California Code
DIVISION 21 - MARKETING
PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 1 - Marketing of Milk and Other Dairy Products

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 61301. - 61301. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 61302. - 61302. “Bulk milk” or “bulk cream” means milk or cream,...

Section 61303. - 61303. “Consumer” means any person that buys milk, cream, or...

Section 61304. - 61304. “Cream” has the meaning of that term as defined...

Section 61305. - 61305. “Dairy product” means any product classified as Class 1...

Section 61306. - 61306. (a) “Distributor” means any handler, as defined in Section...

Section 61306.5. - 61306.5. “Educational and research activities” means any effort to develop...

Section 61307. - 61307. “Manufacturing milk” has the meaning of that term as...

Section 61307.2. - 61307.2. “Manufacturing milk handler” means any person who, as owner,...

Section 61307.4. - 61307.4. “Manufacturing milk plant” means any place, structure, or building...

Section 61308. - 61308. “Manufacturer” means any person that is engaged in the...

Section 61309. - 61309. “Market milk” has the meaning of that term as...

Section 61310. - 61310. “Market cream” has the meaning of that term as...

Section 61311. - 61311. “Milk” has the meaning of that term as defined...

Section 61312. - 61312. “Packaged milk,” “packaged cream,” or “packaged dairy product” means...

Section 61313. - 61313. “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability...

Section 61314. - 61314. “Producer” means any person that operates a dairy herd...

Section 61315. - 61315. “Producer-distributor” means any person that is both a producer...

Section 61316. - 61316. “Restricted use market milk” has the meaning of that...

Section 61317. - 61317. “Wholesale customer” means any person other than a distributor...

ARTICLE 2 - Nonprofit Cooperative Associations

Section 61331. - 61331. For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative...

Section 61332. - 61332. For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative...

Section 61333. - 61333. A nonprofit cooperative association accounts to producers on a...

ARTICLE 3 - General Provisions

Section 61341. - 61341. The director may adopt regulations for the proper administration...

Section 61342. - 61342. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed...

Section 61343. - 61343. Any person and subject matter to which this chapter...

Section 61344. - 61344. This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any article,...

Section 61345. - 61345. (a) Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 61801), Chapter 2.5...

ARTICLE 4 - Unlawful Practices

Section 61381. - 61381. Any false or misleading advertising, as defined in Sections...

Section 61382. - 61382. Discrimination in price between distributors or between wholesale customers,...

Section 61383. - 61383. The sale or offer to sell or giving of...

Section 61384. - 61384. (a) The sale by any retailer, wholesale customer, manufacturer,...

Section 61385. - 61385. Any false statement or representation which is knowingly made,...

Section 61391. - 61391. Solicitation by, or collusion or joint participation between or...

ARTICLE 5 - Bonding and Payment for Manufacturing Milk

Section 61400. - 61400. It is recognized by the Legislature that unfair and...

Section 61404. - 61404. The bond provided for in this article is required...

Section 61405. - 61405. (a) Every manufacturing milk handler that operates only one...

Section 61405.1. - 61405.1. If any handler increases his or her purchases of...

Section 61406. - 61406. The bond required by Section 61405 shall be in...

Section 61407. - 61407. If a handler fails to pay any producer or...

Section 61407.1. - 61407.1. (a) After determining the claims of the producers pursuant...

Section 61407.2. - 61407.2. If the recovery upon the bond is not sufficient...

Section 61407.3. - 61407.3. Payments by a handler to a producer, for the...

Section 61407.4. - 61407.4. (a) The director may bring an action against a...

Section 61408. - 61408. If a manufacturing milk handler fails to pay any...

Section 61409. - 61409. The failure of any manufacturing milk handler that purchases...

Section 61410. - 61410. The failure of any manufacturing milk handler that purchases...

Section 61411. - 61411. Except as otherwise provided in Section 61411.2 or 61411.3,...

Section 61411.1. - 61411.1. The production of manufacturing milk in excess of amounts...

Section 61411.2. - 61411.2. Section 61411 does not apply to the purchase of...

