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PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1 - State Marketing Services
ARTICLE 1 - Definitions and General Provisions
Section 58001. - 58001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...
Section 58002. - 58002. “Organization of producers and distributors” includes all corporations, societies,...
Section 58003. - 58003. “Product” means any agricultural, aquacultural, dairy, or farm product...
Section 58004. - 58004. Except as provided in Section 58005, fees, charges, and...
Section 58005. - 58005. All fees, charges, and costs that are received under...
ARTICLE 2 - Powers of the Director
Section 58031. - 58031. The director may act as adviser for producers and...
Section 58032. - 58032. The director may gather and disseminate impartial information which...
Section 58033. - 58033. The director may promote, assist, and encourage the organization...
Section 58034. - 58034. The director may foster and encourage cooperation between producers...
Section 58035. - 58035. The director may foster and encourage the standardizing, grading,...
Section 58036. - 58036. The director may act as a mediator or arbitrator,...
Section 58037. - 58037. The director may certify, for the protection of owners,...
Section 58038. - 58038. The director may issue labels on request of the...
Section 58039. - 58039. The director may act on behalf of the consumers...
Section 58040. - 58040. The director may improve, broaden, and extend in every...
Section 58041. - 58041. The director may promote in the interest of the...
Section 58042. - 58042. The director may enter into any cooperative agreement with...
ARTICLE 3 - Investigations
Section 58061. - 58061. The director may conduct investigations, make surveys, and assemble...
Section 58062. - 58062. The director may make pertinent investigations which concern the...
ARTICLE 4 - Collection and Dissemination of Information
Section 58091. - 58091. The director shall provide for the collection, analysis, and...
Section 58092. - 58092. The director may establish such facilities and publish such...
Section 58093. - 58093. The director shall cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture,...
CHAPTER 2 - Cooperative Agreements
ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions
Section 58201. - 58201. It is the policy of this state to gain...
Section 58202. - 58202. Since the Congress of the United States has recognized...
Section 58203. - 58203. The department is the proper state agency for such...
Section 58231. - 58231. The director may enter into cooperative agreements with the...
Section 58232. - 58232. The director may also enter into agreements with federal...
Section 58233. - 58233. The director may receive and pay out money for...
CHAPTER 3 - Void Contracts and Restraint of Trade
ARTICLE 1 - Void Contracts
Section 58351. - 58351. Any contract which is made for the purpose of...
Section 58352. - 58352. Advertising allotments or discounts by a seller to a...
Section 58353. - 58353. It is a misdemeanor for any person to take...
ARTICLE 2 - Destruction of Foodstuffs in Restraint of Trade
Section 58381. - 58381. It is unlawful for any person to destroy, in...
Section 58382. - 58382. A person that receives any agricultural product, for sale...
Section 58383. - 58383. A copy of each such permit together with a...
CHAPTER 4 - Assignment of Dues
Section 58451. - 58451. If any grower or producer of any farm product...
Section 58452. - 58452. No provision which is inserted in any contract that...
Section 58453. - 58453. An assignment of dues may not exceed 2 percent...
Section 58454. - 58454. Payment need not be made under any assignment of...
CHAPTER 5 - Donation of Food
Section 58501. - 58501. For purposes of this chapter: (a) “Agricultural product” means...
Section 58502. - 58502. (a) A person or gleaner engaged in the business...
Section 58503. - 58503. To assist in accomplishing the purposes of Section 58502,...
Section 58503.1. - 58503.1. In order to qualify as a food bank, an...
Section 58503.2. - 58503.2. To assist in accomplishing the purposes of this chapter...
Section 58503.3. - 58503.3. Nothing in this chapter restricts or limits the operation...
Section 58503.4. - 58503.4. Programs operated in accordance with this chapter shall complement,...
Section 58504. - 58504. The board of supervisors may provide for the inspection...
Section 58505. - 58505. Except for any injury resulting from gross negligence or...
Section 58507. - 58507. (a) Any nonprofit charitable organization, that receives any agricultural...
Section 58508. - 58508. In operating an information and food collection center pursuant...
