California

Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

9,659 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 52876 — Grower members and their alternates on the board shall have a financial interest in producing, or causing to be produced, cotton for market.
• § 52878 — The term of office for each member, alternate, and ex officio member of the board is four years.
• § 52879 — Upon implementation of Article 9.
• § 52880 — The board may appoint its own officers, including a chairman, one or more vice chairmen, and such other officers as it deems necessary.
• § 52881 — The board may appoint committees composed of both members and nonmembers of the board to advise the board in carrying out this chapter.
• § 52882 — The board shall meet at least once a year, or at the call of the chairperson or the secretary, or at the request of any six voting members of the board.
• § 52883 — A quorum of the board shall be any six voting members or their alternates.
• § 52884 — The secretary or the secretary’s representatives shall be notified and may attend each meeting of the board.
• § 52885 — No board member, alternate, member of a committee who is a nonmember of the board, or ex officio member shall receive a salary, but may, if approved by the board, be allowed per diem in accordance wit
• § 52886 — Upon board action, all moneys received by any person from the assessments levied under the authority of Article 9.
• § 52887 — The state shall not be liable for the acts of the board or its contracts.
• § 52889 — The secretary may require the board to correct or cease any activity or function that is determined by the secretary not to be in the public interest or that is in violation of this chapter.
• § 52890 — Either the secretary or the board may bring an action for judicial relief in a court of competent jurisdiction, which may thereafter issue a temporary restraining order, a permanent injunction, or oth
• § 52891 — The powers and duties of the board shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (a) Establish a separate Acala and Pima quality standard.
• § 52891.1 — (a) The board may, by resolution, take actions that are in the best interest of the cotton industry in the district, which shall include, but not be limited to, the growing of cottons other than Acala
• § 52892 — Upon implementation of Article 9.
• § 52893 — The board may require that all cottonseed delinted for planting within the district be certified by a qualified seed certification agency as provided by subdivision (d) of Section 52482.
• § 529 — It is intended that the contractual arrangement between the university and the department be of long-term duration.
• § 52901 — The planting, possessing for planting, growing, picking, harvesting, ginning of cotton, delinting of cottonseed, or sale of lint by anyone conducting research on nonapproved varieties shall be in comp
• § 52902 — Before any nonapproved cotton is approved by the board for release and planting in the district, it shall be submitted to the board for production and quality evaluation and tests.
• § 52903 — The secretary, by permit, may allow seed cotton produced outside the district to be ginned within the district if the planting seed has met the requirements of subdivision (c) of Section 52901.
• § 52911 — This chapter does not apply to the transportation of cottonseed through the district established by this chapter, from a point outside of the district to a destination outside of the district.
• § 52921 — All breeders seed for varieties developed by the United States Department of Agriculture or the University of California, and approved for release and planting by the board shall be allocated to the F
• § 52922 — FSSC shall provide a method that will enable persons requesting foundation seed who have no history of cottonseed distribution to receive an initial allocation of foundation seed.
• § 52923 — FSSC shall develop criteria in consultation with the board for the allocation of foundation seed to qualified recipients.
• § 52931 — A referendum of all cotton growers within the district shall be conducted if a petition, signed by not less than 5 percent of the cotton growers in the district, is submitted to the secretary, which c
• § 52932 — This chapter shall remain operative if either of the following conditions is met: (a) Not less than 65 percent of the cotton growers certified by the secretary who voted in the referendum, voted in fa
• § 52933 — Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate such a referendum.
• § 52934 — If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has been given as provided in Section 52932, he or she shall so certify and give notice of that favorable vote to the cotton growers in the district.
• § 52935 — If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has not been given as provided in Section 52932, the secretary shall so certify and declare all provisions of this chapter inoperative.
• § 52936 — In addition to Section 52931, the board may hold a referendum whenever the board proposes changes to the Acala or Pima quality standard as provided in Section 52891.
• § 52937 — A referendum shall be held if the board proposes to implement promotion and research funding as provided in Article 9.
• § 52938 — The board may call for a referendum at any time.
• § 52941 — (a) Any person who has cottonseed delinted for planting purposes under this chapter, shall annually pay to the secretary an assessment in an amount not to exceed six dollars ($6) per hundredweight on
• § 52942 — The assessment shall be used exclusively for enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, and the board functions including cotton variety testing and related administrative expenses.
