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Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

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• § 79819 — “Market” or “marketing” means to sell olive oil into commercial channels of trade.
• § 79820 — “Marketing season” or “fiscal year” are synonymous terms and mean the period beginning July 1 of any year and extending through June 30 of the following year.
• § 79821 — “Producer” means a person that produces or causes to be produced olives that are processed or toll processed into olive oil in the amount of 5,000 gallons or more during the marketing season and that
• § 79822 — “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
• § 79823 — “Advisory committee” means a committee appointed by the secretary from applications received from persons that produce or cause to be produced olives that are processed into less than 5,000 gallons of
• § 79824 — “Toll processor” means to process or mill olives into olive oil on behalf of a producer.
• § 79831 — (a) There is in the state government the Olive Oil Commission of California.
• § 79832 — (a) The secretary may require the commission to correct or cease any existing activity or function that is determined by the secretary not to be in the public interest or in violation of this chapter.
• § 79833 — The commission or the secretary may bring an action for judicial relief from the secretary’s written notice, or from noncompliance by the commission with the written notice, in a court of competent ju
• § 79834 — The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities under this chapter.
• § 79835 — (a) Except for the ex officio members of the commission board of directors, each member of the commission board of directors shall have an alternate member elected in the same manner as the member.
• § 79836 — Any vacancy on the commission board of directors, including, but not limited to, the failure of any person elected or appointed to the commission board of directors as a member or alternate member to
• § 79837 — A producer member or his or her alternate on the commission board of directors shall be an individual, partner, or employee of a producer who has a financial interest in producing, or causing to be pr
• § 79838 — The public member, or his or her alternate on the commission board of directors, shall have all the powers, rights, and privileges of any other member on the commission board of directors.
• § 79839 — (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), the term of office of all members of the commission board of directors and their alternates, except any ex officio member, shall be three years from t
• § 79840 — The commission may sue and be sued and enter into contracts.
• § 79841 — A quorum of the commission board of directors is a majority of the members authorized to vote.
• § 79842 — The secretary or his or her representatives shall be notified and may attend each meeting of the commission board of directors and any meetings of a committee established by the commission.
• § 79843 — A member of the commission board of directors or of any committee established by the commission, which may include nonmembers of the commission board of directors, shall not receive a salary.
• § 79844 — If the secretary is required to concur in a decision of the commission, he or she shall indicate his or her response within 15 working days from notification of the decision.
• § 79845 — All moneys received by any person from assessments levied under the authority of this chapter or otherwise received by the commission shall be deposited in banks designated by the commission board of
• § 79846 — The state shall not be liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts.
• § 79851 — The powers and duties of the commission board of directors include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Adopt and from time to time alter, rescind, modify, and amend bylaws, rules, and o
• § 79861 — (a) Before February 1, 2014, the secretary shall establish a list of producers eligible to vote on the implementation of this chapter.
• § 79862 — This chapter, except as necessary to conduct an implementation referendum vote, shall not become operative until the secretary finds at least 40 percent of the total number of producers from the list
• § 79863 — The secretary shall establish a period in which to conduct the referendum which shall not be less than 10 days or more than 60 days in duration and may prescribe additional procedures necessary to con
• § 79864 — Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate a referendum.
• § 79865 — If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has been given as provided in this article, he or she shall certify the vote and give notice of the vote to producers whose names and addresses are on file
• § 79866 — If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has not been given as provided in this article, he or she shall certify the vote and declare this chapter inoperative.
• § 79867 — (a) Upon certification of the commission, the secretary shall contact producers and handlers in a manner determined by the secretary for the purpose of nominating and electing persons to the commissio
• § 79868 — Prior to the referendum vote conducted by the secretary pursuant to this article, the proponents of the commission shall deposit with the secretary an amount of funds determined necessary by the secre
• § 79871 — (a) The commission board of directors shall, no later than the beginning of each marketing season, or as soon thereafter as possible, establish the assessment to be paid by producers and collected by
• § 79872 — This chapter does not apply to a producer’s olives processed into olive oil for his or her home use.
