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CA Food & Agri Code § 59853 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 9 - Assents to Marketing Programs|Section 59853.

59853.  The director may at the time of mailing to producers a marketing program or amendments to it for written assent, establish a closing date after which assents will not be counted. If he does so, the closing date upon which assents are required to be postmarked in order to be counted shall be shown on the assent form and be announced by a press release for general dissemination which is issued by the director.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59854 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 9 - Assents to Marketing Programs|Section 59854.

59854.  If the closing date is not established at the time assent forms are mailed to producers, and the director subsequently finds that because of the oncoming harvesting season or because of any other relevant reason it is desirable to fix a closing date for filing assents, he may do so by publishing a notice pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in the capital of the state and in such other localities as the director may prescribe not less than 10 days prior to the closing date. The closing date shall also be announced by a press release for general dissemination which is issued by the director at least 10 days prior to the closing date.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59855 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 9 - Assents to Marketing Programs|Section 59855.

59855.  If the director finds that the marketing program has been assented to in writing by one of the following, he shall make the marketing program effective:(a) Not less than 65 percent of the producers in the proration zone that produced for market not less than 51 percent of the quantity of the commodity which was produced in the proration zone in the next preceding season.(b) Not less than 51 percent of the producers that produced for market not less than 65 percent of the quantity of such commodity which was produced in the proration zone in the next preceding season.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59856 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 9 - Assents to Marketing Programs|Section 59856.

59856.  If the director makes a marketing program effective, he shall publish a notice of the effective date pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in the capital of the state and in such other localities as the director may prescribe, not less than five days prior to the effective date.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59857 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 9 - Assents to Marketing Programs|Section 59857.

59857.  A member of the marketing program committee, or the proration zone agent, shall not unduly influence producers in their choice either for or against the institution of a marketing program, or for or against the termination of such a marketing program.(Added by renumbering Section 59610 by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1186.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59881 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 10 - Proration Certificates|Section 59881.

59881.  After any marketing program has been formulated and has been approved as provided in this chapter, the agent for the proration zone shall assume the administration of the marketing program and any subsequent modification of it and the issuance of proration certificates pursuant to it. Such certificates shall be divided into primary and secondary certificates.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59882 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 10 - Proration Certificates|Section 59882.

59882.  Each producer is entitled to one primary certificate which may indicate the quantities of the commodity for which the marketing program has been instituted which the producer that is named in the certificate is entitled to harvest or otherwise prepare for market and delivery into the primary channels of trade. The primary certificate may also indicate from time to time the number of secondary certificates which are issued under it.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59883 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 10 - Proration Certificates|Section 59883.

59883.  Secondary certificates shall be numbered consecutively and shall be used to control the time and volume of harvesting or other preparation for disposal. Secondary certificates shall accompany all deliveries of the prorated commodity by producers into a primary trade channel.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59884 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 10 - Proration Certificates|Section 59884.

59884.  In the case of any commodity which is normally concentrated for preparation for market, the marketing program committee may authorize the harvesting of the entire commodity for the purpose of delivery to a concentration point and subsequent marketing control.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59885 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 10 - Proration Certificates|Section 59885.

59885.  Primary or secondary certificates are not negotiable between producers, except with the approval of the marketing program committee and the director.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59886 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 10 - Proration Certificates|Section 59886.

59886.  In the operation of any marketing program, any cooperative or other market agency which is entitled to the possession of any commodity for marketing purposes may be authorized in writing by the marketing program committee to receive certificates for producers that are represented by it and to represent its respective producers if proration is applied to the commodity while it is in the possession of such agency.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59911 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59911.

59911.  Any amendment to a marketing program which is specified in Sections 59912 to 59921, inclusive, is a major amendment.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59912 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59912.

59912.  An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority to correlate the marketable supply of any commodity with reasonable market demands by means of volume, grade, size, variety, or time regulations.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59913 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59913.

59913.  An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority to fix salable and surplus percentages.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59914 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59914.

59914.  An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority to establish, maintain, and operate stabilization, surplus, or diversion—substandard pools.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59915 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59915.

59915.  An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority to create, establish, or otherwise obtain and operate any facility for the storing, financing, grading, packing, servicing, processing, preparing for market, selling, or disposing of the contents of any pools which are established.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59916 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59916.

59916.  An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority to create and disburse an equalization fund as provided for in Sections 59813 and 59814.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59917 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59917.

59917.  An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority to broaden distribution and increase consuming outlets by educational and trade stimulation efforts.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59918 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59918.

59918.  An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority to provide for the adjustment of production of any commodity by means of tree or vine pulling.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59919 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59919.

59919.  An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority for carrying on research which is related to production, processing, or distribution of any commodity, that is in addition to research that is directly necessary to the administration of the marketing program.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59920 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59920.

59920.  An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority to increase an assessment rate or fee beyond the maximum authorized by the marketing program which is in effect.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59921 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59921.

59921.  An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing program authority to extend the application of the provisions of the marketing program to portions or uses of any commodity which is not subject to such provisions or to extend the application of such provisions upon the producers of such portions or uses of any such commodity.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59922 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59922.

59922.  A major amendment shall not be made effective unless a public hearing has been held upon it in accordance with Article 5 (commencing with Section 59641) of this chapter for the establishment or institution of a marketing program, and the director makes both of the following findings:(a) The amendment is in conformity with the applicable provisions and procedures of Article 5 of this chapter.(b) The amendment is assented to in writing in the required percentages prescribed in Article 9 (commencing with Section 59851) of this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59923 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59923.

