64153. Annually, before July 1 of each year, the council shall formulate and transmit to the secretary statements of its recommended activities and proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. The statements shall:
(a) Be based on and made after an investigation by the council of the necessities of the dairy industry and the extent of the public interest, necessity, and convenience to be served by those recommended activities.
(b) Describe the council’s recommended programs of research, education, and communication.
(c) Set forth in a proposed budget the amounts that are deemed necessary to be allocated by the secretary both to effectuate these programs and to perform the secretary’s administrative duties pursuant to this chapter. The proposed budget shall include reasonable amounts for contingencies.
(d) Be in a form, and contain detail, that the secretary, in the reasonable exercise of the secretary’s judgment, deems necessary to adequately show whether or not the activities are warranted by the facts contained in the statements and are authorized by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 87. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)