California Code
PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 3 - The California Table Grape Commission

ARTICLE 1 - Declarations and Purposes

Section 65500. - 65500. (a) Grapes produced in California for fresh human consumption...

Section 65501. - 65501. Notwithstanding other laws to the contrary, in the event...

Section 65502. - 65502. This chapter shall be known as the Ketchum Act....

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions and General Provisions

Section 65520. - 65520. As used in this chapter, the words in the...

Section 65521. - 65521. “Cartwright Act” means the act set forth in Chapter...

Section 65522. - 65522. “Unfair Practices Act” means the act set forth in...

Section 65523. - 65523. “Fresh grapes” also designated “table grapes” means any and...

Section 65524. - 65524. “Producer” means any person engaged within this state in...

Section 65525. - 65525. “Shipper” means any person engaged within this state in...

Section 65526. - 65526. “Processor” and derivatives therefrom, means every person and every...

Section 65527. - 65527. “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or any...

Section 65528. - 65528. “Director” means the Director of Agriculture. (Added by Stats....

Section 65529. - 65529. “Advertising and sales promotion” means, in addition to the...

Section 65531. - 65531. “Commission” means the California Table Grape Commission. (Added by...

Section 65532. - 65532. “Commissioner” means any member of the commission. (Added by...

Section 65533. - 65533. “Districts” shall consist of: District 1. (Southern California) (Coachella...

ARTICLE 3 - The California Table Grape Commission

Section 65550. - 65550. There is hereby created the California Table Grape Commission...

Section 65551. - 65551. The California Table Grape Commission shall be and is...

Section 65552. - 65552. The commission may appoint a manager, a treasurer and...

Section 65553. - 65553. The members of the commission shall be natural persons,...

Section 65554. - 65554. Each of the seven districts shall be represented by...

Section 65555. - 65555. The regular term of office of the members of...

Section 65556. - 65556. Each member for each district shall be elected by...

Section 65558. - 65558. A nonprofit cooperative marketing association may vote by proxy...

Section 65559. - 65559. Immediately after the effective date of this chapter, the...

Section 65559.5. - 65559.5. The commission or the director in preparing a list...

Section 65560. - 65560. In addition, the director may obtain lists of producers...

Section 65561. - 65561. Any producer producing fresh grapes, whose name does not...

Section 65562. - 65562. Upon establishment of such lists of producers, the Director...

Section 65563. - 65563. Upon expiration of the voting period the director shall...

Section 65564. - 65564. Nonreceipt of notice of a meeting for the nomination...

Section 65565. - 65565. Subsequent to the first election after the effective date...

Section 65566. - 65566. Subsequent to the first election after the effective date...

Section 65567. - 65567. In the event the office of a commissioner becomes...

Section 65568. - 65568. A majority of the members of the commission at...

Section 65569. - 65569. No commissioner shall receive a salary. Each commissioner shall...

Section 65570. - 65570. All moneys received by any person from the assessments...

Section 65571. - 65571. The State of California shall not be liable for...

Section 65572. - 65572. The powers and duties of the commission shall include...

Section 65573. - 65573. The provisions of this chapter except Sections 65550, 65551,...

Section 65574. - 65574. The commission shall appoint a shipper advisory committee of...

Section 65575. - 65575. Members of the shipper advisory committee shall not receive...

Section 65575.1. - 65575.1. Not later than April 1 of 1979, and each...

Section 65575.2. - 65575.2. The public member of the commission shall represent the...

Section 65576. - 65576. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

ARTICLE 4 - Assessments and Records

Section 65600. - 65600. There is hereby levied and imposed upon all fresh...

Section 65601. - 65601. Every shipper shall keep a complete and accurate record...

Section 65602. - 65602. Every shipper shall, at such times as the commission...

Section 65603. - 65603. All information obtained by the commission from shippers shall...

Section 65604. - 65604. All assessments imposed by this chapter shall be due...

Section 65605. - 65605. All such assessments shall be paid to the commission...

ARTICLE 5 - Actions and Penalties

Section 65650. - 65650. The commission may, if it believes a violation of...

Section 65650.5. - 65650.5. Any person aggrieved by any action of the commission...

Section 65651. - 65651. Any person subject to this chapter and allegedly aggrieved...

Section 65652. - 65652. Any such action may be commenced either in the...

Section 65653. - 65653. It shall be a misdemeanor for: (a) Any person...

Section 65654. - 65654. Agents of the commission, upon specific written authorization signed...

ARTICLE 6 - Suspension of Operations

Section 65660. - 65660. Upon the finding of 11 of the members of...

Section 65661. - 65661. At the close of the referendum period established, the...

Section 65662. - 65662. Upon and after the effective date of suspension of...

Section 65663. - 65663. Upon suspension of the operation of this chapter and...

ARTICLE 7 - Miscellaneous

Section 65670. - 65670. Nothing in this chapter contained shall apply to any...

Section 65671. - 65671. In any civil or criminal action or proceeding for...

Section 65673. - 65673. The commission shall reimburse to the Director of Agriculture...

Section 65674. - 65674. This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any section,...

ARTICLE 8 - Termination

Section 65675. - 65675. Between January 1 and March 31 of each fifth...