• § 79873 — (a) Handlers of olive oil shall keep a complete and accurate record of all olives purchased by them and olive oil handled by them with the name of the producer or producers whose olives were purchased
• § 79874 — (a) All proprietary information obtained by the commission or the secretary from any source, including the names and addresses of producers, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except if
• § 79875 — The first handler of olive oil being assessed shall deduct the assessment from amounts paid by him or her to the producer, and shall be a trustee of the funds until they are paid to the commission at
• § 79876 — Every handler shall be personally liable for the payment of the assessments collected from producers, and failure to collect the assessment from any producer shall not exempt the handler from liabilit
• § 79877 — An assessment that is levied as provided in this chapter is a personal debt of the producer assessed.
• § 79878 — (a) A person who fails to file a return or pay an assessment within the time required by the commission shall pay to the commission a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the assessment determined t
• § 79881 — A civil penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) may be levied by the commission upon a person who does any of the following: (a) Willfully render or furnish a false report, statement, or r
• § 79882 — For purposes of according individuals aggrieved by its actions or determinations, the commission board of directors shall establish procedures for an informal hearing before the commission or before a
• § 79883 — (a) The commission may commence civil actions and utilize all remedies provided in law or equity for the collection of assessments and civil penalties, and for obtaining injunctive relief or specific
• § 79884 — Any action by the commission for any penalty or other remedy that is prescribed under this chapter shall be commenced within two years from the date of discovery of the alleged violation.
• § 79885 — The commission shall not be required to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at law does not exist in any action brought under this chapter.
• § 79886 — This chapter shall be liberally construed.
• § 79887 — The termination of this chapter shall not affect or waive any right, duty, obligation, or liability that has arisen or that may thereafter arise in connection with this chapter, release or extinguish
• § 79891 — (a) Five years after implementation of this chapter, the secretary shall hold a public hearing, after providing proper notice to persons subject to this chapter and any other persons or entities who h
• § 79892 — Following a hearing, and favorable referendum if required, the process specified in Section 79891 shall be conducted by the secretary every five years thereafter between July 1 and June 30 of the foll
• § 79893 — (a) Upon a finding by a two-thirds vote of the commission board of directors that the operation of this chapter has not tended to effectuate its declared purposes, the commission may recommend to the
• § 79894 — After the effective date of suspension of this chapter, the operations of the commission shall be concluded and all moneys held by the commission, and moneys collected by assessment and not required t
• § 79895 — Upon suspension of the operation of this chapter, the commission shall mail a copy of the notice of suspension to producers affected by the suspension whose names and addresses are on file.
• § 79901 — The commission board of directors may recommend to the secretary the adoption and amendment of olive oil grades and labeling standards, in accordance with the California Marketing Act of 1937 (Chapter
• § 79902 — The commission board of directors shall serve as the advisory body to the secretary on all matters pertaining to this article.
• § 79911 — The cultivation of agave for processing into agave products and the marketing of agave and agave products constitute an important industry of this state, which provides substantial and necessary reven
• § 79912 — The cultivation of agave in California is consistent with and supportive of California’s environmentally sensitive policies relating to sustainable farming practices, including water conservation, thr
• § 79913 — The establishment of the commission is necessary for the efficient management of activities authorized in this chapter.
• § 79914 — The purposes of this chapter are hereby declared to be in the public interest.
• § 79915 — The commission form of administration created by this chapter is uniquely situated to provide those engaged in the activities specified in this chapter the opportunity to avail themselves of the benef
• § 79916 — No action taken by the commission, or by any individual in accordance with this chapter or with bylaws or procedures established pursuant to this chapter, shall be deemed a violation of the Cartwright
• § 79917 — It is the intent of the Legislature that members of the commission represent and further the interests of the agave industry and that this representation and furtherance serve the public interest.
• § 79921 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 79922 — (a) “Agave” means the species of plants in the genus Agave of the family Asparagaceae cultivated for their juice and fiber.
• § 79923 — “Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data pertaining to matters relating to the activities subject to this chapter.
• § 79924 — “Commission” means the California Agave Commission.
• § 79925 — “Cultivate” or “cultivated” means to plant, tend, harvest, or improve agave.
• § 79926 — “Ex officio members” means nonvoting members of the commission board of directors.
• § 79927 — “Grower” means a person who commercially cultivates agave, or causes agave to be cultivated, not in a container and on two acres or more during the marketing season.
• § 79928 — “Market” or “marketing” means to sell agave and agave products into commercial channels of trade.
• § 79929 — “Marketing season” or “fiscal year” are synonymous terms and mean the period beginning April 1 of any year and extending through March 31 of the following year.
