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2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 7 - Marketing Program and Grading Committees › Section 59733.

59733. The marketing program committee shall appoint an agent, subject to the approval of the director, who shall administer the marketing program under the direction of the marketing program committee and who may be removed from office in the same manner as he was appointed. The salary or compensation of the agent shall be fixed by the marketing program committee, subject to the approval of the director.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 7 - Marketing Program and Grading Committees › Section 59734.

59734. The agent shall appoint such deputy agents and other assistants as may be necessary to direct the marketing program. Such appointments are subject to the approval of the program committee. The agents, deputy agents, and other assistants are employees of the proration zone and not of the state. An officer or employee shall not receive compensation which is based on a percentage of volume which is involved in a marketing program, or in any manner that would lend encouragement to the promotion of a marketing program for the purpose of increasing salaries and income.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 7 - Marketing Program and Grading Committees › Section 59735.

59735. The marketing program committee, with the approval of the director, may do all of the following:
(a) Appoint subcommittees in any producing areas within the proration zone to facilitate the carrying out of the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Collaborate and cooperate with any agency or organization with similar purposes, whether of this state, any other state, or of the United States, in the formulation and execution of any marketing program or marketing order which has common objectives. In any proper case, the director may require such collaboration and cooperation.
(c) Cooperate with any duly constituted authority in the enforcement of other laws of this state, or of the United States, which are enacted to protect producers or the consuming public from fraud or deception.
(d) Make contracts and agreements in the furtherance of any of the powers of the marketing program committee.
(e) Receive, invest, and disburse funds, pursuant to the provisions of Article 12 (commencing with Section 59941).
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 641, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 7 - Marketing Program and Grading Committees › Section 59736.

59736. The exercise of the powers which are granted to a marketing program committee in its administration of a marketing program which is made effective pursuant to this chapter is subject to the approval of the director.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1186.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 7 - Marketing Program and Grading Committees › Section 59737.

59737. Upon recommendation of the marketing program committee which is concerned, the director may, consistent with this chapter, establish such administrative regulations as may be necessary to facilitate the administration and enforcement of each marketing program which is promulgated pursuant to this chapter. Upon the issuance and making effective of such regulations, notice of the issuance of the regulations shall be made in the same manner as provided in Article 16 (commencing with Section 59111), Chapter 1, Part 2 of this division for marketing orders.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 7 - Marketing Program and Grading Committees › Section 59738.

59738. It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that producers, or handlers, and processors appointed to any committees 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 committees, 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. 1976, Ch. 1429.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59801.

59801. The powers which are granted to a marketing program committee by a marketing program pursuant to this article may be exercised for the purpose of minimizing the effect of any surplus or other adverse market condition.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59802.

59802. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to establish and maintain stabilization and surplus pools. The marketing of green ripe olives is not, however, subject to the provisions of any marketing program which relates to the esablishment and operation of stabilization and surplus pools.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59803.

59803. The program committee may receive from each producer for delivery into a stabilization or surplus pool the uncertificated portions of the commodity which is regulated by the marketing program and market it by any variety, grade, or size for the account of the producers if the uncertificated portion can be disposed of advantageously either in its original or a converted state. The marketing program committee shall designate the quantity or the percentage of the marketable supply of the commodity that shall be placed in the stabilization pool and the quantity or the percentage of the marketable supply of the commodity that shall be placed in the surplus pool. Any quantity or percentage which is so established is applicable to each producer.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59804.

59804. In operating any stabilization or surplus pool, the marketing program committee may receive and account for the commodity on the basis of variety, grade, or size classifications, and may fix servicing charges to be assessed against the total quantity of any commodity which is received into the pools.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59805.

59805. The marketing program committee has title to all of the commodity in each of the pools and shall handle all of the commodity received into each of the pools and account for it to each producer that is beneficially interested in such commodity upon a pooled basis.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59806.

59806. The contents of a stabilization pool may be disposed of or may be marketed, from time to time, as the marketing program committee deems advisable, consistent with the maintenance of stabilized marketing conditions.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59807.

59807. The contents of a surplus pool shall not be marketed in any form which would directly compete with that portion of the commodity which is regularly certificated or which is in a stabilization pool. Any part of any surplus pool may, however, be transferred by a marketing program committee on a gratuitous basis to any charitable organization, self-held cooperative, or similar agency under proper safeguards to prevent any part of the commodity so disposed of from directly competing with the part of the commodity which is marketed through the usual channels of trade.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59808.

59808. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to establish and maintain diversion or substandard pools. The program committee may receive from each producer for delivery into a diversion or a substandard pool such quantity of each producer’s production or deliveries as fails to qualify for marketing or sale in regular marketing channels, under grade, quality, or size regulations which are established in the marketing program or under standardization laws or other laws of this state or of the United States.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59809.