Section 58509. - 58509. (a) The Secretary of Food and Agriculture shall consult...
CHAPTER 6 - Foreign Marketing
Section 58551. - 58551. This act shall be known and may be cited...
Section 58552. - 58552. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is...
Section 58553. - 58553. The definitions in this article apply to this chapter....
Section 58553.5. - 58553.5. “Advisory committee” means the State Board of Food and...
Section 58554. - 58554. “Agricultural commodities” means the products of California farms and...
Section 58555. - 58555. “Constraint” means a condition in a particular country or...
Section 58556. - 58556. “Cooperator” means a private or nonprofit agricultural marketing organization;...
Section 58557. - 58557. “Marketing” means the advertising, sale, and distribution of agricultural...
Section 58558. - 58558. “Marketing plan” means the primary annual document prepared by...
Section 58559. - 58559. “Project agreement” means a contract between the department and...
Section 58560. - 58560. “State funds” means the funds made available by the...
Section 58561. - 58561. “Third party cooperator” means a foreign government or private...
Section 58562. - 58562. “Cooperator contributions” means contributions of money, personnel, materials, facilities,...
Section 58563. - 58563. The department shall adopt regulations, including criteria to establish...
Section 58564. - 58564. The department shall, as one of its functions, provide...
Section 58565. - 58565. The department shall direct a portion of any additional...
ARTICLE 2 - Project Agreements
Section 58571. - 58571. (a) Project agreements may be entered into between the...
Section 58572. - 58572. (a) The director may only approve a project agreement...
Section 58573. - 58573. Project agreements may promote either a single commodity or...
Section 58574. - 58574. (a) State funds may be used to pay costs...
Section 58575. - 58575. Activities undertaken pursuant to this chapter shall be supplemental...
Section 58577. - 58577. (a) (1) The director, the Director of General Services,...
Section 58578. - 58578. All project agreements entered into pursuant to this chapter,...
Section 58580. - 58580. Nothing in this chapter precludes the director from separately...
ARTICLE 3 - Funding
Section 58582. - 58582. (a) The California Agricultural Export Promotion Account is hereby...
CHAPTER 7 - Institutional Purchasers of Agricultural Products
Section 58595. - 58595. (a) A California state-owned or state-run institution that purchases...
CHAPTER 8 - The Buy American Food Act
Section 58596.1. - 58596.1. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...
Section 58596.2. - 58596.2. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...
Section 58596.3. - 58596.3. (a) A public institution that receives federal meal reimbursement...
Section 58596.4. - 58596.4. (a) To monitor price gouging, any local educational agency...
Section 58596.5. - 58596.5. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January...
PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS
CHAPTER 1 - California Marketing Act of 937
ARTICLE 1 - Short Title and Definitions
Section 58601. - 58601. This chapter shall be known as “The California Marketing...
Section 58602. - 58602. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...
Section 58603. - 58603. “Administrative rules and regulations” means rules and regulations that...
Section 58604. - 58604. “Advertising and sales promotion” means, in addition to its...
Section 58604.5. - 58604.5. “Advertising and sales promotion” also means, in addition to...
Section 58605. - 58605. “Commodity,” except as otherwise provided in Section 58747, means...
Section 58606. - 58606. “Directly affecting” or “directly affected” is synonymous with “directly...
Section 58607. - 58607. “Distributing” means engaging in the business of a distributor...
Section 58608. - 58608. “Distributor” means any person that engages in the operation...
Section 58608.1. - 58608.1. “Educational program,” unless otherwise defined in this chapter, means...
Section 58609. - 58609. “Fish” means every form of fish, either salt water...
Section 58610. - 58610. “General rules and regulations” means rules and regulations, which...
Section 58611. - 58611. “Handler,” except with respect to fish and seafood, means...
Section 58612. - 58612. “Handling” means engaging in the business of a handler...
Section 58613. - 58613. “Major amendments” mean amendments to any marketing order or...
Section 58614. - 58614. “Marketed by producers” means producer marketing, as defined by...
Section 58615. - 58615. “Marketing order” means an order which is issued by...
