69068.5. To be eligible to sign a nomination petition pursuant to Section 69068, a person shall meet either of the following qualifications:
(a) Be a producer as provided in Section 69027.
(b) Be engaged within this state in the business of growing nonproducing pistachio trees for the purpose of becoming a producer as defined in Section 69027 and who is not otherwise exempt from this chapter pursuant to Section 69082.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 391, Sec. 4. Effective July 17, 1986.)