Section 61411.3. - 61411.3. Section 61411 does not apply to manufacturing milk purchased...

Section 61411.4. - 61411.4. Any contract between a producer and a handler shall...

Section 61411.5. - 61411.5. If a notice has been issued by the director...

Section 61412. - 61412. (a) (1) Every milk handler who receives manufacturing milk...

Section 61413. - 61413. The director may fix the rates of assessments or...

Section 61414. - 61414. (a) Any assessment or fee or either of them...

Section 61415. - 61415. The failure of any handler to pay for manufacturing...

Section 61415.1. - 61415.1. (a) Handlers shall pay producers either by check or...

Section 61415.2. - 61415.2. (a) If a handler does not pay for manufacturing...

Section 61415.3. - 61415.3. If a handler fails to pay for manufacturing milk...

Section 61416. - 61416. The director may revoke or suspend any license of...

Section 61416.1. - 61416.1. The director, pursuant to the procedure in Chapter 5...

Section 61417. - 61417. In lieu of revoking or suspending a handler’s license...

Section 61418. - 61418. If the respondent does not comply with any conditional...

Section 61419. - 61419. (a) Whenever the director is satisfied, either by investigation...

ARTICLE 6 - Records

Section 61441. - 61441. Every distributor, person who sells at wholesale, or manufacturer...

Section 61442. - 61442. The director shall have access to, and may enter...

Section 61442.1. - 61442.1. Within 60 days of the effective date of this...

Section 61443. - 61443. Any record or report which is made to the...

ARTICLE 7 - Investigations and Hearings

Section 61471. - 61471. The director may, upon his or her own motion...

Section 61472. - 61472. If a hearing is called by the director, the...

Section 61473. - 61473. The hearing shall be held in the city or...

Section 61474. - 61474. The person complained of shall, at least three days...

Section 61475. - 61475. At the time and place which is appointed for...

Section 61476. - 61476. The director may do any of the following: (a)...

Section 61477. - 61477. Any party that disobeys any order or subpoena of...

Section 61478. - 61478. Any act of the director pursuant to any provision...

ARTICLE 8 - Manufacturing Milk Handler Licenses

Section 61490. - 61490. For the purposes of this article, each subsidiary manufacturing...

Section 61491. - 61491. “Manufacturing milk handler” means any person defined as a...

Section 61492. - 61492. It is unlawful for a manufacturing milk handler who...

Section 61493. - 61493. Application for the license provided by this article shall...

Section 61494. - 61494. One-half of the valid license renewals shall be issued...

ARTICLE 9 - Disposition and Use of Funds

Section 61531. - 61531. All money received by the director pursuant to this...

ARTICLE 10 - Actions and Penalties

Section 61571. - 61571. The violation of any provisions of this chapter is...

Section 61572. - 61572. Any person who violates this chapter, or any regulations...

Section 61573. - 61573. The director may bring an action to enjoin the...

CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Declarations

Section 61801. - 61801. The production of market milk is hereby declared to...

Section 61802. - 61802. The Legislature hereby declares all of the following: (a)...

Section 61803. - 61803. It is recognized by the Legislature that conditions within...

Section 61804. - 61804. The foregoing statements in this article of facts, policy,...

Section 61805. - 61805. The purposes of this chapter are to do all...

Section 61806. - 61806. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 61807. - 61807. Nothing in this chapter permits or authorizes the development...

Section 61808. - 61808. The Legislature hereby declares that this chapter is intended...

Section 61809. - 61809. If any article, section, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase...

Section 61810. - 61810. Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 61301), Chapter 2.5 (commencing...

Section 61811. - 61811. No provision of this chapter, or of any stabilization...

Section 61812. - 61812. Neither the repeal of former Chapter 2 of this...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 61821. - 61821. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 61822. - 61822. “Board” means any advisory board created as authorized in...

Section 61823. - 61823. “Bulk market milk” means market milk which has not...

Section 61824. - 61824. “Consumer” means any person that purchases market milk, or...

Section 61825. - 61825. “Dairy product” or “milk product” includes any product manufactured...