Section 58616. - 58616. “Minor amendments” are amendments to any marketing order or...
Section 58617. - 58617. “Person” means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or any...
Section 58618. - 58618. “Processing” means engaging in the business of a processor...
Section 58619. - 58619. “Processor” means any person that is engaged within this...
Section 58620. - 58620. “Producer” means any person that is engaged within this...
Section 58621. - 58621. “Producer marketing” means any or all operations which are...
Section 58622. - 58622. “Retailer” means any person that purchases or acquires any...
Section 58623. - 58623. “Seafood” means shellfish and every other form of animal...
Section 58624. - 58624. “Seasonal marketing regulations” mean marketing regulations that are applicable...
ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions
Section 58651. - 58651. It is hereby declared that the marketing of commodities...
Section 58652. - 58652. These conditions vitally concern the health, peace, safety, and...
Section 58653. - 58653. The marketing of commodities within this state is hereby...
Section 58654. - 58654. The purposes of this chapter are to do the...
Section 58655. - 58655. In any civil or criminal action or proceeding for...
Section 58657. - 58657. The provisions of this chapter regarding the marketing of...
Section 58658. - 58658. If any section, sentence, clause, or part of this...
Section 58659. - 58659. The suspension, amendment, or termination of any marketing order...
Section 58660. - 58660. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...
Section 58661. - 58661. The term volume, or quantity, as used in this...
ARTICLE 3 - Exceptions
Section 58681. - 58681. This chapter does not apply to any order, rule,...
Section 58682. - 58682. This chapter is not applicable to any retailer of...
ARTICLE 4 - Administration
Section 58711. - 58711. The director shall administer and enforce this chapter and...
Section 58712. - 58712. In order to effectuate the declared purposes of this...
Section 58713. - 58713. The director may do all of the following: (a)...
Section 58714. - 58714. The director may purchase general liability insurance for all...
ARTICLE 5 - Marketing Orders and Agreements
Section 58741. - 58741. Subject to the provisions, restrictions, and limitations which are...
Section 58741.1. - 58741.1. Subject to Section 58993.1, the director may establish an...
Section 58742. - 58742. The director may also, subject to the restriction and...
Section 58743. - 58743. If the director finds that it tends to effectuate...
Section 58744. - 58744. Any marketing order which is issued by the director...
Section 58745. - 58745. In order to effectuate the declared policy of this...
Section 58746. - 58746. The purposes and provisions of the chapter which relate...
Section 58747. - 58747. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 58605, the director may...
Section 58748. - 58748. If producers or handlers of any commodity which is...
Section 58749. - 58749. The director may issue and make effective a marketing...
Section 58750. - 58750. (a) There is within the Department of Food and...
ARTICLE 6 - Notice, Reports, and Hearings
Section 58771. - 58771. If the director has reason to believe that the...
Section 58773. - 58773. The director shall also mail a copy of such...
Section 58774. - 58774. The notice of hearing shall set forth all of...
Section 58775. - 58775. To provide the director with accurate and reliable information,...
Section 58777. - 58777. The director shall mail a copy of such notice...
Section 58778. - 58778. Each handler of such commodity that may be directly...
Section 58779. - 58779. From the reports which are filed and the information...
Section 58780. - 58780. In the preparation of the list of producers or...
Section 58781. - 58781. The information which is contained in the individual reports...
Section 58782. - 58782. The hearing on a proposed marketing order or proposed...
Section 58783. - 58783. At the hearing, the director shall receive, in addition...
Section 58784. - 58784. At any public hearing which is held in connection...
Section 58785. - 58785. At each public hearing upon a marketing order or...
Section 58786. - 58786. At a public hearing which is held to consider...
Section 58787. - 58787. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the director shall...
Section 58788. - 58788. If the director finds that a referendum shall be...
ARTICLE 7 - Findings
Section 58811. - 58811. After the notice and hearing which are required by...
Section 58812. - 58812. In making the findings with respect to any of...
Section 58813. - 58813. If the marketing order or amendments to it contain...