• § 79930 — “Process” or “processing” means to engage in the business of a processor.
• § 79931 — (a) “Processor” means a person licensed to commercially process agave and who processes agave in an amount of more than three tons in the state in the preceding marketing season.
• § 79932 — “Public member” means a person appointed to the commission board of directors pursuant to the procedures specified in this chapter.
• § 79933 — “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
• § 79936 — (a) There is in state government the California Agave Commission.
• § 79937 — (a) The secretary may require the commission to correct or cease any existing activity or function that is determined by the secretary to not be in the public interest or to be in violation of this ch
• § 79938 — The commission or the secretary may bring an action for judicial relief from the secretary’s written notice, or from noncompliance by the commission with the written notice, in a court of competent ju
• § 79939 — The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out their duties and responsibilities under this chapter.
• § 79940 — Except for the ex officio members of the commission board of directors, each member of the commission board of directors shall have an alternate member elected in the same manner as the member.
• § 79941 — Any vacancy on the commission board of directors, including, but not limited to, the failure of any person elected or appointed to the commission board of directors as a member or alternate member to
• § 79942 — A grower member and their alternate on the commission board of directors shall be an individual, partner, or employee of a grower who has a financial interest in cultivating agave, or causing agave to
• § 79943 — A processor member and their alternate on the commission board of directors shall be an individual, partner, or employee of a processor who has a financial interest in processing agave, or causing aga
• § 79944 — The public member and their alternate on the commission board of directors shall have all the powers, rights, and privileges of any other member on the commission board of directors.
• § 79945 — (a) The term of office of each member of the commission board of directors and their alternate, except an ex officio member, shall be three years from the date of their election or appointment and unt
• § 79946 — The commission may sue and be sued and enter into contracts.
• § 79947 — A quorum of the commission board of directors is a majority of the members authorized to vote.
• § 79948 — The secretary or their representatives shall be notified and may attend each meeting of the commission board of directors and any meetings of a committee established by the commission, except the secr
• § 79949 — A member of the commission board of directors or of any committee established by the commission, shall not receive a salary.
• § 79950 — If the secretary is required to concur in a decision of the commission, the secretary shall indicate their response within 15 working days from notification of the decision.
• § 79951 — All moneys received by a person from assessments levied under the authority of this chapter or otherwise received by the commission shall be deposited into banks designated by the commission board of
• § 79952 — The state shall not be liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts.
• § 79956 — The powers and duties of the commission board of directors shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Adopt and from time to time alter, rescind, modify, and amend bylaws and pro
• § 79961 — (a) No later than 90 days from the request of proponents of the commission, the secretary shall establish a list of growers and processors eligible to vote on the implementation of this chapter.
• § 79962 — The commission shall not be established, and this chapter shall not be implemented, except as necessary to conduct an implementation referendum vote, until the secretary finds all of the following in
• § 79963 — The secretary shall establish a period in which to conduct the referendum that shall not be less than 10 days or more than 60 days in duration and may prescribe additional procedures necessary to cond
• § 79964 — Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate a referendum.
• § 79965 — If the secretary finds that a referendum vote in favor of establishing the commission has occurred, as provided in this article, the secretary shall certify the vote and give notice of the vote to gro
• § 79966 — If the secretary finds that a referendum vote in favor of establishing the commission has not occurred, as provided in this article, the secretary shall certify the vote and declare this chapter inope
• § 79967 — (a) Upon the establishment of the commission, the secretary shall contact growers and processors in a manner determined by the secretary for the purpose of nominating and electing persons to the commi
• § 79968 — Before the referendum vote conducted by the secretary pursuant to this article, the proponents of the commission shall deposit with the secretary an amount of funds determined necessary by the secreta
• § 79971 — (a) The commission board of directors shall, no later than the beginning of each marketing season, or as soon thereafter as possible, establish assessments to be paid by growers and processors for the
• § 79972 — (a) Processors of agave shall keep a complete and accurate record of all agave processed by them with the names of the growers whose agave was processed.
• § 79973 — (a) All proprietary information obtained by the commission or the secretary from any source, including the names and addresses of growers and processors, shall be confidential and shall not be disclos
• § 79974 — Growers and processors of agave that pay the assessment shall be trustees of the assessed funds until they are paid to the commission at the time and in the manner prescribed by the commission board o
• § 79975 — Every grower and processor shall be personally liable for the payment of the assessments owed to the commission.
