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CA Food & Agri Code § 62304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards|Section 62304.

62304.  If the director receives a qualified petition for a local advisory board, he may investigate the possibility of establishing a regional advisory board covering the marketing area from which the petition was received and the adjacent marketing areas, by holding one or more public hearings for the purpose of establishing whether or not a majority of producers supplying the marketing areas proposed to be included in such region desire such regional advisory board.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards|Section 62305.

62305.  A local advisory board established pursuant to this article shall consist of seven members who shall be producers that supply market milk to the particular marketing area. A regional advisory board may consist of any number of members who are producers that supply market milk to any of the marketing areas in the region, but shall consist of not less than one member from each such marketing area in the region. The director may appoint one additional member on each such board who shall be a public member.Upon the director’s request, each board shall submit to the director the names of three or more natural persons, each of whom shall be a citizen and resident of this state and not a producer, shipper, or processor nor financially interested in any producer, shipper, or processor, for appointment by the director as a public member of the board. The director may appoint one of the nominees as the public member on the board. If all nominees are unsatisfactory to the director, the board shall continue to submit lists of nominees until the director has made a selection. Any vacancy in the office of the public member of the board shall be filled by appointment by the director from the nominee or nominees similarly qualified submitted by the board. The public member of each board shall represent the interests of the general public in all matters coming before the board and shall have the same voting and other rights and immunities as other members of the board.(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 188.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards|Section 62306.

62306.  The term of office of each member of a regional advisory board or a local advisory board shall be two years.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62307 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards|Section 62307.

62307.  The director may remove any member from a local or a regional advisory board if he finds, after a hearing, that such member is guilty of nonfeasance or malfeasance in office.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62308 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards|Section 62308.

62308.  The director may appoint a member to fill any vacancy on a local or a regional advisory board.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62309 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards|Section 62309.

62309.  Each regional advisory board and each local advisory board may meet in regular session each month, and each member shall be allowed twenty dollars ($20) per diem and mileage at the rate of fifteen cents ($0.15) per mile for attending such regular meetings, and any other meeting or conference which is called or authorized by the director within or outside of the boundaries of this state.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62310 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards|Section 62310.

62310.  Any regional or local advisory board may, with the previous approval of the director, employ such personnel as may be necessary in the performance of its duties and shall adopt regulations for its conduct. Each such board shall submit a budget of its expenses to the director for his approval.The funds to be used for the maintenance of each such board shall be paid from the proceeds of assessments and licenses which are paid to the director under the plan of any area which is represented upon verified claims that are presented by the board to the director. A regional or local advisory board shall not incur any expenses except those for per diem and mileage, unless the expenses are approved by the director.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62311 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards|Section 62311.

62311.  Regional and local advisory boards shall review with the director the methods which are to be used in determining producer costs, and aid the director in the selection of the level of production which is necessary to meet the requirements of Section 62062 with respect to producer price minimums.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62312 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards|Section 62312.

62312.  For purposes of developing uniformity of administration as between marketing areas in which producer advisory boards have been appointed, the director shall call together representatives of regional and local advisory boards from time to time to advise him as to the relationships in producer costs among the marketing areas, and may designate such representatives as the statewide committee of producer advisory boards.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62313 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 17 - Local and Regional Producer Advisory Boards|Section 62313.

62313.  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that producers of market milk appointed to the regional advisory boards pursuant to this article are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, and that such representation and furtherance is intended to serve the public interest. Accordingly, the Legislature finds that, with respect to persons who are appointed to such advisory boards, the particular industry concerned is tantamount to, and constitutes, the public generally within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62401 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 18 - Actions and Penalties|Section 62401.

62401.  The violation of any provision of this chapter, or of any provision of any stabilization and marketing plan, or of any regulation adopted under this chapter, is a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The amount of penalty which is assessed pursuant to this section on each count of violation shall be based upon the nature of the violation and the seriousness of the effect of such violation upon effectuation of the purposes and provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62402 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 18 - Actions and Penalties|Section 62402.

62402.  Any person who violates this chapter, any provision of any stabilization and marketing plan, or any regulation adopted under this chapter, is liable civilly in an amount not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each and every violation. That penalty is to be recovered by the director in any court of competent jurisdiction. The amount of penalty which is assessed pursuant to this section on each count of violation shall be based upon the nature of the violation and the seriousness of the effect of the violation upon effectuation of the purposes and provisions of this chapter. The court may, in addition to the civil penalty, award reasonably incurred investigative and enforcement costs, and attorney’s fees, to the director. The court may also award attorney’s fees to any person successfully defending a civil action under this section. In any civil action initiated by the director under this section, the director shall join in the action, and assert civil penalties against, all parties participating in the commission of the unlawful practice. Any sum which is recovered under this section shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 522, Sec. 2.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62403 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2 - Stabilization and Marketing of Market Milk|ARTICLE 18 - Actions and Penalties|Section 62403.

62403.  The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation, or the threatened violation, of any provision of this chapter, any provision of any stabilization and marketing plan, or any regulation adopted under this chapter in the superior court in the county in which such violation occurs or is about to occur. There may be enjoined in one proceeding any number of defendants alleged to be violating the same provisions, orders, or regulations, although their properties, interests, residences, or places of business may be in several counties and the violations separate and distinct. Any proceeding which is brought pursuant to this section shall be governed in all other respects by the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 525), Title 7, Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Declaration|Section 62500.