Section 58814. - 58814. Any marketing order in effect on August 27, 1945,...
ARTICLE 8 - Advisory Boards and Committees
Section 58841. - 58841. Any marketing order which is issued pursuant to this...
Section 58842. - 58842. If the marketing order affects directly only producers of...
Section 58842.5. - 58842.5. Any raisin marketing order or agreement involving producers operating...
Section 58843. - 58843. Upon the recommendation of the advisory board, the director...
Section 58844. - 58844. A member of an advisory board is entitled to...
Section 58845. - 58845. The director may authorize an advisory board to do...
Section 58846. - 58846. The duties of an advisory board are administrative only...
Section 58846.5. - 58846.5. Each advisory board shall, annually, report to the members...
Section 58847. - 58847. The members or alternate members of any advisory board,...
Section 58848. - 58848. In addition to the advisory board, one or more...
Section 58849. - 58849. If the marketing order so authorizes, or upon the...
Section 58850. - 58850. An advisory board may at any time invite any...
Section 58851. - 58851. Any action of any committee, special committee, or subcommittee...
Section 58852. - 58852. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...
Section 58853. - 58853. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11123 of the Government Code, all...
ARTICLE 9 - Terms of Marketing Orders
Section 58881. - 58881. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 58657 and 58747,...
Section 58882. - 58882. A marketing order may contain provisions for determining the...
Section 58883. - 58883. A marketing order may contain provisions for limiting the...
Section 58884. - 58884. A marketing order may contain provisions for allotting the...
Section 58885. - 58885. A marketing order may contain provisions for allotting the...
Section 58886. - 58886. A marketing order may contain provisions which regulate the...
Section 58887. - 58887. A marketing order may contain provisions for the establishment...
Section 58888. - 58888. A marketing order may contain provisions which establish, or...
Section 58889. - 58889. (a) A marketing order may contain provisions for the...
Section 58889.1. - 58889.1. Notwithstanding Section 58889, any marketing order for processed fruits,...
Section 58889.3. - 58889.3. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 58889, effective immediately, a...
Section 58890. - 58890. A marketing order may contain provisions which relate to...
Section 58891. - 58891. A marketing order may contain provisions for the application...
Section 58892. - 58892. (a) A marketing order may contain provisions for carrying...
Section 58892.1. - 58892.1. A marketing order may contain provisions for research studies...
Section 58892.2. - 58892.2. No marketing order for milk shall be issued by...
Section 58893. - 58893. A marketing order may contain provisions which establish, or...
Section 58894. - 58894. A marketing order may contain provisions which establish, or...
Section 58895. - 58895. A marketing order may contain provisions to detect, control,...
Section 58896. - 58896. A marketing order may contain provisions for the gathering...
Section 58897. - 58897. To address catastrophic events, a marketing order may contain...
ARTICLE 10 - Assessments and Funds
Section 58921. - 58921. Except as otherwise provided in Section 58926, each marketing...
Section 58922. - 58922. Each marketing order shall indicate the maximum rate of...
Section 58923. - 58923. The advisory board which is appointed by the director...
Section 58924. - 58924. The amount of the assessment for necessary expenses shall...
Section 58925. - 58925. Any assessment rate which is established for assessments to...
Section 58926. - 58926. In lieu of the assessments to defray the costs...
Section 58927. - 58927. If the director approves and fixes a single assessment,...
Section 58928. - 58928. If any advisory board of any marketing order has...
Section 58929. - 58929. Any assessment which is levied as provided in this...
Section 58930. - 58930. If any producer or handler that is duly assessed...
Section 58931. - 58931. The director may require the persons that are assessed...
Section 58932. - 58932. The amount of any deposit which is required by...
Section 58933. - 58933. At any time after the funds which are credited...
Section 58934. - 58934. In lieu of requiring advance deposits, or in order...
Section 58934.5. - 58934.5. In order to provide funds for defraying expenditures authorized...
Section 58935. - 58935. For the convenience of making collections of any producer...
Section 58936. - 58936. The director may adopt rules and regulations with respect...
