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CA Food & Agri Code § 77221 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77221.

77221.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77222 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77222.

77222.  “Pepper” means all types of fruit grown in California from the plant family Solanaceae, Genus Capsicum, including seed.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77223 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77223.

77223.  “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.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77224 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77224.

77224.  “Commission” means the California Pepper Commission.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77225 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77225.

77225.  (a) The commission shall be composed of five districts. The boundaries of each district shall be established by a two-thirds vote of the full commission, that is concurred in by the secretary. District boundaries shall be established to reflect similar total production among the districts in order to ensure proper representation by producers. These boundaries need not coincide with county lines.(b) The boundaries of any district may be changed by a two-thirds vote of the full commission, that is concurred in by the secretary, when necessary to maintain similar total production among the districts and to ensure proper representation by producers.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77226 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77226.

77226.  (a) “Handler” means any person engaged in marketing of peppers which the person has produced, purchased, or acquired from a producer, or is marketing on behalf of a producer whether as owner, agent, employee, broker, or otherwise. “Handler” does not include any person who handles less than 100 tons of fresh peppers, or the equivalent in dehydrated peppers or pepper seed, in a marketing year.(b) “Handle” means to engage in the business of a handler.(c) The tonnage threshold specified in subdivision (a) may be increased by a two-thirds vote of the commission.(d) The tonnage threshold specified in subdivision (a) may be decreased only if approved by referendum pursuant to Sections 77311 to 77316, inclusive. For purposes of a referendum conducted pursuant to this subdivision, the terms “producer” and “handler” in Section 77311 to 77316, inclusive, includes persons who would become subject to this chapter if the referendum is approved.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77227 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77227.

77227.  “Market” or “marketing” means to sell peppers.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77228 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77228.

77228.  “Production research” means any cultural and biological research relating to field production of peppers.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77229 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77229.

77229.  “Marketing year” or “fiscal year” means the period beginning March 1 of any year and extending through the last day of February of the next year.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77230 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77230.

77230.  (a) “Producer” means any person in this state who grows peppers for market and who, upon request, provides proof of commodity sale. “Producer” does not include any person who grows less than 10 acres of peppers, or produces less than 100 tons of fresh peppers, or the equivalent in dry peppers or pepper seed, in the current marketing year.(b) The acreage and tonnage thresholds specified in subdivision (a) may be decreased only if approved by referendum pursuant to Section 77311 to 77316, inclusive. For purposes of a referendum conducted pursuant to this subdivision, the terms “producer” and “handler” in Sections 77311 to 77316, inclusive, include persons who would become subject to this chapter if the referendum is approved.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77231 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 2 - Definitions|Section 77231.

77231.  “Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the commission.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77251 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77251.

77251.  (a) There is in the state government the California Pepper Commission. The commission shall be composed of five pepper producers, five pepper handlers, one public member, and may include two at-large members at the discretion of the commission.(b) Five producers, one from each district, shall be elected by and from producers within the respective districts. Five handlers, representing the major categories of pepper handling as determined by the commission, shall be elected by and from other qualified handlers engaged in the same activity. The determination of what the major categories of pepper handling activities are, and any subsequent change to the categories shall be made by a two-thirds vote of the full commission that is concurred in by the secretary.(c) The public member shall be appointed to the commission by the secretary from nominees recommended by the commission.(d) Two at-large members may be elected by the producers and handlers on the commission from among individuals who have a financial interest in the California pepper industry but who are not necessarily producers or handlers as defined in this article.(e) The secretary and other appropriate individuals as determined by the commission shall be ex officio members of the commission.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77252 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77252.

77252.  (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 that is in violation of this chapter.(b) If the commission refuses or fails to cease these activities or functions or to make corrections required by the secretary, the secretary may, upon written notice, suspend all or a portion of the activities or functions of the commission until the time that the cessation or correction of activities or functions as required by the secretary has been accomplished by the commission.(c) Actions of the commission in violation of the written notice are without legal force or effect. The secretary, to the extent feasible, shall issue the written notice prior to the commission entering into any contractual relationship affecting the existing or proposed activities or functions that are the subject of the written notice.(d) Upon service of the written notice, the secretary shall notify the commission in writing of the specific acts that the secretary determines are not in the public interest or are in violation of this chapter, the secretary’s reasons for requiring a cessation or correction of specific existing or proposed activities or functions, and the secretary’s recommendations as to what will make the activities or functions acceptable.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 5.1. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77253 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77253.

77253.  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, as the case may be, in a court of competent jurisdiction, which may issue a temporary restraining order, permanent injunction, or other applicable relief.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 68. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77254 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77254.