Section 61826. - 61826. “Handler” means any person who, as owner, agent, broker,...

Section 61827. - 61827. “Market cream” means cream, as defined in this code,...

Section 61828. - 61828. “Market milk” has the meaning of that term as...

Section 61829. - 61829. “Market skim milk” means skim milk, as defined in...

Section 61830. - 61830. “Marketing area” is any area within this state declared...

Section 61831. - 61831. “Milk” has the meaning of that term as defined...

Section 61831.5. - 61831.5. “Milk used for manufacturing purposes” means all milk used...

Section 61832. - 61832. “Milk plant” means any place, structure, or building where...

Section 61833. - 61833. “Packaged market milk” or “packaged market cream” means market...

Section 61834. - 61834. “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, limited liability...

Section 61835. - 61835. “Processing” means receiving, pasteurizing, and packaging market milk. It...

Section 61836. - 61836. “Producer” means any person that produces market milk from...

Section 61837. - 61837. “Producer-handler” means any person that is both a producer...

Section 61838. - 61838. “Stabilization and marketing plan” means any plan formulated and...

Section 61839. - 61839. “Wholesale customer” means any person except a distributor that...

ARTICLE 3 - Nonprofit Cooperative Associations

Section 61871. - 61871. For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative...

Section 61872. - 61872. For the purposes of this chapter, a nonprofit cooperative...

Section 61873. - 61873. A nonprofit cooperative association accounts to producers on a...

ARTICLE 4 - Administration

Section 61891. - 61891. The director shall enforce the provisions of this chapter...

Section 61892. - 61892. The director shall have and may exercise any or...

Section 61893. - 61893. The director is the instrumentality of this state for...

Section 61894. - 61894. For the purposes of enforcing this chapter, the director...

Section 61895. - 61895. The director may require the registration of producers. (Added...

Section 61896. - 61896. The director may formulate any stabilization and marketing plan...

Section 61897. - 61897. A full and accurate record of business or acts...

Section 61898. - 61898. In addition to the compilation of information which pertains...

Section 61899. - 61899. Any order of the director made pursuant to this...

Section 61900. - 61900. The director may confer, enter into agreements, or otherwise...

Section 61901. - 61901. All money received by the director pursuant to this...

Section 61902. - 61902. If the director determines that it is probable that...

Section 61903. - 61903. Any person who has testified under oath at a...

Section 61904. - 61904. Any provisions of a stabilization and marketing plan formulated,...

ARTICLE 5 - Classes of Market Milk

Section 61931. - 61931. Market milk may be classified for the purposes of...

Section 61932. - 61932. Class 1 comprises: (a) Any market milk, market skim...

Section 61933. - 61933. Class 2 comprises any market milk, market skim milk,...

Section 61934. - 61934. Class 3 comprises all market milk, market skim milk,...

Section 61935. - 61935. (a) Class 4a comprises all market milk, market skim...

Section 61936. - 61936. If the director establishes a temporary definition and standards...

Section 61937. - 61937. Market milk, market skim milk, or market cream, utilized...

ARTICLE 6 - Marketing Areas

Section 61961. - 61961. The director shall designate marketing areas which he deems...

Section 61962. - 61962. The director may establish additional areas, or modify areas...

Section 61963. - 61963. If the director finds, after a public hearing in...

ARTICLE 7 - Formation and Adoption of Stabilization and Marketing Plans

Section 61991. - 61991. Except as otherwise provided in Section 61992, the director...

Section 61992. - 61992. A hearing need not, however, be held if a...

Section 61993. - 61993. If the director finds that a stablization and marketing...

Section 61994. - 61994. The notice of the hearing may be effected by...

Section 61995. - 61995. At the hearing, interested parties shall be heard and...

Section 61996. - 61996. If, after the public hearing, the director determines that...

Section 61997. - 61997. A handler that is subject to the provisions of...

Section 61998. - 61998. No stabilization or marketing plan shall contain provisions the...

ARTICLE 8 - Amendment and Termination of Stabilization and Marketing Plans

Section 62031. - 62031. The director may amend or terminate any stabilization and...