Section 58937. - 58937. (a) Any money that is collected by the director...
Section 58938. - 58938. The director may, at the close of each fiscal...
Section 58938.5. - 58938.5. (a) Assessments paid on milk pursuant to the requirements...
Section 58939. - 58939. Any money which is deposited pursuant to this article,...
Section 58940. - 58940. Any check or warrant which is drawn against the...
Section 58941. - 58941. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section...
ARTICLE 11 - Deposits by Applicants for Marketing Order
Section 58961. - 58961. Prior to the issuance of any marketing order by...
Section 58962. - 58962. The director may reimburse the applicant, from any funds...
ARTICLE 12 - Assent to Marketing Orders
Section 58991. - 58991. A marketing order or major amendment to it, which...
Section 58992. - 58992. Any marketing order or major amendment to it which...
Section 58993. - 58993. No marketing order or major amendment to it, which...
Section 58994. - 58994. If any marketing order or any major amendment to...
Section 58995. - 58995. If the director determines that it should be by...
Section 58996. - 58996. If from the tabulation the director finds that the...
Section 58997. - 58997. If the director finds from the tabulation of such...
Section 58998. - 58998. The director may prescribe such additional procedures as may...
Section 58999. - 58999. In finding whether the marketing order or major amendment...
Section 59000. - 59000. Any producer that sells a growing crop to be...
ARTICLE 13 - Major Amendments
Section 59021. - 59021. In making effective major amendments to a marketing order,...
Section 59022. - 59022. For the purposes of this chapter, a major amendment...
Section 59023. - 59023. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59024. - 59024. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59025. - 59025. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59026. - 59026. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59027. - 59027. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59028. - 59028. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59029. - 59029. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59030. - 59030. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59031. - 59031. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59032. - 59032. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59033. - 59033. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59034. - 59034. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59035. - 59035. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59036. - 59036. Modification of any provision of any marketing order in...
Section 59037. - 59037. The exercise by the director of any regulatory authority...
ARTICLE 14 - Minor Amendments
Section 59051. - 59051. The director may make minor amendments to any marketing...
Section 59052. - 59052. The director may require a public hearing upon minor...
ARTICLE 15 - Termination or Suspension
Section 59081. - 59081. The director shall suspend or terminate any marketing order,...
Section 59082. - 59082. The director shall terminate any marketing order if he...
Section 59083. - 59083. If at least 25 percent of the producers that...
Section 59084. - 59084. If the director finds that the marketing order is...
Section 59085. - 59085. At any time the director finds that a substantial...
Section 59086. - 59086. A marketing order shall not be submitted for reapproval...
Section 59087. - 59087. (a) The secretary may terminate, without a public hearing,...
Section 59088. - 59088. No suspension or termination of any marketing order or...
ARTICLE 16 - Publication of Notice
Section 59111. - 59111. (a) Upon the issuance of any order that makes...
ARTICLE 17 - General Rules and Regulations
Section 59141. - 59141. The director may establish such general rules and regulations...
Section 59142. - 59142. The provisions of Article 16 (commencing with Section 59111)...
ARTICLE 18 - Administrative Rules and Regulations
Section 59161. - 59161. Upon recommendation of the advisory board which is concerned,...
Section 59162. - 59162. Such rules and regulations may include, but shall not...
Section 59163. - 59163. The provisions of Article 16 (commencing with Section 59111)...
ARTICLE 19 - Seasonal Marketing Regulations
Section 59171. - 59171. Upon recommendation of the advisory board which is concerned,...
Section 59172. - 59172. Seasonal marketing regulations shall be applicable to a particular...
Section 59173. - 59173. Seasonal marketing regulations shall not extend beyond the marketing...
Section 59174. - 59174. Notice of the issuance and the effective date of...
Section 59175. - 59175. It is recognized that, with respect to some commodities,...
Section 59176. - 59176. It is intended that the provisions of this article...
ARTICLE 20 - Records
Section 59201. - 59201. The director may require any and all processors or...
Section 59202. - 59202. Information which is obtained by any person pursuant to...
