an action...

Section 79634. - 79634. The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures...

Section 79635. - 79635. Each producer member of the commission shall have an...

Section 79635.5. - 79635.5. The public member shall have an alternate member appointed...

Section 79636. - 79636. Any vacancy on the commission, including, but not limited...

Section 79637. - 79637. A producer member, or his or her alternate, shall...

Section 79638. - 79638. The public member, or his or her alternate, shall...

Section 79639. - 79639. The term of office of all members and alternates,...

Section 79640. - 79640. The commission may sue and be sued and enter...

Section 79641. - 79641. A quorum of the commission is a majority of...

Section 79642. - 79642. The secretary or his or her representatives shall be...

Section 79643. - 79643. No member of the commission or of any committee...

Section 79644. - 79644. If the secretary is required to concur in a...

Section 79645. - 79645. All moneys received by any person from assessments levied...

Section 79646. - 79646. The state shall not be liable for the acts...

ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the Commission

Section 79651. - 79651. The powers and duties of the commission include, but...

Section 79652. - 79652. The commission may adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules,...

Section 79653. - 79653. The commission may administer and enforce this chapter and...

Section 79654. - 79654. The commission may appoint its own officers, including a...

Section 79655. - 79655. The commission may employ a person to serve at...

Section 79656. - 79656. The commission may fix the compensation for all employees...

Section 79657. - 79657. The commission may appoint committees composed of both board...

Section 79658. - 79658. The commission may establish offices and incur expenses, enter...

Section 79659. - 79659. The commission shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts...

Section 79660. - 79660. The commission may educate and instruct beekeepers, the general...

Section 79661. - 79661. The commission may conduct market surveys and analyses, and...

Section 79662. - 79662. The commission may conduct, and contract with others to...

Section 79663. - 79663. The commission may accept contributions or matching private, state,...

Section 79664. - 79664. The commission may publish and distribute, without charge, bulletins...

Section 79665. - 79665. The commission shall establish an assessment rate to defray...

Section 79666. - 79666. The commission shall adopt an annual budget according to...

Section 79667. - 79667. The commission shall submit to the secretary, for his...

Section 79668. - 79668. The commission may investigate and prosecute civil violations of...

ARTICLE 5 - Implementation and Voting Procedures

Section 79671. - 79671. (a) Within 30 days after the effective date of...

Section 79672. - 79672. This chapter, except as necessary to conduct an implementation...

Section 79673. - 79673. The secretary shall establish a period in which to...

Section 79674. - 79674. Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate a referendum....

Section 79675. - 79675. If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has...

Section 79676. - 79676. If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has...

Section 79677. - 79677. (a) Upon certification of the commission, the secretary shall...

Section 79678. - 79678. Prior to the referendum vote conducted by the secretary...

ARTICLE 6 - Assessments and Records

Section 79681. - 79681. (a) The commission shall, not later than January 1...

Section 79682. - 79682. All proprietary information obtained by the commission or the...

Section 79683. - 79683. Every producer, including beekeepers exempt from the payment of...

Section 79684. - 79684. Any assessment that is levied as provided in this...

Section 79685. - 79685. (a) Any person who fails to pay any assessment...

ARTICLE 7 - Actions and Penalties

Section 79691. - 79691. A civil penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000)...

Section 79692. - 79692. The commission shall establish procedures for the purpose of...

Section 79693. - 79693. (a) The commission may commence civil actions and utilize...

Section 79694. - 79694. Any action by the commission for any penalty or...

Section 79695. - 79695. The commission is not required to allege or prove...

Section 79696. - 79696. The termination of this chapter shall not affect or...

ARTICLE 8 - Continuation or Suspension and Termination

Section 79701. - 79701. (a) In the fifth year of operation of this...

Section 79702. - 79702. Following a hearing, and favorable referendum if required, the...

Section 79703. - 79703. (a) Upon a finding by a two-thirds vote of...

Section 79704. - 79704. After the effective date of suspension of this chapter...

Section 79705. - 79705. Upon suspension of the operation of this chapter and...