62500.  The production and distribution of milk, and the components thereof, is hereby declared to be a business affected with a public interest. This chapter is enacted in the exercise of the police powers of this state for the purpose of protecting the health and welfare of the people of this state.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 156, Sec. 55. Effective July 10, 1987.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Declaration|Section 62501.

62501.  It is hereby declared that the dairy industry is a paramount agricultural industry of the state, and the normal processes of producing and marketing milk are enterprises of vast economic importance to the state and of vital importance to the consuming public which should be safeguarded and protected in the public interest. The Legislature finds that the marketing of milk requires producers to receive prompt payment. It is the policy of this state to protect producers against loss of payment for bulk milk. The public interest requires the establishment of a system to provide payment security for producers.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1074, Sec. 25. Effective September 24, 1987.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Declaration|Section 62503.

62503.  This chapter shall be liberally construed. If any article, section, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid as applied to any person or as applied under certain circumstances, that decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any other person or under any other circumstances.The Legislature hereby declares that it would have enacted each article, section, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter regardless of the fact that one or more other articles, sections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, or phrases are declared unconstitutional or invalid.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 156, Sec. 55. Effective July 10, 1987.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Declaration|Section 62505.

62505.  This chapter does not preclude any producer from bringing any action against any handler in any court of competent jurisdiction.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 156, Sec. 55. Effective July 10, 1987.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Declaration|Section 62506.

62506.  In order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, the Milk Producers Security Trust Fund is hereby created.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 156, Sec. 55. Effective July 10, 1987.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62507 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Declaration|Section 62507.

62507.  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that producers and handlers appointed to the Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Board are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, and that this representation and furtherance is intended to serve the public interest. Accordingly, the Legislature finds that, with respect to persons who are appointed to the board, the particular agricultural industry concerned is tantamount to, and constitutes, the public generally within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 156, Sec. 55. Effective July 10, 1987.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Declaration|Section 62508.

62508.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Norman S. Waters-Ruben S. Ayala Milk Producers’ Security Act of 1987.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1074, Sec. 27. Effective September 24, 1987.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62540 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 3 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Board|Section 62540.

62540.  (a) The secretary shall appoint a Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Board consisting of seven members.(b) All appointments shall be for a term of three years, and no member shall be appointed to more than three consecutive three-year terms.(c) Members of the board shall include three milk producers, two representatives of handlers licensed under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 61801), and two nonproducer members representing nonprofit cooperative associations.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 13. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62541 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 3 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Board|Section 62541.

62541.  Each member of the board shall be paid one hundred dollars ($100) per day plus travel expenses, including expenses for lodging and meals, which are incurred in the attendance at board meetings or in conducting the business of the board. All per diem and expense claims are subject to approval by the secretary.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 14. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62542 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 3 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Board|Section 62542.

62542.  The board shall advise the secretary on the administration of the fund, including, but not limited to, the amount of the fund defaults under this chapter and the implementation of the security charge necessary to accomplish its functions.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 15. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62543 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 3 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund Board|Section 62543.

62543.  The board may, by contract, with the approval of the secretary, engage the services of an accounting firm or other consultants or agencies that the board determines to be necessary.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 16. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62561 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 4 - Financing Plan|Section 62561.

62561.  (a) The following security charges shall be in effect for any period for which the secretary has implemented collections under this chapter:(1) 3.2 mills ($0.0032) per pound for fat contained in eligible milk of any class referred to in Section 1051.40 of the Federal Milk Marketing Order, whether pooled or nonpooled.(2) 1.3 mills ($0.0013) per pound for solids-not-fat contained in eligible milk of any class referred to in Section 1051.40 of the Federal Milk Marketing Order, whether pooled or nonpooled.(b) The secretary is only authorized by this article to collect security charges on eligible milk.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 18. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62563 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 4 - Financing Plan|Section 62563.

62563.  The amount of any handler’s obligation attributable to the security charges established pursuant to Section 62561 shall be remitted by the secretary to the fund by the end of the month following the month in which payment for the milk is made.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 20. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62565 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 4 - Financing Plan|Section 62565.

62565.  Security charges shall be collected by the secretary through direct payment.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 23. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62566 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 4 - Financing Plan|Section 62566.

62566.  The secretary may add a penalty of 10 percent to amounts that are not paid when due.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 24. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62567 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 4 - Financing Plan|Section 62567.

62567.  If any handler or producer-handler does not provide the information necessary to determine the amount due, when required, the secretary shall estimate the amount due from the records of the department or from any other source of information that is available.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 25. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 62568 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 3 - MARKETING LAWS REGARDING PARTICULAR PRODUCTS|CHAPTER 2.5 - Milk Producers Security Trust Fund|ARTICLE 4 - Financing Plan|Section 62568.

62568.  The secretary may take all appropriate action against any person to recover any unpaid amounts. In any action, a declaration by the secretary that states the amount required to be paid, including penalty, is prima facie evidence of the delinquency. The presumption established by this section is a presumption affecting the burden of proof.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 304, Sec. 26. (AB 590) Effective January 1, 2020.)