Section 59203. - 59203. For the purpose of carrying out the purposes of...
Section 59204. - 59204. A person shall not be excused from attending and...
ARTICLE 21 - Actions and Penalties
Section 59231. - 59231. Any action for any penalty or other remedy which...
Section 59232. - 59232. The penalties, remedies, procedures, and actions which are prescribed...
Section 59233. - 59233. Every person that violates any provision of this chapter...
Section 59234. - 59234. Any person that violates this chapter or any marketing...
Section 59234.5. - 59234.5. (a) When the director makes a determination that a...
Section 59235. - 59235. In addition to such civil penalty, any person that...
Section 59236. - 59236. If the use by a producer or handler of...
Section 59237. - 59237. It is a violation of this chapter for any...
Section 59238. - 59238. It is a violation of this chapter for any...
Section 59239. - 59239. It is a violation of this chapter for any...
Section 59240. - 59240. The director on his own motion may, or shall...
Section 59241. - 59241. If the matter is referred directly by the director...
Section 59242. - 59242. If an administrative hearing is called by the director,...
Section 59243. - 59243. The hearing shall be held at one of the...
Section 59244. - 59244. At the time and place which is designated for...
Section 59245. - 59245. If the director finds from the administrative hearing that...
Section 59246. - 59246. The Attorney General, or any district attorney, shall upon...
Section 59247. - 59247. The Attorney General shall upon complaint by the director...
Section 59248. - 59248. If it appears to the court upon any application...
Section 59249. - 59249. In any suit brought by the Attorney General to...
Section 59250. - 59250. Any such action may be commenced either in the...
Section 59251. - 59251. The penalties and remedies which are prescribed in this...
Section 59252. - 59252. In lieu of other procedures which are provided in...
ARTICLE 22 - Inspection and Abatement
Section 59281. - 59281. This article applies to any lot of any commodity...
Section 59282. - 59282. Any authorized inspector, or other authorized person, who is...
Section 59283. - 59283. Except as otherwise provided in this article, any authorized...
Section 59284. - 59284. Following inspection, such inspector or other authorized person may...
Section 59285. - 59285. The director, or the authorized person by whom such...
Section 59286. - 59286. The notice of noncompliance shall include all of the...
Section 59287. - 59287. The owner of the lot shall have, in the...
Section 59288. - 59288. If the owner of the lot fails or refuses...
Section 59289. - 59289. (a) The enforcing officer may file a verified petition...
Section 59290. - 59290. Upon the filing of the verified petition, the court...
Section 59291. - 59291. If at the expiration of the five-day period the...
Section 59292. - 59292. In the event of sale of any lot by...
Section 59293. - 59293. Disposal of any lot or portion of any lot...
CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law
Section 59501. - 59501. This chapter shall be known as the Agricultural Producers...
Section 59502. - 59502. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...
Section 59504. - 59504. “Commodity” means any horticultural, viticultural, or vegetable product of...
Section 59505. - 59505. “Dealer” means any distributor or retailer. (Enacted by Stats....
Section 59506. - 59506. “Distributor” means any person, except a retailer, that acquires...
Section 59507. - 59507. “Handler” means any person that receives any commodity from...
Section 59508. - 59508. “Marketing program” means any program which contains provisions which...
Section 59509. - 59509. “Primary channel of trade” means that transaction in which...
Section 59510. - 59510. “Producer” means any person that is engaged in the...
Section 59511. - 59511. “Processor” means any person that buys, or otherwise takes...
Section 59512. - 59512. “Proration” means the application of allocated quantities or percentages...
Section 59513. - 59513. “Proration zone” means any district for which a marketing...
Section 59514. - 59514. “Retailer” means any person that is engaged in the...
Section 59541. - 59541. The Legislature declares that: The disorderly marketing of commodities...
Section 59542. - 59542. The conditions set forth in Section 59541 vitally concern...
Section 59543. - 59543. The production and marketing of commodities by producers within...
Section 59545. - 59545. Any order of the director which makes effective a...
Section 59546. - 59546. If producers of any commodity which is regulated by...