• § 79981 — (a) A person who fails to file a return or pay an assessment within the time required by the commission shall pay to the commission a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the assessment determined t
• § 79982 — A civil penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) may be levied by the commission on any person who does any of the following: (a) Willfully render or furnish a false report, statement, or r
• § 79983 — For purposes of according individuals aggrieved by its actions or determinations, the commission board of directors shall establish procedures for an informal hearing before the commission or before a
• § 79984 — (a) The commission may commence civil actions and use all remedies provided in law or equity for the collection of assessments and civil penalties, and for obtaining injunctive relief or specific perf
• § 79985 — Any action by the commission for any penalty or other remedy that is prescribed under this chapter shall be commenced within two years from the date of discovery of the alleged violation.
• § 79986 — The commission shall not be required to allege or prove that an adequate remedy at law does not exist in any action brought pursuant to this chapter.
• § 79987 — (a) This chapter shall be liberally construed.
• § 79988 — The termination of the operation of the commission and the implementation of this chapter shall not affect or waive any right, duty, obligation, or liability that has arisen or that may thereafter ari
• § 79991 — (a) Five years after implementation of this chapter, the secretary shall hold a public hearing, after providing proper notice to persons subject to this chapter and any other persons or entities who h
• § 79992 — Following a hearing, or a referendum resulting in a vote to continue the operation of the commission if required, the process specified in Section 79991 shall be conducted by the secretary every five
• § 79993 — (a) Upon a finding by a two-thirds vote of the commission board of directors that the commission has not tended to effectuate its declared purposes, the commission may recommend to the secretary that
• § 79994 — After the effective date of suspension of the operation of the commission, the operation of the commission shall be concluded and all moneys held by the commission, and moneys collected by assessment
• § 79995 — Upon suspension of the operation of the commission, the commission shall mail a copy of the notice of suspension to growers and processors affected by the suspension whose names and addresses are on f
• § 8 — The district attorney of any county in which a violation of any provision of this code occurs shall, upon request of any enforcing officer or other interested person, prosecute such violation.
• § 80001 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the California Desert Native Plants Act.
• § 80002 — It is the intent of the Legislature, in this division, to protect California desert native plants from unlawful harvesting on both public and privately owned lands.
• § 80003 — This division is applicable only within the boundaries of the Counties of Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego.
• § 80004 — Persons engaged in the production, storage, sale, delivery, or transportation of nursery stock pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 6701) of Division 4 are not required to obtain a permit pursu
• § 80005 — Persons engaged in the production, storage, sale, delivery, or transportation of nursery stock pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 6701) of Division 4 shall not receive any harvested native pl
• § 80006 — Persons engaged in the sale of nursery stock pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 6701) of Division 4 shall maintain records of their receipts or purchases for sale or resale of any native plan
• § 80051 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of this chapter govern the construction of this division.
• § 80052 — “Landowner” includes the public agency administering any public lands within the areas subject to this division.
• § 80053 — “Harvest” means to remove or cut and remove from the place where grown.
• § 80054 — “Harvester” means a person who harvests a native plant.
• § 80055 — “Director” means the Director of Food and Agriculture.
• § 80056 — “Department” means the Department of Food and Agriculture.
• § 80057 — “Tag” means a paper or cloth label that can be attached to a native plant or a commercial load by means of a string and a seal, which tag specifies, among other things, a serial number, type of plant,
• § 80058 — “Seal” means a metal, tamperproof clamp used to permanently affix the tag to a native plant.
• § 80059 — “Resale” means native plants harvested, possessed, or transported with the intent to sell the plants for the ultimate purpose of landscaping or decoration, or both.
• § 80060 — “Resale load” means native plants harvested, possessed, or transported for resale purposes.
• § 80061 — “Native plant” means any tree, shrub, bulb, or plant or part thereof, except its fruit, named in this division as being subject to this division or added by the director pursuant to Section 80074, whi
• § 80062 — “Commercial harvesting” means harvesting native plants for an ultimate use other than as landscaping or decorative material and with the plants’ tops or branches, or both, boughs, or limbs removed.