Section 62032. - 62032. A hearing on the amendment or termination of a...

ARTICLE 9 - Establishment of Minimum Prices and Provisions of Stabilization and Marketing Plans

Section 62061. - 62061. Each stabilization and marketing plan shall contain provisions for...

Section 62062. - 62062. Each stabilization and marketing plan shall contain provisions whereby...

Section 62062.1. - 62062.1. Any designation of a class 1 price by any...

Section 62062.5. - 62062.5. The minimum prices otherwise established pursuant to this chapter...

Section 62063. - 62063. Subject to the provisions of Sections 62074 and 62075,...

Section 62064. - 62064. Each stabilization and marketing plan shall provide all of...

Section 62065. - 62065. No amendment of this article terminates or invalidates any...

Section 62066. - 62066. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the...

Section 62067. - 62067. Each stabilization and marketing plan may contain provisions which...

Section 62068. - 62068. Each stabilization and marketing plan may contain provisions which...

Section 62069. - 62069. The director may establish minimum prices to be paid...

Section 62070. - 62070. Each stabilization and marketing plan may further provide for...

Section 62071. - 62071. Each stabilization and marketing plan may provide for minimum...

Section 62072. - 62072. In establishing minimum handler service charges under Section 62071,...

Section 62073. - 62073. If any contract between a handler and a producer...

Section 62074. - 62074. If the director establishes a stabilization and marketing plan...

Section 62074.5. - 62074.5. A stabilization and marketing plan may contain provisions necessary...

Section 62075. - 62075. The director shall establish the minimum prices to be...

Section 62076. - 62076. In establishing prices to be paid by handlers to...

Section 62077. - 62077. A handler shall not pay any producer less than...

Section 62078. - 62078. All handlers who receive market milk within this state...

Section 62079. - 62079. Whenever a pooling plan is in effect as provided...

ARTICLE 10 - Unlawful Trade Practices

Section 62091. - 62091. The unlawful trade practices described in this article apply...

Section 62092. - 62092. The payment, allowance, or acceptance of any secret rebate,...

Section 62093. - 62093. The giving of any milk, cream, dairy product, service,...

Section 62094. - 62094. The payment, gift, or the offer or promise of...

Section 62095. - 62095. The payment, gift, or the offer or promise of...

ARTICLE 11 - Sales to the United States

Section 62121. - 62121. The director may require that each person that submits...

ARTICLE 12 - Handlers Licenses

Section 62141. - 62141. The licenses provided for in this article are required...

Section 62142. - 62142. For the purposes of this article, “handler” shall include...

Section 62143. - 62143. No person who qualifies as a handler under Section...

Section 62144. - 62144. Applications for the license provided by this article shall...

Section 62145. - 62145. One-half of the valid license renewals shall be issued...

Section 62146. - 62146. The director may refuse to grant or renew any...

Section 62147. - 62147. The director may also refuse to grant or renew...

Section 62148. - 62148. The proceedings to determine whether or not the director...

Section 62149. - 62149. The decision may include an order refusing to grant...

Section 62150. - 62150. After any decision in favor of the issuance or...

Section 62151. - 62151. The director may revoke or suspend, as the case...

Section 62152. - 62152. The director may also revoke or suspend any license...

Section 62153. - 62153. The decision may include an order revoking or suspending...

Section 62154. - 62154. After any decision, which includes any conditional or probationary...

Section 62155. - 62155. Whenever the director is satisfied, either by investigation or...

ARTICLE 13 - Bonding and Payment for Market Milk

Section 62181. - 62181. The bonds provided for in this article are required...

Section 62182. - 62182. (a) Every handler that operates only one plant within...

Section 62183. - 62183. If any handler so increases his purchases of market...

Section 62184. - 62184. The bonds required by Sections 62182 and 62183 shall...

Section 62185. - 62185. If a handler fails to pay any producer or...

Section 62186. - 62186. After determining the claims of such producers, the director...

Section 62186.1. - 62186.1. (a) The director may bring an action against a...

Section 62187. - 62187. If a handler fails to pay any producer in...

Section 62188. - 62188. If recovery upon the bond is not sufficient to...