• § 52943 — The secretary, after investigation and due notice, may fix the annual assessment provided under Section 52941 at a lesser amount that would provide sufficient funds to defray the board and enforcement
• § 52944 — The assessment shall be paid to the secretary within one calendar month after July 1 of each year, for cottonseed delinted in the preceding fiscal year or portion of a fiscal year beginning July 1, ex
• § 52945 — All moneys that are received by the secretary pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and shall be expended only for the purposes of this chapter.
• § 52951 — The board is authorized to annually assess cotton growers in the district in an amount not to exceed one-half of 1 percent of each grower’s gross dollar value from the previous year’s cotton crop.
• § 52952 — Assessments collected under this article are subject to Section 52937 and Section 52932 and shall be used exclusively for promotion, research, and related administrative expenses.
• § 52953 — The board shall develop a procedure for collecting assessments under this article.
• § 52961 — The secretary, and the commissioner of each county acting under the secretary’s supervision, shall enforce this chapter and carry out its provisions and requirements.
• § 52971 — It is unlawful for any person to violate the provisions of this chapter.
• § 52972 — Except as otherwise provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 52901), and Article 12 (commencing with Section 52981), in the district established by this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to
• § 52973 — Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition thereto, is liable in a civil action for all damages that may be occasioned or caused by a violation o
• § 52974 — Any seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed that does not comply with this chapter is a public nuisance and is subject to seizure on complaint of the secretary or commissioner to a court of competent
• § 52975 — The district attorney of the county in which any nuisance is found, at the request of the secretary or the commissioner, shall maintain, in the name of the people of the state, a civil action to abate
• § 52976 — If the owner fails to comply with the order of the court within the time that is specified in the order, the court shall order the secretary, commissioner, sheriff, or marshal to dispose of the seed c
• § 52981 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, nonapproved varieties of cotton may be grown in the district, subject to regulations proposed by the board and adopted by the department.
• § 52982 — Article 9 (commencing with Section 52941), Article 10 (commencing with Section 52961), and Article 11 (commencing with Section 52971) apply to this article, except that the secretary may increase the
• § 52991 — (a) Except as specified in Section 52992, on and after January 1, 2014, the provisions of this chapter, and any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, shall become inoperative unless either of
• § 52992 — The following sections of this chapter shall remain operative and shall be administered by the secretary: (a) Section 52893 as it relates to certified cottonseed.
• § 52993 — The secretary shall not be required to administer this article or any provisions of this chapter that are operative pursuant to Sections 52991 and 52992 unless the secretary determines that there are
• § 530 — A member of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Board is entitled to be paid his or her actual expenses which are incurred while engaged in performing his or her duties that are authorized by this ar
• § 5301 — The director may establish, maintain, and enforce such quarantine regulations as he deems necessary to protect the agricultural industry of this state from pests.
• § 5302 — The director may make and enforce such regulations as he deems necessary to prevent any plant or thing which is, or is liable to be, infested or infected by, or which might act as a carrier of, any pe
• § 5303 — All quarantine regulations which involve another state, territory, district, or foreign country shall be made by the director.
• § 5304 — The proclamation shall be signed in duplicate.
• § 5305 — A quarantine shall not be established by one county, city, district, or other public agency, against another county, city, district, or public agency, on account of the existence of any pest, without
• § 5306 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to refuse to comply with any quarantine regulation which is established by the director pursuant to this division.
• § 5307 — It is unlawful for any person, who is employed by any agency or institution that is supported or financed from public funds, willfully or knowingly to neglect or refuse to make a report to the commiss
• § 5308 — If there are any authorities or officers of the United States that are authorized to act with respect to any quarantine regulations that are established pursuant to this division, the director shall n
• § 5309 — Any violation of this chapter by any person, or an agent of any person, is an infraction, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the first offense.
• § 531 — The budget for the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory shall be established as a line item in the budget of the department.
• § 5310 — (a) In addition to any other penalties prescribed in this division, any person who violates this division or any regulation adopted pursuant to this division is liable civilly in an amount not exceedi
• § 5311 — (a) In lieu of any civil action pursuant to Section 5310, except as provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 5781) of Chapter 8, the secretary or the commissioner may levy a civil penalty agains
• § 5312 — After the exhaustion of the appeal and review procedures provided in Section 5311, the commissioner or his or her representative may file a certified copy of a final decision of the commissioner that
• § 5321 — If the director receives information of the existence of any pest which is not generally distributed within this state, he shall thoroughly investigate the existence and probability of its spread, and
• § 5322 — The director may establish, maintain, and enforce quarantine, eradication, and such other regulations as are in his or her opinion necessary to circumscribe and exterminate or prevent the spread of an
• § 5323 — This division and the regulations which are established pursuant to this division are of a statewide interest and concern and are intended to occupy the field.