Section 59571. - 59571. By reason of the climatic and other conditions which...
Section 59572. - 59572. By reason of the climatic conditions and other factors...
Section 59607. - 59607. The director may appoint an attorney and shall provide...
Section 59611. - 59611. The director may conduct hearings and investigations to carry...
Section 59612. - 59612. In the conduct of any hearing, inquiry, or investigation,...
Section 59614. - 59614. The superior court of the county in which any...
Section 59615. - 59615. Any party that disobeys any order or subpoena which...
Section 59616. - 59616. The director through his duly authorized representatives and agents,...
Section 59617. - 59617. In carrying out his duties under this chapter, the...
Section 59618. - 59618. A full and accurate record of business or acts...
Section 59619. - 59619. The director may purchase general liability insurance for all...
ARTICLE 5 - Establishment of Proration Zone
Section 59641. - 59641. Ten or more producers of the variety or kind...
Section 59642. - 59642. The petition shall, among other things, contain or be...
Section 59643. - 59643. Except as otherwise provided in Section 59654, if, after...
Section 59645. - 59645. Prior to holding a public hearing upon a proposed...
Section 59646. - 59646. In establishing the list of producers, the director may...
Section 59647. - 59647. The notice to handlers which requires them to file...
Section 59648. - 59648. In addition, the director may obtain lists of producers...
Section 59649. - 59649. Any producer that produces the commodity which is affected...
Section 59650. - 59650. Notice of the public hearing shall be mailed to...
Section 59651. - 59651. At the public hearing, the director shall receive evidence...
Section 59652. - 59652. The hearings may be adjourned from time to time...
Section 59653. - 59653. All evidence and exhibits and all facts and data...
Section 59654. - 59654. The director may decline to hold a public hearing...
Section 59655. - 59655. Before issuing a marketing program for the written assent...
Section 59656. - 59656. In making the findings which are required by Section...
Section 59657. - 59657. Before issuing a marketing program for the written assent...
Section 59658. - 59658. In making any findings pursuant to Section 59657, the...
Section 59659. - 59659. In addition to either of the applicable findings prescribed...
Section 59660. - 59660. If, at a public hearing which includes a consideration...
Section 59662. - 59662. Each proration zone is a separate public corporate entity....
ARTICLE 6 - Change of Proration Zone Boundaries
Section 59691. - 59691. Any area within the state which is not already...
Section 59692. - 59692. A petition to change the boundaries of any proration...
Section 59693. - 59693. After the hearing, findings shall be made and procedures...
Section 59694. - 59694. If the marketing program which is submitted is not...
ARTICLE 7 - Marketing Program and Grading Committees
Section 59721. - 59721. The affairs of each proration zone shall be managed...
Section 59722. - 59722. For terms subsequent to the term of the initial...
Section 59723. - 59723. Eligible lists shall be established by the director either...
Section 59724. - 59724. If a corporation or a partnership is a producer,...
Section 59725. - 59725. Each respective alternate shall be appointed from the same...
Section 59726. - 59726. The marketing program committee may at any time invite...
Section 59727. - 59727. The director may, if requested by the producer members...
Section 59728. - 59728. If grade, quality, or size regulations are authorized under...
Section 59729. - 59729. The members and alternate members of any marketing program...
Section 59730. - 59730. Marketing program committee members are entitled to compensation at...
Section 59731. - 59731. An alternate member of a marketing program committee shall...
Section 59732. - 59732. Any vacancy on the marketing program committee which is...
Section 59733. - 59733. The marketing program committee shall appoint an agent, subject...
Section 59734. - 59734. The agent shall appoint such deputy agents and other...
Section 59735. - 59735. The marketing program committee, with the approval of the...
Section 59736. - 59736. The exercise of the powers which are granted to...
Section 59737. - 59737. Upon recommendation of the marketing program committee which is...
Section 59738. - 59738. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...
ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs
Section 59801. - 59801. The powers which are granted to a marketing program...
Section 59802. - 59802. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee...
Section 59803. - 59803. The program committee may receive from each producer for...
