California Code
DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS
CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 52851. - 52851. The Legislature hereby declares that the purposes of this...

Section 52852. - 52852. The Legislature also declares that the restriction of the...

Section 52853. - 52853. The Legislature declares that the development of varieties or...

Section 52854. - 52854. The production and marketing of Acala and Pima cotton...

Section 52855. - 52855. No action taken by the board, nor by an...

Section 52856. - 52856. The Legislature further declares that all cotton approved by...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 52861. - 52861. “Board” means the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Board. (Amended...

Section 52862. - 52862. “Industry members” means cottonseed oil crushers, handlers of raw...

Section 52863. - 52863. “Handlers of raw cotton fiber” or “merchant” means any...

Section 52864. - 52864. “Cotton ginning organization” means any person or organization owning...

Section 52865. - 52865. “District” means the “San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District”...

Section 52866. - 52866. “Delinter” means any person who, by any means or...

Section 52867. - 52867. “Cotton growers” or “growers” means any person in the...

Section 52868. - 52868. “Handlers of whole cottonseed” means any person or organization...

ARTICLE 3 - San Joaquin Valley Cotton Board

Section 52871. - 52871. There is in the state government the San Joaquin...

Section 52872. - 52872. The secretary shall establish a list of growers and...

Section 52873. - 52873. The secretary shall supervise and conduct any election held...

Section 52874. - 52874. Each member of the board, except the ex officio...

Section 52875. - 52875. An alternate member, in the absence of the member...

Section 52876. - 52876. Grower members and their alternates on the board shall...

Section 52878. - 52878. The term of office for each member, alternate, and...

Section 52879. - 52879. Upon implementation of Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 52951),...

Section 52880. - 52880. The board may appoint its own officers, including a...

Section 52881. - 52881. The board may appoint committees composed of both members...

Section 52882. - 52882. The board shall meet at least once a year,...

Section 52883. - 52883. A quorum of the board shall be any six...

Section 52884. - 52884. The secretary or the secretary’s representatives shall be notified...

Section 52885. - 52885. No board member, alternate, member of a committee who...

Section 52886. - 52886. Upon board action, all moneys received by any person...

Section 52887. - 52887. The state shall not be liable for the acts...

Section 52889. - 52889. The secretary may require the board to correct or...

Section 52890. - 52890. Either the secretary or the board may bring an...

ARTICLE 4 - Duties and Powers of the Board

Section 52891. - 52891. The powers and duties of the board shall include,...

Section 52891.1. - 52891.1. (a) The board may, by resolution, take actions that...

Section 52892. - 52892. Upon implementation of Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 52951),...

Section 52893. - 52893. The board may require that all cottonseed delinted for...

ARTICLE 5 - Nonapproved Variety Research

Section 52901. - 52901. The planting, possessing for planting, growing, picking, harvesting, ginning...

Section 52902. - 52902. Before any nonapproved cotton is approved by the board...

Section 52903. - 52903. The secretary, by permit, may allow seed cotton produced...

ARTICLE 6 - Exceptions

Section 52911. - 52911. This chapter does not apply to the transportation of...

ARTICLE 7 - Seed Distribution

Section 52921. - 52921. All breeders seed for varieties developed by the United...

Section 52922. - 52922. FSSC shall provide a method that will enable persons...

Section 52923. - 52923. FSSC shall develop criteria in consultation with the board...

ARTICLE 8 - Referendum

Section 52931. - 52931. A referendum of all cotton growers within the district...

Section 52932. - 52932. This chapter shall remain operative if either of the...

Section 52933. - 52933. Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate such a...

Section 52934. - 52934. If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has...

Section 52935. - 52935. If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has...

Section 52936. - 52936. In addition to Section 52931, the board may hold...

Section 52937. - 52937. A referendum shall be held if the board proposes...

Section 52938. - 52938. The board may call for a referendum at any...

ARTICLE 9 - Board and Enforcement Funding

Section 52941. - 52941. (a) Any person who has cottonseed delinted for planting...

Section 52942. - 52942. The assessment shall be used exclusively for enforcement of...

Section 52943. - 52943. The secretary, after investigation and due notice, may fix...

Section 52944. - 52944. The assessment shall be paid to the secretary within...

Section 52945. - 52945. All moneys that are received by the secretary pursuant...

ARTICLE 9.5 - Promotion and Research Funding

Section 52951. - 52951. The board is authorized to annually assess cotton growers...

Section 52952. - 52952. Assessments collected under this article are subject to Section...

Section 52953. - 52953. The board shall develop a procedure for collecting assessments...

ARTICLE 10 - Enforcement

Section 52961. - 52961. The secretary, and the commissioner of each county acting...

ARTICLE 11 - Violations and Penalties

Section 52971. - 52971. It is unlawful for any person to violate the...

Section 52972. - 52972. Except as otherwise provided in Article 5 (commencing with...

Section 52973. - 52973. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter...

Section 52974. - 52974. Any seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed that does...

Section 52975. - 52975. The district attorney of the county in which any...

Section 52976. - 52976. If the owner fails to comply with the order...

ARTICLE 12 - Growing of Nonapproved Varieties

Section 52981. - 52981. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, nonapproved...

Section 52982. - 52982. Article 9 (commencing with Section 52941), Article 10 (commencing...

ARTICLE 13 - Operation

Section 52991. - 52991. (a) Except as specified in Section 52992, on and...

Section 52992. - 52992. The following sections of this chapter shall remain operative...

Section 52993. - 52993. The secretary shall not be required to administer this...

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California Code DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District

California Code
DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS
CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District