• § 53301 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 53302 — “Advertisement” means any representation which relates to nursery stock, that is disseminated in any manner or by any means, except a representation which is on the label.
• § 53303 — “Decorative plants” means indoor plants which are commonly grown and sold in movable containers, and which are not adapted for cultivation out of doors because of climatic conditions and natural pecul
• § 53304 — “Grade size” means the designation relating to nursery stock which denotes the height, spread, caliper, dimension, condition, quality, age, methods of propagation, or means of growth.
• § 53305 — “Labeling” means all labels, and other written, printed, or graphic representations, in any form whatsoever, which accompanies and pertains to any nursery stock.
• § 53306 — “Nursery stock” means all kinds of nursery stock except decorative plants and seeds.
• § 53307 — “Ornamental” means any plant which is grown for ornamental purposes, except decorative plants, dormant bulbs, tubers, roots, corms, rhizomes, and pips.
• § 53308 — “Botanical name” means the genus and species, the genus, species, and cultivar name, or the genus and cultivar name given to a plant in accordance with the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature
• § 53309 — “Cultivar name” means the cultivated variety name given to a plant in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants, without regard to whether that plant is selected from
• § 53310 — “Blend” means a combination of the same kinds of nursery stock.
• § 53311 — “Mixture” means a combination of two or more kinds of nursery stock.
• § 53312 — “Sod” means grassy surface soil nursery stock held together by matted roots of the grass.
• § 53313 — “Turf” means grassy surface soil nursery stock consisting of grass cultivars, mixtures or blends of grass cultivars, and dichondra for use in residential and commercial landscapes.
• § 53331 — The Legislature hereby declares that by making any additions to or amendments of this chapter it intends to formulate a system of grades and standards and minimum requirements for nursery stock to the
• § 53332 — The Legislature hereby declares that it would have enacted each section, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter irrespective of the fact that one or more other sections, subdivisions
• § 53361 — The director and the commissioners of each county of the state, their deputies and inspectors, under the supervision and control of the director, shall enforce this chapter.
• § 53362 — For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, all enforcing officers may enter upon any public or private premises in order to have access to nursery stock subject to this chapter an
• § 53363 — If the director or the commissioner shall find that any person has violated any provision of this chapter, he may institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the vi
• § 53391 — The director may adopt regulations which may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this chapter and each section of it, and may issue in relation to this chapter explanatory data and chart
• § 53392 — The director by regulations may provide for grade sizes of the different kinds of nursery stock, and may provide that nursery stock shall be labeled with grade sizes which are established by such regu
• § 5341 — To prevent the introduction into, or the spread within this state, of pests, the director shall maintain at such places within this state as he deems necessary plant quarantine inspection stations for
• § 5341.5 — (a) Every operator of a motor vehicle entering the state with a shipment of any agricultural commodity shall cause the vehicle and the shipment to be inspected, and shall obtain a certificate of inspe
• § 5342 — Plant quarantine officers at plant quarantine inspection stations may ascertain the origin, quantity, and kinds of meat and meat products, poultry and poultry products, eggs, and livestock transported
• § 53421 — The director or the commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed warning tag or notice to the owner or custodian of any lot of nursery stock which he finds is in violation of any provision
• § 53422 — It is unlawful for any person to move or otherwise dispose of any lot of nursery stock which is held under a warning tag or notice except with the permission of the director or the commissioner and fo
• § 53423 — The owner or custodian of nursery stock which is held under a warning tag or notice shall, upon demand, have the right of a hearing before the director or the commissioner as to the justification of a
• § 53424 — This article shall not be construed as limiting the right of the enforcement officer to proceed as authorized by other provisions of this chapter.
• § 53425 — Any decision of the director pursuant to this article is subject to review by any court of competent jurisdiction.
• § 5343 — The director shall cause conspicuous signs to be erected at or near each inspection station which disclose the existence of the station.
• § 5343.5 — At any inspection station maintained at or near the California border by the director pursuant to Section 5341, the following sign shall be conspicuously posted in block letters not less than four inc
• § 5344 — (a) It is unlawful for the operator of any vehicle to fail to stop the vehicle at an inspection station or to willfully avoid an inspection station.