Section 59804. - 59804. In operating any stabilization or surplus pool, the marketing...
Section 59805. - 59805. The marketing program committee has title to all of...
Section 59806. - 59806. The contents of a stabilization pool may be disposed...
Section 59807. - 59807. The contents of a surplus pool shall not be...
Section 59808. - 59808. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee...
Section 59809. - 59809. In operating any such diversion or substandard pool, the...
Section 59810. - 59810. The contents of any diversion or substandard pool shall...
Section 59811. - 59811. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee...
Section 59812. - 59812. The marketing program committee may pledge all of the...
Section 59813. - 59813. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee...
Section 59814. - 59814. No part of any funds which are raised for...
Section 59815. - 59815. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee...
Section 59816. - 59816. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee...
Section 59817. - 59817. Educational and trade stimulation efforts may include all of...
Section 59818. - 59818. For the purpose of providing funds to defray the...
Section 59819. - 59819. Any portion of the funds which are collected during...
Section 59820. - 59820. Any educational and trade stimulation efforts which are authorized...
Section 59821. - 59821. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee...
Section 59822. - 59822. A marketing program of production adjustment adopted under Section...
Section 59823. - 59823. If the marketing program committee finds that the results...
Section 59824. - 59824. In any such research, the Dean of the College...
ARTICLE 9 - Assents to Marketing Programs
Section 59851. - 59851. Upon the issuance of a marketing program for the...
Section 59852. - 59852. A nonprofit cooperative association may assent on behalf of...
Section 59853. - 59853. The director may at the time of mailing to...
Section 59854. - 59854. If the closing date is not established at the...
Section 59855. - 59855. If the director finds that the marketing program has...
Section 59856. - 59856. If the director makes a marketing program effective, he...
Section 59857. - 59857. A member of the marketing program committee, or the...
ARTICLE 10 - Proration Certificates
Section 59881. - 59881. After any marketing program has been formulated and has...
Section 59882. - 59882. Each producer is entitled to one primary certificate which...
Section 59883. - 59883. Secondary certificates shall be numbered consecutively and shall be...
Section 59884. - 59884. In the case of any commodity which is normally...
Section 59885. - 59885. Primary or secondary certificates are not negotiable between producers,...
Section 59886. - 59886. In the operation of any marketing program, any cooperative...
ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs
Section 59911. - 59911. Any amendment to a marketing program which is specified...
Section 59912. - 59912. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59913. - 59913. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59914. - 59914. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59915. - 59915. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59916. - 59916. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59917. - 59917. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59918. - 59918. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59919. - 59919. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59920. - 59920. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59921. - 59921. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds...
Section 59922. - 59922. A major amendment shall not be made effective unless...
Section 59923. - 59923. Minor amendments may be made to an effective marketing...
Section 59924. - 59924. If the director deems it advisable, he may hold...
Section 59925. - 59925. The amendment of any marketing program to provide for...
Section 59926. - 59926. Any modification of the provisions of any marketing program...
Section 59927. - 59927. If the director makes any amendment to a marketing...
ARTICLE 12 - Funds
Section 59941. - 59941. The proration zone agent for each marketing program shall...
Section 59942. - 59942. Any fee for primary certificates or secondary certificates which...
Section 59943. - 59943. If any producer has authorized a handler to obtain...
Section 59943.5. - 59943.5. For the convenience of collecting any producer fees which...
Section 59944. - 59944. The proportion of the fees which is payable to...
Section 59945. - 59945. Upon the request of any marketing program committee, the...
Section 59946. - 59946. All fees shall be deposited promptly by the proration...
Section 59947. - 59947. (a) The funds that are deposited pursuant to Section...
Section 59948. - 59948. The proportionate amount of fees which are payable to...
Section 59949. - 59949. At the end of any marketing season as designated...
Section 59950. - 59950. At the time a refund is made, the marketing...
Section 59951. - 59951. Unexpended balances of any money which is collected to...
Section 59952. - 59952. If the unexpended balance is so small as to...
Section 59953. - 59953. Unless otherwise requested by the marketing program committee, the...