• § 80063 — “Permit” means an application form to harvest native plants that has been filled out by the applicant and approved and officially endorsed by the commissioner or sheriff of the county wherein the nati
• § 80064 — “Wood receipt” means a receipt that is to accompany one or more cords of wood harvested under this division.
• § 80071 — The botanical names of the plants referred to in this chapter shall, in all cases, govern in the interpretation of this division.
• § 80072 — The following native plants, or any parts thereof, may not be harvested except for scientific or educational purposes under a permit issued by the commissioner of the county in which the native plants
• § 80073 — The following native plants, or any part thereof, may not be harvested except under a permit issued by the commissioner or the sheriff of the county in which the native plants are growing: (a) All spe
• § 80074 — After consultation with the Secretary of the Resources Agency and after a public hearing, the secretary may add to, or remove from, the jurisdiction of this division a native plant.
• § 80075 — Any native plant that is declared to be a rare, endangered, or threatened species by federal or state law or regulations, including, but not limited to, the Fish and Game Code, is exempt from this div
• § 801 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Thurman Agricultural Policy Act.
• § 80101 — (a) The commissioner or the sheriff of a county subject to this division shall issue, in accordance with this division, permits, wood receipts, tags, and seals for a fee as prescribed by the board of
• § 80102 — (a) Each permit authorizing the harvesting, transporting, or possessing of native plants, except trees cut or removed for wood as provided in Section 80103, shall be accompanied by a sufficient number
• § 80103 — (a) Each permit authorizing the harvesting, transporting, or possessing of live or dead mesquite, palo verde, or ironwood species of trees which are harvested for wood, shall be accompanied by a wood
• § 80104 — Any person in possession of a valid permit for the removal of dead plants or wood issued by the United States Forest Service, the National Park Service, or the Bureau of Land Management, or any person
• § 80105 — The director may adopt necessary rules and regulations not in conflict with this division for the enforcement of its provisions.
• § 80106 — The director or any of his or her duly authorized agents, any commissioner, or any peace officer is authorized and directed to enter in or upon any premises or other place, train, vehicle, or other me
• § 80107 — When any power or authority is given by any provision of this division to any person, it may be exercised by any deputy, inspector, or agent duly authorized by that person.
• § 80108 — Any county may adopt ordinances not in conflict with this division for the preservation of native plants specified in Sections 80072 and 80073.
• § 80111 — (a) Except as provided in this division, it is unlawful for any person to destroy, dig up, mutilate, or harvest any living native plant, or the living or dead parts of any native plant, except its fru
• § 80112 — The commissioner of the county wherein the plants are located may issue a permit to a scientific or educational institution to harvest a definite number of plants listed in Section 80072 for scientifi
• § 80113 — Permits issued for the removal of native plants shall be valid only for a stated period of time to allow the permittee to remove the specific amount of plants or wood stated in the permit, or the peri
• § 80114 — No person shall knowingly make any false statement on any application for permits, wood receipts, or tags and seals.
• § 80115 — Any permit issued pursuant to Section 80111, 80112, 80113, or 80114 shall expire when the tags and seals issued therewith have been attached to the plants covered by the permit and the plants are no l
• § 80116 — The director or commissioner may establish specific cutting, harvesting, and plant care criteria which shall include the most favorable and practical horticultural methods and seasons to assure the su
• § 80117 — This division does not prevent any of the following: (a) The clearing of land for agricultural purposes, fire control measures, or required mining assessment work pursuant to federal or state mining l
• § 80118 — Except as provided in Section 80072, no provision of this division prohibits any person from harvesting or possessing, for purposes other than resale, five or fewer native plants or from cutting, remo
• § 80119 — Each county may enact ordinances not inconsistent with this division to control commercial harvesting in that county.