• § 5345 — It is unlawful for any person to operate upon any highway in this state any vehicle which, in violation of Section 5344, was not stopped as required by that section, if the person who is operating suc
• § 53451 — Nursery stock which is sold shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) It shall be living stock and shall not be dead, or in a dying condition.
• § 53452 — Deciduous fruit and nut trees which are sold shall be free from any of the following defects: (a) Twisted, crossed, frosted, broken, or other defective roots.
• § 5346 — (a) It is unlawful for any person to conceal any plant from any plant quarantine officer or to fail to present it or any quarantined article for inspection at the request of such officer.
• § 5348 — Plant quarantine officers, and officers of the California Highway Patrol, are authorized to cite persons for any violation of this article.
• § 53481 — When nursery stock is sold, it shall be labeled plainly and legibly as to the grade size, if so required by regulations, and as to the correct name as follows: (a) The correct name for ornamentals, ex
• § 53482 — In order to identify nursery stock properly, whenever it is shipped, delivered, or transported to any purchaser, each plant shall be individually labeled as to the correct name.
• § 53483 — Nursery stock on display for sale at retail may be labeled by a sign on any block of stock of the same kind and species.
• § 53484 — This article shall become operative January 1, 1982.
• § 5349 — (a) It is unlawful for the operator of a vehicle to intentionally route the vehicle and travel on that route in order to prevent the vehicle from passing through a plant quarantine inspection station.
• § 5350 — (a) The director shall establish a program for the inspection of conveyances entering California through airport and maritime facilities to prevent the introduction into, or the spread within, this st
• § 5350.5 — (a) The director may establish a task force comprised of representatives of the following industries: (1) Air common carriers.
• § 5351 — (a) The director shall levy a service charge, to the extent authorized by subsection (b) of Section 1513 of Title 49 of the United States Code, based on the schedule established pursuant to Section 53
• § 53511 — It is unlawful for any person to sell, ship, deliver, or transport to any purchaser any nursery stock which is within any of the following: (a) Is not labeled in accordance with the provisions of this
• § 53512 — It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Detach, alter, deface, or destroy any label, warning tag, or notice which is provided for in this chapter or in the regulations which are
• § 5352 — To the extent permitted by federal law, the director shall levy a fee on commercial marine carriers, based on the schedule established pursuant to Section 5353, for the use of marine terminal faciliti
• § 5353 — (a) Each air carrier or foreign air carrier engaged in foreign air commerce which carries animals or plants or other materials which are, or are likely to be, infected or infested with any pest shall
• § 53541 — The violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in
• § 53561 — Any lot of nursery stock which does not comply with the provisions of this chapter is a public nuisance and shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the director or the commissioner to a court of c
• § 53562 — The district attorney of the county in which any such nuisance is found, at the request of the director or the commissioner, shall maintain, in the name of the people of the State of California, a civ
• § 53563 — If the owner fails to comply with the order of the court within the time specified in the order, the court may order that such nursery stock be forthwith destroyed or the nuisance otherwise abated as
• § 53564 — A proceeding pursuant to this article if the value of the property is thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) or less is a limited civil case.
• § 54001 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 54002 — “Association” means any corporation which is organized pursuant to this chapter.
• § 54003 — “Member” includes members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations which are organized with shares of stock.
• § 54004 — “Product” includes any horticultural, viticultural, aquacultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, or farm product.
• § 5401 — Any premises, plants, conveyances or things which are infected or infested with any pest, or premises where any pest is found, are a public nuisance, and shall be prosecuted as such in all actions and
• § 5402 — It is unlawful for any person to maintain such a public nuisance.
• § 5403 — If, after service of notice pursuant to this chapter a public nuisance is not abated within the time which is specified in the notice, the commissioner shall abate the nuisance by eradicating, control
• § 54031 — The purpose of this chapter is to do all of the following: (a) Promote, foster, and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through cooperation.
• § 54032 — The following are all here recognized: (a) Agriculture is characterized by individual production in contrast to the group or factory system that characterizes other forms of individual production.
• § 54033 — Associations which are organized pursuant to this chapter are “nonprofit,” since they are not organized to make profit for themselves, as such, or for their members, as such, but only for their member
• § 54034 — Any provisions of law which are in conflict with this chapter do not apply to any association which is provided for in this chapter.