77254.  When the secretary is required to concur in a decision of the commission, the secretary shall give his or her response to the commission within 15 working days from notification of the decision. The response may be a request that additional information be provided.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 5.3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77255 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77255.

77255.  The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities pursuant to this chapter. However, a court may, if it finds that the secretary acted arbitrarily or capriciously in restricting the activities or functions of the commission, relieve the commission of the responsibility for payment of the secretary’s legal costs with regard to that action.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 5.4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77256 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77256.

77256.  Each member of the commission, except ex officio members, shall have an alternate member to be elected in the same manner as the member. Except as provided in Section 77264, an alternate member shall, in the absence of the member for whom he or she is an alternate, serve in place of the member and shall have and be able to exercise all the rights, privileges, and powers of the member when serving on the commission. In the event of a change in status making a member ineligible to serve, or due to death, removal, resignation, or disqualification of a member, the alternate member shall act as a member on the commission until a qualified successor is elected or appointed.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77257 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77257.

77257.  Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure of any person elected to the commission as a member or alternate member to continue in his or her position due to a change in status making the person ineligible to serve, or due to death, removal, or resignation, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by a majority vote of the remaining members of the commission. That person shall fulfill all the qualifications set forth in this article as required for the member whose office he or she is to fill.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77258 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77258.

77258.  Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure of the public member or alternate member to continue in his or her position due to a change in status making the member ineligible to serve, or due to death, removal, resignation, or disqualification, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term by the secretary from nominees recommended by the commission. That person shall fulfill all the qualifications set forth in this article as required for the member whose office he or she is to fill.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 5.5. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77259 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77259.

77259.  Any producer member and his or her alternate member on the commission shall be an individual producer or an employee representing a producer who has a financial interest in producing, or causing to be produced, peppers for market. Qualifications of producer members and their alternate members shall be maintained during their entire term of office.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77260 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77260.

77260.  Any handler member and his or her alternate member on the commission shall have a financial interest in handling peppers for market, or be an employee of a firm which handles peppers.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 527, Sec. 4.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77260.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77260.5.

77260.5.  Any at-large member elected to the commission, and his or her alternate shall have a financial interest in the California pepper industry and shall have all the rights and privileges of any other member or alternate member, respectively, of the commission.(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77261 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77261.

77261.  The public member and his or her alternate member on the commission shall have all the powers, rights, and privileges of any other member or alternate member, respectively, on the commission. The public member and his or her alternate member shall not have any financial interest in the pepper industry.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77262 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77262.

77262.  The term of office of all members and alternate members of the commission, except ex officio members, shall be three years, beginning on the first day of February following his or her election and until qualified successors are elected.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77263 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77263.

77263.  The commission shall be and is hereby declared and created a corporate body. It shall have the power to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with, and to have and possess all of the powers of a corporation. It may adopt a corporate seal. Copies of its proceedings, records, and acts when authenticated, shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of all statements therein.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77264 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77264.

77264.  A quorum of the commission shall be seven voting members of the commission. An alternate producer or handler member, respectively, may serve in the absence of a member if the member’s alternate is absent and the action is necessary to establish a quorum. Unless specified otherwise in this chapter, the vote of a majority of members present at a meeting at which there is a quorum shall constitute the act of the commission.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 167, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77265 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77265.

77265.  The secretary or his or her representative shall be notified and may attend each meeting of the commission and any committee meeting of the commission.(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 69. Effective January 1, 2006.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77266 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77266.

77266.  No member of the commission or member of a committee established by the commission who is a nonmember of the commission shall receive a salary. Each member of the commission or each alternate member serving in place of a member, except ex officio government members, and each member of a committee established by the commission who is a nonmember of the commission, may receive a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) per day, as established by the commission. This per diem shall be paid to members for each day spent in actual attendance at, or in traveling to and from, meetings of the commission or committees of the commission, or on special assignment for the commission, as approved by the commission. Members shall also receive the necessary traveling expenses and meal allowances, as approved by the commission.(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 77267 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 22 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS|PART 2 - MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS|CHAPTER 17 - California Pepper Commission|ARTICLE 3 - The California Pepper Commission|Section 77267.

77267.  All funds received by any person from the assessments levied under the authority of this chapter or otherwise received by the commission shall be deposited in banks which the commission may designate and shall be disbursed by order of the commission through an agent or agents as it may designate for that purpose. The agent or agents shall be bonded by a fidelity bond, executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in this state, in favor of the commission, in the amount of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 335, Sec. 1. Effective July 14, 1988.)