California Code
PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 4 - California Iceberg Lettuce Commission

ARTICLE 1 - Declarations and Purposes

Section 66501. - 66501. The inability of lettuce shippers to maintain or expand...

Section 66502. - 66502. These conditions vitally concern the health, peace, safety, and...

Section 66503. - 66503. The promotional, educational, economic and marketing research, and any...

Section 66504. - 66504. It is hereby declared to be the policy of...

Section 66505. - 66505. The production and marketing of fresh California iceberg lettuce...

Section 66506. - 66506. Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, in the...

Section 66507. - 66507. A commission form of administration created by this chapter...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions and General Provisions

Section 66521. - 66521. As used in this chapter, the following words have...

Section 66522. - 66522. “Advertising and sales promotion” means, in addition to the...

Section 66523. - 66523. “Books and records” means any book, record, account, contract,...

Section 66524. - 66524. “Cartwright Act” means the act set forth in Chapter...

Section 66525. - 66525. “Cause to be produced” means the proprietary functions of...

Section 66526. - 66526. “Commission” means the California Iceberg Lettuce Commission. (Added by...

Section 66527. - 66527. “Commissioner” means any member of the commission. (Added by...

Section 66528. - 66528. “Districts” consist of: District 1.(Blythe area) Riverside and San...

Section 66529. - 66529. “Director” means the Director of Food and Agriculture. (Added...

Section 66530. - 66530. “Fiscal year,” means the period beginning April 1 of...

Section 66531. - 66531. “Grower” means any person engaged within this state in...

Section 66532. - 66532. “Grower-handler” means any person who is engaged within the...

Section 66533. - 66533. “Grower-shipper” has the same meaning as grower-handler. (Added by...

Section 66534. - 66534. “Handle” means to perform any of the functions of...

Section 66535. - 66535. “Handler,” unless otherwise specified, has the same meaning as...

Section 66536. - 66536. “Iceberg lettuce” for purposes of this chapter means varieties...

Section 66537. - 66537. “Market” or ”marketing” means to sell, ship, or otherwise...

Section 66538. - 66538. “Marketing season” has the same meaning as fiscal year....

Section 66539. - 66539. “Prepare for market” means to perform all functions of...

Section 66540. - 66540. “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, association, or other...

Section 66541. - 66541. “Producer” has the same meaning as grower. (Added by...

Section 66542. - 66542. “Public representative” means a member of the commission appointed...

Section 66542.5. - 66542.5. “Secondary handler” means any person who purchases from a...

Section 66543. - 66543. “Standard box” means standard containers for iceberg lettuce as...

Section 66544. - 66544. “Standard carton” has the same meaning as standard box....

Section 66545. - 66545. “Standard container” has the same meaning as standard box....

Section 66546. - 66546. “Unfair Practices Act” means the act set forth in...

ARTICLE 3 - The California Iceberg Lettuce Commission

Section 66561. - 66561. There is hereby created the California Iceberg Lettuce Commission...

Section 66561.3. - 66561.3. The director may require the commission to correct or...

Section 66561.4. - 66561.4. Either party may bring an action for judicial relief...

Section 66561.5. - 66561.5. The public member is appointed to the commission by...

Section 66562. - 66562. The commission shall be and is hereby declared and...

Section 66563. - 66563. The commission may appoint a president, a treasurer, a...

Section 66564. - 66564. Except as provided in Section 66561, each member of...

Section 66565. - 66565. Each of the five districts is represented by the...

Section 66566. - 66566. The regular term of office for handler members of...

Section 66567. - 66567. Members-at-large and the public representative shall serve 3-year terms....

Section 66568. - 66568. Each handler member for each district shall be elected...

Section 66569. - 66569. Each member-at-large and the public member are persons nominated...

Section 66571. - 66571. Immediately after January 1, 1978, the director shall establish...

Section 66572. - 66572. The commission or the director, in preparing a list...

Section 66573. - 66573. Lists of handlers may be obtained whenever and in...

Section 66574. - 66574. Any handler, whose name does not appear on the...

Section 66575. - 66575. Upon establishment of lists of handlers, the director shall...

Section 66576. - 66576. Upon expiration of the voting period the director shall...

Section 66577. - 66577. Nonreceipt of notice of a meeting for the nomination...

Section 66578. - 66578. The commission shall compile and maintain a list of...

Section 66579. - 66579. Subsequent to the first election after January 1, 1978,...

Section 66580. - 66580. If the position of a handler member becomes vacant...

Section 66581. - 66581. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), nine members...

Section 66581.5. - 66581.5. The director or his or her representatives shall be...

Section 66582. - 66582. No commissioner shall receive a salary. Each commissioner shall...

Section 66583. - 66583. All moneys received by the commission or its designated...

Section 66584. - 66584. The State of California shall not be liable for...

Section 66585. - 66585. The powers and duties of the commission include, but...

ARTICLE 4 - Voting Procedure

Section 66601. - 66601. The provisions of this chapter, except as necessary to...

Section 66602. - 66602. The director shall establish a period in which to...

Section 66603. - 66603. Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate such vote....

Section 66604. - 66604. If the director finds that a favorable vote has...

Section 66605. - 66605. If the director finds that a favorable vote has...

ARTICLE 5 - Assessments and Records

Section 66621. - 66621. (a) There is hereby levied and imposed upon all...

Section 66622. - 66622. Every handler shall keep a complete and accurate record...

Section 66623. - 66623. Every handler shall, at such times as the commission...

Section 66624. - 66624. Any information obtained by the commission from handlers shall...

Section 66625. - 66625. Assessments provided for in this article are levied upon...

Section 66626. - 66626. Every handler is primarily and personally liable for the...

ARTICLE 6 - Actions and Penalties

Section 66641. - 66641. The commission may, if it finds a violation of...

Section 66642. - 66642. Any person aggrieved by any action of the commission...

Section 66643. - 66643. Any person subject to this chapter and aggrieved by...

Section 66644. - 66644. Any proceeding by the commission to enforce this chapter...

Section 66645. - 66645. It shall be a misdemeanor to do any of...

Section 66646. - 66646. The commission shall have the right to inspect the...

ARTICLE 7 - Suspension of Operations

Section 66661. - 66661. Upon the finding of nine of the members of...

Section 66662. - 66662. At the close of the voting period established, the...

Section 66663. - 66663. After the effective date of suspension of the operation...

Section 66664. - 66664. Upon suspension of the operation of this chapter and...

ARTICLE 8 - Miscellaneous

Section 66681. - 66681. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any order,...

Section 66682. - 66682. In any civil or criminal action or proceeding for...

Section 66683. - 66683. The commission shall reimburse to the director all expenses...

Section 66684. - 66684. This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any section,...

ARTICLE 9 - Continuation

Section 66701. - 66701. Between January 1 and March 31 of each fifth...