• § 54035 — Any exemption under any existing law which applies to any agricultural product in the possession, or under the control, of the individual producer, shall apply similarly and completely to such product
• § 54036 — A person, firm, corporation, or association, that is hereafter organized or doing business in this state, may not use the word “cooperative” as part of its corporate name or other business name or tit
• § 54037 — Any corporation or association which is organized pursuant to previously existing statutes for the purpose of cooperatively marketing products as defined in this chapter or under Title 23 (commencing
• § 54038 — Any association which is organized pursuant to this chapter is not any of the following: (a) A conspiracy, a combination in restraint of trade, or an illegal monopoly.
• § 54039 — The marketing contracts and agreements between an association which is organized pursuant to this chapter and its members and any agreements authorized in this chapter are not illegal, in restraint of
• § 5404 — (a) If, after service of the notice pursuant to this chapter, the commissioner determines that the nuisance constitutes an immediate hazard to adjoining or nearby property, and that great or irreparab
• § 54040 — The General Corporation Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Title 1 of the Corporations Code) as added by Chapter 682 of the Statutes of 1975 and as heretofore or hereinafter amended and
• § 54041 — (a) Subject to subdivision (c), Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 1500) of Title 10 of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure does not apply to any proprietary interest in an association organized in
• § 54042 — (a) An association organized pursuant to this chapter may request the board of supervisors of the county in which the association’s principal place of business is located to issue a certificate statin
• § 5405 — The board of supervisors of any county may authorize the commissioner to contract with any state or federal agency, public corporation for municipal purposes, or person that owns, controls, or adminis
• § 54061 — Three or more natural persons, a majority of whom are residents of this state, who are engaged in the production of any product, may form an association pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of eng
• § 54081 — The articles of incorporation of the association shall show that the signers of the articles of incorporation are engaged in the production of products, and that they propose to incorporate an associa
• § 54082 — Articles of incorporation shall be signed, acknowledged, and filed in the manner which is prescribed by the general laws of this state for domestic corporations.
• § 54083 — The articles of incorporation of any association may be amended in the manner and for the purposes which are authorized by the General Corporation Law, Division 1 (commencing with Section 100), Title
• § 54111 — Each association shall, within 30 days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management, a code of bylaws, not inconsistent with this chapter.
• § 54112 — The bylaws may prescribe the time, place, and manner of calling and conducting its meetings.
• § 54113 — The bylaws may prescribe the number of stockholders or members which constitutes a quorum.
• § 54114 — The bylaws may prescribe the right of members or stockholders to vote by proxy or by mail or both, and the conditions, manner, form, and effects of such votes; the right of members or stockholders to
• § 54115 — The bylaws may prescribe the number of directors which constitutes a quorum.
• § 54116 — (a) The bylaws may prescribe the qualifications, compensation, duties, and term of office of directors and officers and the time of their election.
• § 54117 — The bylaws may prescribe penalties for violations of the bylaws.
• § 54118 — The bylaws may prescribe the amount of entrance, organization, and membership fees, if any; the manner and method of collection of such fees; and the purposes for which they may be used.
• § 54119 — The bylaws may prescribe the amount which each member or stockholder shall be required to pay annually, or from time to time, if at all, to carry on the business of the association; the charge, if any
• § 54120 — The bylaws may prescribe the amount of any dividends that may be declared on the stock or membership capital.
• § 54121 — The bylaws may prescribe the number and qualification of members or stockholders of the association and the conditions precedent to membership or ownership of common stock; the method, time, and manne
• § 54122 — The bylaws may prescribe the manner of determining the value of a member’s interest and provision for its purchase by the association upon the death or withdrawal of a member or upon the expulsion of
• § 54141 — The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than three directors who are elected by the members or stockholders.
• § 54142 — The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts and that directors shall be elected from the several districts.
• § 54143 — The bylaws may provide that primary elections shall be held to nominate directors.
• § 54144 — The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts, and that the directors shall be elected by representatives or advisers, who themselves h
• § 54145 — The bylaws may provide that one or more directors may be chosen by any public official or commission or by the other directors selected by the members.
• § 54146 — The bylaws may provide for an executive committee and may allot to such committee all the functions and powers of the board of directors, subject to the general direction and control of the board.
• § 54147 — An association may provide a fair remuneration for the time which is actually spent by its officers and directors in its service and for the service of the members of its executive committee.