59923.  Minor amendments may be made to an effective marketing program upon the recommendation of not less than 75 percent of the producer members of the marketing program committee, with the approval of the director, if the director finds that such amendments are in conformity with the applicable provisions and procedures of Article 5 (commencing with Section 59641) of this chapter.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59924 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59924.

59924.  If the director deems it advisable, he may hold a public hearing upon minor amendments prior to such approval. Any public hearing held for this purpose shall be held within the boundaries of the proration zone.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1186.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59925 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59925.

59925.  The amendment of any marketing program to provide for a referendum is a minor amendment.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59926 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59926.

59926.  Any modification of the provisions of any marketing program in effect for the purpose of clarifying the meaning or application of the provisions or modifying administrative procedures for carrying out the provisions is a minor amendment.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59927 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 11 - Amendments to Marketing Programs|Section 59927.

59927.  If the director makes any amendment to a marketing program effective, he shall publish a notice of the effective date pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in the capital of the state and in such other localities as the director may prescribe, not less than five days prior to the effective date.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59941 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 12 - Funds|Section 59941.

59941.  The proration zone agent for each marketing program shall collect, either for each primary certificate or for each secondary certificate, or for both, a reasonable and proportional fee to be fixed by the program committee, subject to the approval of the director, so calculated as to provide an amount which is adequate to defray the necessary expenses of instituting and carrying out the marketing program and a proper proportion of the cost of the maintenance of the department in the performance of duties which are required by this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1186.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59942 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 12 - Funds|Section 59942.

59942.  Any fee for primary certificates or secondary certificates which is fixed by the program committee with the approval of the director, pursuant to this article, is due and payable by each producer upon all units of the commodity of the producer which are subject to the certificates and constitutes a personal debt of the producer.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59943 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 12 - Funds|Section 59943.

59943.  If any producer has authorized a handler to obtain secondary certificates and pay secondary certificate fees on behalf of the producer, or the handler has been a party to noncompliance with respect to payment for certificates or corresponding fees, the amounts unpaid constitute a personal debt of the handler.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59943.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 12 - Funds|Section 59943.5.

59943.5.  For the convenience of collecting any producer fees which are established pursuant to this article, the director may collect such fees from the handlers of the commodity which is being regulated. Any handler that pays a fee for and on behalf of any producer may deduct the producer fee from any money which is owed by the handler to the producer. Any marketing program may require a handler to deduct producer fees from any money which is owed by the handler to the producer. Such producer fee deductions are hereby declared to be trust funds held by the handler for the purposes of the marketing program concerned and shall be timely remitted, with fee reports, to the director.(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 816.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59944 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 12 - Funds|Section 59944.

59944.  The proportion of the fees which is payable to the department may vary upon a seasonal basis for each program according to the estimated expense to be incurred by the director in administering the marketing program. The amount so required shall not exceed 15 percent of the certificate fees which are collected by the proration zone agent specifically for administrative purposes, however, such 15 percent limit may be exceeded when it is approved by the program committee, and, in addition, such proportion of fees which are collected for any educational and trade stimulation marketing program as may be required by the director to administer the marketing program, which shall in no event exceed 5 percent of the fees which are collected for such purpose, unless the payment of a larger proportion of such funds is approved by the marketing program committee for the marketing program.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1059.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59945 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 12 - Funds|Section 59945.

59945.  Upon the request of any marketing program committee, the director shall confer with the committee or its representatives prior to fixing the amount or proportion of any fees of the marketing program which are payable to the department for maintenance of the department in the performance of the duties which are required by this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1186.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59946 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 12 - Funds|Section 59946.

59946.  All fees shall be deposited promptly by the proration zone agent in a bank which is approved by the Director of Finance, and shall be accounted for immediately to the Director of Food and Agriculture. Each deposit shall be made in the name of the proration zone under which the funds are collected.Any money which is so deposited may be invested and reinvested by the Treasurer or marketing program committee in any of the securities which are described in Article 1 (commencing with Section 16430) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, or placed in a depository as provided in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16500) of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and handled in the same manner as money in the State Treasury. For these purposes, these moneys may also be combined with funds which are determined by the director to be available for investment pursuant to Section 58939. Any increment which is received from investment, reinvestment, or deposit made by the Treasurer shall be remitted to the marketing program committee. The Treasurer may deduct from the remittance an amount equal to the reasonable cost incurred in carrying out this section or may bill the marketing program committee for the costs, and the marketing program committee shall pay the costs from any money which is collected for it pursuant to this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 417, Sec. 4.)
CA Food & Agri Code § 59947 (2021)
2021 California Code|Food and Agricultural Code - FAC|DIVISION 21 - MARKETING|PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS|CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law|ARTICLE 12 - Funds|Section 59947.

59947.  (a) The funds that are deposited pursuant to Section 59946 shall be disbursed by the director or the marketing program committee, pursuant to regulations prescribed by him or her, only for the expenditures that are incurred by the marketing program committee in carrying out the specific purposes and provisions of the marketing program, including all necessary expenses that are incurred in the formulation, administration, and enforcement of the marketing program, and expenses generated by the auditing requirement imposed by subdivision (b).(b) All expenditures shall be audited at least once every two years by one of the following means:(1) By contract with a certified public accountant.(2) By contract with a public accountant holding a valid permit issued by the California Board of Accountancy.(3) By contract with a public accounting firm.(4) By agreement with the Department of Finance.A copy of the audit shall be delivered, within 30 days after the completion of the audit, to the Governor, the director, and the Controller.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1055, Sec. 19. Effective September 30, 2000.)