Section 62189. - 62189. The failure of any handler that purchases market milk...

Section 62190. - 62190. Payments by a handler to a producer, for the...

Section 62191. - 62191. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 62193 or...

Section 62192. - 62192. The production of market milk in excess of amounts...

Section 62193. - 62193. Section 62191 does not apply to the purchase of...

Section 62194. - 62194. Section 62191 does not apply to market milk purchased...

Section 62195. - 62195. The payment by a handler to any producer, including...

Section 62196. - 62196. The failure of any handler to pay for market...

Section 62197. - 62197. This article applies regardless of the form in which...

Section 62198. - 62198. Any contract between a producer and handler is voidable...

Section 62199. - 62199. If a notice has been issued by the director...

Section 62200. - 62200. (a) Handlers shall pay producers either by check or...

Section 62201. - 62201. (a) If a handler does not pay for market...

Section 62202. - 62202. If a handler fails to pay for market milk...

ARTICLE 14 - Administrative Fees

Section 62211. - 62211. (a) (1) Every handler subject to the provisions of...

Section 62212. - 62212. The director may fix the rates of assessments or...

Section 62213. - 62213. Any assessment or fee or either of them payable...

ARTICLE 15 - Reports and Statistics

Section 62241. - 62241. All handlers shall make and file with the director...

Section 62241.5. - 62241.5. Within 60 days of the effective date of this...

Section 62242. - 62242. Every handler that purchases market milk shall make and...

Section 62243. - 62243. Any record or report made to the director pursuant...

ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards

Section 62301. - 62301. Except as otherwise provided in Section 62303, the director...

Section 62302. - 62302. Except as otherwise provided in Section 62303, the director...

Section 62303. - 62303. The director shall not establish any local or regional...

Section 62304. - 62304. If the director receives a qualified petition for a...

Section 62305. - 62305. A local advisory board established pursuant to this article...

Section 62306. - 62306. The term of office of each member of a...

Section 62307. - 62307. The director may remove any member from a local...

Section 62308. - 62308. The director may appoint a member to fill any...

Section 62309. - 62309. Each regional advisory board and each local advisory board...

Section 62310. - 62310. Any regional or local advisory board may, with the...

Section 62311. - 62311. Regional and local advisory boards shall review with the...

Section 62312. - 62312. For purposes of developing uniformity of administration as between...

Section 62313. - 62313. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

ARTICLE 18 - Actions and Penalties

Section 62401. - 62401. The violation of any provision of this chapter, or...

Section 62402. - 62402. Any person who violates this chapter, any provision of...

Section 62403. - 62403. The director may bring an action to enjoin the...

CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Declaration

Section 62500. - 62500. The production and distribution of milk, and the components...

Section 62501. - 62501. It is hereby declared that the dairy industry is...

Section 62503. - 62503. This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any article,...

Section 62505. - 62505. This chapter does not preclude any producer from bringing...

Section 62506. - 62506. In order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter,...

Section 62507. - 62507. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

Section 62508. - 62508. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 62521. - 62521. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have...

ARTICLE 3 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Board

Section 62540. - 62540. (a) The secretary shall appoint a Milk Producers Security...

Section 62541. - 62541. Each member of the board shall be paid one...

Section 62542. - 62542. The board shall advise the secretary on the administration...

Section 62543. - 62543. The board may, by contract, with the approval of...

ARTICLE 4 - Financing Plan

Section 62560. - 62560. (a) The security charges provided for in Section 62561...

Section 62561. - 62561. (a) The following security charges shall be in effect...

Section 62563. - 62563. The amount of any handler’s obligation attributable to the...

Section 62565. - 62565. Security charges shall be collected by the secretary through...

Section 62566. - 62566. The secretary may add a penalty of 10 percent...

Section 62567. - 62567. If any handler or producer-handler does not provide the...

Section 62568. - 62568. The secretary may take all appropriate action against any...

Section 62569. - 62569. (a) Any money that is collected by the secretary...

Section 62570. - 62570. All fund activities shall be subject to an audit...