• § 54148 — If a vacancy on the board of directors occurs except by expiration of term, the remaining members of the board, by a majority vote, shall fill the vacancy unless the bylaws provide for an election of
• § 54149 — The directors shall elect a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as may be prescribed by the bylaws.
• § 54150 — Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them in writing with the secretary of the association, together with a petition which is signed by five percent of the members, wh
• § 54171 — An association may engage in any activity in connection with the marketing, selling, preserving, harvesting, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling, or utiliza
• § 54172 — An association may borrow without limitation as to amount of corporate indebtedness or liability and may make advances to members.
• § 54173 — An association may act as the agent or representative of any member or members in any of the activites which are mentioned in Section 54171 or 54172.
• § 54174 — An association may purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, own, and exercise all rights of ownership in, sell, transfer, pledge, or guarantee the payment of dividends or interest on, or the retirement or
• § 54175 — An association may establish reserves and invest the funds of the reserves in bonds or in such other property as may be provided in the bylaws.
• § 54176 — An association may buy, hold, and exercise all privileges of ownership, over such real or personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the conduct and operation of, or incidental to, any of
• § 54177 — An association may levy assessments in the manner and in the amount as may be provided in its bylaws.
• § 54178 — An association may do each and every thing which is necessary, suitable, or proper for the accomplishment of any one of the purposes, or the attainment of any one or more of the objects, which are enu
• § 54179 — An association may use or employ any of its facilities for any purpose, provided the proceeds which arise from such use and employment shall go to reduce the cost of operation for its members.
• § 54180 — An association may organize, form, operate, own, control, have an interest in, own stock of, or be a member of any other corporation, with or without capital stock, which is engaged in preserving, dry
• § 54181 — Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts and agreements and make all necessary and proper stipulations, agreements and cont
• § 54182 — (a) Any association organized and operating pursuant to this chapter or pursuant to similar laws of any other state, the District of Columbia, or the United States, which acts for its members as a pro
• § 54201 — An association is not subject in any manner to the terms of the Corporate Securities Law, Division 1 (commencing with Section 25000), Title 4 of the Corporations Code, and any association may issue it
• § 54202 — If an association issues nonpar value stock, the issuance of such stock shall be governed by the terms of all general laws which cover the issuance of nonpar value stock in domestic corporations.
• § 54203 — If an association with preferred shares of stock purchases the stock or any property, or any interest in any property of any person, it may discharge the obligations which are so incurred, wholly or i
• § 54204 — The board of directors of every association shall cause to be sent to the members of the association not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal or calendar year an annual report of the oper
• § 5421 — If the commissioner finds, after inspection, that any premises, plant, conveyance, or thing in his jurisdiction is infected or infested with any pest, he may in writing notify the record owner or pers
• § 5422 — The notice may be served upon the record owner or person having charge or possession of the premises, plant, conveyance, or thing infected or infested with the pest or upon the agent of either, in the
• § 5423 — If no person upon whom service may be had, can, after diligent search be found within the county, the notice may be served by posting copies of it in three conspicuous places upon the infected or infe
• § 54231 — Under the terms and conditions which are prescribed in the bylaws adopted by it, an association may admit as members or issue common stock to only such persons as are engaged in the production of any
• § 54232 — If a member of a nonstock association is other than a natural person, such member may be represented by any individual, associate, officer, or manager or member of it, who is duly authorized in writin
• § 54233 — Any association may become a member or stockholder of any other association.
• § 54234 — If a member of an association which is established without shares of stock has paid his membership fee in full, he shall receive a certificate of membership.
• § 54235 — An association shall not issue a certificate for stock to a member until it has been fully paid for.
• § 54236 — An association, in its bylaws, may limit the amount of common stock which any member may own.
• § 54237 — The bylaws shall prohibit the transfer of the common stock or membership certificates of the associations to any person that is not qualified to be a shareholder or member as specified in this chapter
• § 54238 — The association may, at any time, as specified in the bylaws, except when the debts of the association exceed 50 percent of its assets, buy in or purchase its common stock at the book value of the com
• § 54239 — A member or stockholder is not liable for the debts of the association to an amount which exceeds the sum which remains unpaid on his membership fee or his subscription to the capital stock, including
• § 5424 — If the address of the owner is not known, and cannot be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable diligence, a copy of the notice shall be mailed to him at the county seat of the county in which the p
• § 5425 — The commissioner may record a copy of any notice that is served and may mail a copy of the notice to the person that appears of record to be the owner of any encumbrance on the property, at his last k