• § 80120 — The issuing agency shall collect fees for the issuance of permits, tags and seals and wood receipts under this division, except from a landowner moving native plants from one of his or her properties
• § 80121 — Any harvested native plant listed in Section 80072 or 80073, or added by the director pursuant to Section 80074, which is not exempt from the permit requirements of this division pursuant to Section 8
• § 80151 — No person or common carrier shall transport, or receive or possess for transportation, any native plant or any wood, or part thereof, except its fruit or manufactured wood articles, that requires a pe
• § 80152 — All native plant species or varieties subject to this division, when not grown in California and imported into this state, shall be declared at a California agricultural inspection station or an offic
• § 80171 — A peace officer may, in the enforcement of this division, make arrests without warrant for a violation of this division which he or she may witness, and may confiscate native plants, or parts thereof
• § 80172 — A person violating any provision of this division is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), nor more than two thousand five hundred d
• § 80173 — Upon conviction of a violation of this division, all permits issued to the person convicted shall be revoked and the permittee shall be required to surrender any unused tags and seals or wood receipts
• § 80174 — A second conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300), nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), for each violation, by imprisonment in a county jail for
• § 80175 — The issuing agency may revoke any permit, tags, or seals issued for the purpose of harvesting for ultimate replanting if the permittee willfully fails to comply with all of the conditions or stipulati
• § 802 — The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Agriculture is the number one industry in California, which is the leading agricultural state in the country.
• § 80201 — All fees or moneys collected under this division shall be paid into the general fund of the county in which the permits, tags and seals, and wood receipts were issued.
• § 803 — The Legislature further finds and declares that, regardless of the findings in Section 802, this state does not presently have a formal agricultural policy.
• § 81000 — Definitions.
• § 81001 — (a) There is in the department an Industrial Hemp Advisory Board.
• § 81002 — (a) Except when grown by a registered established agricultural research institution or by a registered hemp breeder developing a new cultivar, industrial hemp shall be grown only if it is on the list
• § 81003 — (a) (1) Except for an established agricultural research institution subject to Section 81004.
• § 81004 — (a) (1) Except when grown by an established agricultural research institution subject to Section 81004.
• § 81004.5 — (a) (1) Before cultivating hemp for agricultural or academic research, an established agricultural research institution shall register with the commissioner of the county in which it intends to cultiv
• § 81004.6 — Each registered established agricultural research institution, registered grower of industrial hemp, and registered hemp breeder shall report on its hemp production in the state and any changes to the
• § 81005 — (a) The department shall establish a registration fee and appropriate renewal fee to be paid by growers of industrial hemp and hemp breeders, not including an established agricultural research institu
• § 81006 — Industrial Hemp Growth Limitations; Prohibitions; Imports; Laboratory Testing.
• § 81007 — (a) As part of the registration program established pursuant to this division, the department may establish and carry out, by regulation, an agricultural pilot program pursuant to Section 7606 of the
• § 81009 — Not later than January 1, 2019, or five years after the provisions of this division are authorized under federal law, whichever is later, the board, in consultation with the Hemp Industries Associatio
• § 81010 — This division, and Section 221 shall become operative on January 1, 2017.
• § 81011 — (a) Before cultivating industrial hemp, an established agricultural research institution shall provide the Global Positioning System coordinates of the planned cultivation site to the commissioner of
• § 81012 — (a) Enforcement of the approved state plan shall comply with Section 297B(e) of the federal Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (added by Section 10113 of the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 201
• § 81013 — Any person convicted of a felony relating to a controlled substance under state or federal law before, on, or after January 1, 2020, shall be ineligible, during the 10-year period following the date o
• § 81014 — A person that materially falsifies any information contained in an application or registration under Section 81003 or 81004, or other application to participate in the industrial hemp program, shall b
• § 81015 — (a) On or before May 1, 2020, the secretary, in consultation with the Governor and the Attorney General, shall develop and submit to the United States Secretary of Agriculture a state plan, consistent
• § 82000 — For purposes of this division, the following definitions apply: (a) “Quality date” means a date on a label affixed to the packaging or a container of food that communicates to consumers the date after
• § 82001 — (a) On and after July 1, 2026, a food manufacturer, processor, or retailer responsible for the labeling of food items for human consumption that chooses, or is otherwise required by law, to display a
• § 821 — As part of promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the state and for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare, the Legislature shall provide for a continuing sound and health
• § 822 — The Legislature shall review actions taken in the implementation and furtherance of the state agricultural policy for their impact on the following factors: (a) Productive agricultural land.
• § 8401 — This part shall be known as the Citrus Pest District Control Law.
• § 8402 — It is the purpose of this part to make available a procedure for the organization, operation, government, and dissolution of districts for the more effective control and eradication of citrus pests, w
• § 8403 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• § 8404 — “Board” means the board of directors of a district.
• § 8405 — “Citrus acreage” means any parcel, tract, or lot of land with 25 or more citrus trees of any age growing on it, except a parcel, tract, or lot which is used as a nursery.