Section 62571. - 62571. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, any money...

Section 62572. - 62572. Any money that is deposited pursuant to Section 62569,...

Section 62573. - 62573. (a) Any increment that is received from investment, reinvestment,...

Section 62574. - 62574. Immediately following the payment to the fund of the...

ARTICLE 5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Coverage

Section 62580. - 62580. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, milk...

Section 62580.5. - 62580.5. Any producer entity, including a nonprofit cooperative association that...

Section 62581. - 62581. Only shipments which occur during the first 35 days...

Section 62582. - 62582. If future shipments to a handler are not eligible...

Section 62583. - 62583. If, on the date of the notice issued pursuant...

Section 62584. - 62584. If, on the date of the notice issued pursuant...

Section 62585. - 62585. If the secretary issues a notice pursuant to Section...

Section 62586. - 62586. The secretary shall, at least monthly, publish a current...

Section 62587. - 62587. The secretary may waive any of the provisions of...

ARTICLE 6 - Discovery and Notification of Default in Payments

Section 62600. - 62600. Any producer who does not receive payment for milk...

Section 62601. - 62601. The secretary shall, upon the secretary’s own motion or...

Section 62603. - 62603. If the secretary determines that a payment default has...

Section 62604. - 62604. When a payment default has occurred, which was not...

ARTICLE 7 - Producer Claims

Section 62620. - 62620. If the secretary determines that the fund is liable...

Section 62621. - 62621. If a verified claim form is not filed as...

Section 62622. - 62622. Upon receipt of all verified claim forms from producers...

Section 62623. - 62623. For purposes of this chapter, the amounts owed to...

Section 62624. - 62624. Two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) shall be deducted from...

Section 62625. - 62625. A prorated payment shall be made to all affected...

ARTICLE 10 - Administration

Section 62660. - 62660. (a) The secretary shall collect from each producer three...

Section 62661. - 62661. The secretary is the instrumentality of this state for...

Section 62662. - 62662. The secretary may exercise any or all of the...

Section 62663. - 62663. For purposes of enforcing this chapter, the secretary may...

Section 62665. - 62665. Any order of the secretary made pursuant to this...

Section 62666. - 62666. Any producer who recovers from the fund shall subrogate...

Section 62667. - 62667. Any payments made to producers from the fund due...

CHAPTER 3 - Equalization Pools

Section 62700. - 62700. The production and distribution of fluid milk and fluid...

Section 62701. - 62701. It is hereby declared that fluid milk and fluid...

Section 62702. - 62702. It is recognized by the Legislature that currently the...

Section 62702.1. - 62702.1. It is recognized by the Legislature that the provisions...

Section 62703. - 62703. In effectuating the purposes of this chapter, a production...

Section 62704. - 62704. The director is authorized to develop a proposed pooling...

Section 62705. - 62705. After the director, with the advice and assistance of...

Section 62706. - 62706. The pooling plan shall prescribe the pooling area to...

Section 62707. - 62707. The formulation committee shall make recommendations to the secretary...

Section 62707.1. - 62707.1. (a) The director, on July 1, 1978, shall issue...

Section 62707.2. - 62707.2. A person eligible for, but not yet assigned, a...

Section 62707.5. - 62707.5. If a portion of the pool quota of any...

Section 62707.6. - 62707.6. In addition to the quota provided for under paragraph...

Section 62708. - 62708. “Producer-handler” for purposes of this chapter is any person...

Section 62708.1. - 62708.1. Any producer-handler who qualified and elected an exemption under...

Section 62708.5. - 62708.5. (a) A producer-handler, for purposes of this chapter, shall...

Section 62710. - 62710. The production base and the pool quota for milk...

Section 62711. - 62711. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (h) of Section...

Section 62712. - 62712. (a) The secretary may require handlers, including cooperative associations...

Section 62714. - 62714. After the director has established pools, each distributor shall...

Section 62715. - 62715. Any individual distributor purchasing milk from a producer shall...

Section 62716. - 62716. Following the required hearing, the director shall submit the...

Section 62717. - 62717. If the director finds that producers on a statewide...

Section 62718. - 62718. The pools established shall be administered by the director....

Section 62719. - 62719. The director shall, from nominations submitted by producers, appoint...

Section 62719.1. - 62719.1. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative...

Section 62720. - 62720. No pooling plan formulated pursuant to this chapter shall...

Section 62721. - 62721. No pooling plan shall control the production of fluid...

Section 62722. - 62722. Pooling plans shall not apply to the production of...

Section 62723. - 62723. Unless otherwise defined in this chapter, the definitions contained...

Section 62724. - 62724. This chapter does not modify the provisions of Chapter...

Section 62725. - 62725. The director is authorized to use money in the...

Section 62726. - 62726. The director is the instrumentality of this state for...

Section 62727. - 62727. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 62728. - 62728. The director shall terminate any pooling plan in effect...

Section 62729. - 62729. The director or his assistants, deputies, agents, or other...

Section 62730. - 62730. Any violation of any provision of this chapter, or...

Section 62731. - 62731. This chapter shall be known as the Gonsalves Milk...

CHAPTER 3.5 - Milk Pooling

Section 62750. - 62750. Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section...

Section 62750.1. - 62750.1. In calculating the pool value, the volume of milk...

Section 62751. - 62751. Except as provided in Section 62756, this chapter shall...

Section 62752. - 62752. The secretary may hold a public hearing at any...

Section 62753. - 62753. The secretary shall establish a period of 60 days...

Section 62754. - 62754. (a) Each producer shall have one vote and the...

Section 62755. - 62755. (a) The secretary shall find that producers have assented...

Section 62756. - 62756. (a) If the continued operation of this chapter is...

Section 62757. - 62757. (a) If a federal milk marketing order is established...

CHAPTER 3.6 - Dairy Marketing Study

Section 62765. - 62765. The Department of Food and Agriculture, after consulting with...

CHAPTER 4 - Marketing of Edible Nuts

ARTICLE 1 - Contract Requirements

Section 62801. - 62801. Except as otherwise provided in Section 62803, or unless...

Section 62802. - 62802. Any purchaser of edible nuts which are delivered pursuant...

Section 62803. - 62803. This article is not applicable to any contract between...

ARTICLE 2 - Records

Section 62831. - 62831. The commissioner of each county, under the supervision of...

Section 62832. - 62832. Every person that purchases English walnuts or almonds for...

Section 62833. - 62833. The record and statement required to be made by...

Section 62834. - 62834. Any violation of this article is a misdemeanor. (Enacted...

CHAPTER 5 - Marketing of Avocados

Section 63001. - 63001. The commissioner of each county, under the supervision of...

Section 63002. - 63002. Every person who purchases or receives on consignment avocados...

Section 63003. - 63003. The record and statement required to be made by...

Section 63004. - 63004. Any violation of this chapter is a misdemeanor. (Added...

CHAPTER 6 - Marketing of Processing Strawberries

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 63101. - 63101. It is the declared policy of the state to...

Section 63102. - 63102. “Processing strawberries” means strawberries produced, in whole or in...

Section 63103. - 63103. “Purchase price” means all price and price terms for...

Section 63104. - 63104. “Integrated producer-processor” means any producer who processes strawberries of...

Section 63105. - 63105. This chapter covers any marketing order issued pursuant to...

ARTICLE 2 - Marketing Orders

Section 63121. - 63121. Any marketing order affecting processing strawberries shall require that...

Section 63122. - 63122. The director shall adopt a seasonal marketing regulation pursuant...

Section 63123. - 63123. The director, with the assistance of the advisory board,...

Section 63123.5. - 63123.5. Any contract which is not exempt pursuant to Section...

Section 63124. - 63124. (a) The following are exempt from this chapter: (1)...

Section 63125. - 63125. The director shall actively supervise the requirements of this...

Section 63126. - 63126. On or before the last day of each year...

Section 63127. - 63127. The director shall suspend the requirements of this chapter...

Section 63128. - 63128. This chapter does not apply to the acquisition of...

Section 63129. - 63129. The director shall amend any existing marketing order exclusively...