59809. In operating any such diversion or substandard pool, the marketing program committee may fix servicing charges to be assessed against the commodity which is received into the pool and may receive and account for the commodity on a basis of variety, grade, and size classifications. The program committee has title to all of the commodity in either of the pools and shall handle all of the commodity which is received into either of the pools and account for it to each producer that is beneficially interested in such upon a pooled basis.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59810.

59810. The contents of any diversion or substandard pool shall be disposed of for byproducts or for other purposes under proper safeguards to prevent that part of the commodity which is so disposed of from directly competing with the part of the commodity which is marketed in its usual form through the usual channels of trade.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59811.

59811. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to create, establish, or otherwise obtain and operate any facility for the storing, financing, grading, packing, servicing, processing, preparing for market, selling, or disposal of the contents of any pools which are provided for in this article. A marketing program committee shall not, however, engage in public warehousing.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59812.

59812. The marketing program committee may pledge all of the commodity that is in any pool which is established pursuant to any provision of this article with a bank or other lending agency for the purpose of obtaining loans upon such commodity. The marketing program committee has title to all of the commodity which is in any such pools for the purpose of financing and handling.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59813.

59813. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to create, by a uniform assessment upon producers based upon the volume of the commodity which is marketed by each, or upon some other uniform and equitable basis, maintain, and disburse an equalization fund to be used for the removal of any inequalities between producers as to the total volume which is marketed through prorated channels that result from errors in estimating production or surplus, or for indemnifying producers whose production, in whole or in part, is diverted in green form or otherwise from normal marketing outlets, or diverted to relief, byproducts, or other noncompetitive purposes pursuant to a marketing program.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59814.

59814. No part of any funds which are raised for equalization fund purposes, as specified in Section 59813, shall be applied to the cost of maintenance of the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1186.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59815.

59815. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to establish, adopt, and apply methods for correlating the marketable supply of any commodity to the reasonable market demands by means of volume limitation, time limitation, diversion, or by grade, quality, or size regulations which are applicable to the total production of any commodity, or to that portion of any commodity which qualified for marketing pursuant to standards which are authorized in the marketing program, standardization laws, or other laws of this state, or of the United States.
The marketing of green ripe olives is not, however, subject to the provisions of any marketing program which limits the total quantity of such commodity which may be marketed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59816.

59816. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to broaden distribution and increase consuming outlets by appropriate educational and trade stimulation efforts of a general industry nature and not unfairly depreciative of the quality of any other food product.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59817.

59817. Educational and trade stimulation efforts may include all of the following:
(a) Efforts to prevent, modify, or remove trade barriers which directly affect the commodity to which the marketing program applies.
(b) The presentation of facts to, and negotiations with, any state, federal, or foreign governmental agency on any matter which affects the marketing of the commodity.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59818.

59818. For the purpose of providing funds to defray the cost of formulating, administering, and enforcing educational and trade stimulation efforts, a fee or assessment shall be established and collected upon the volume of the commodity which is marketed or upon some other uniform and equitable basis.
The fee may be collected separately by the marketing program committee or may be combined with any fee which is collected for general administrative purposes, in which case the marketing program committee may recommend to the director, and the director may approve, the proportions of the combined fee which may be expended for each of such purposes.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59819.

59819. Any portion of the funds which are collected during any marketing season to accomplish the purposes of Sections 59816, 59817, and 59818 may, subject to the approval of the director, be carried forward for expenditure during any season subsequent to the season during which the funds are collected.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59820.

59820. Any educational and trade stimulation efforts which are authorized by any marketing program if approved by growers, either by written assent or by referendum ballots, for a specified period of time, but not exceeding four years, may be carried out for such period without the necessity of a biennial referendum as required in Section 59981.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59821.

59821. A marketing program may authorize the marketing program committee to provide for the adjustment of production of any commodity by means of tree or vine pulling. The marketing program committee may receive applications from producers for acreage adjustment payments. The marketing program committee shall, upon proper review and certification, make such acreage adjustment payments on an equitable basis from funds which are collected for that purpose under the marketing program on a uniform basis from all commercial producers of the commodity within the proration zone, or from funds which are received from any federal, state, or other agency for that purpose.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59822.

59822. A marketing program of production adjustment adopted under Section 59821 shall not authorize any payment for the removal of acreages of trees or vines of any species or variety specified in the marketing program which have, during the three years immediately preceding the date of application, produced an annual yield per acre in excess of the comparably computed average yield from bearing trees or vines of the same species or variety for the state as a whole. Such yields and averages shall be determined by the director from statistical data which is compiled by any state or federal agency or such other data as the director deems to be representative and reliable.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59823.

59823. If the marketing program committee finds that the results of research would be advantageous in the administration of a marketing program, it may, subject to the approval of the director, authorize and arrange for research to be conducted. The cost of the research shall be considered a part of the cost of the administration of that portion of the marketing program for which the research is authorized.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 21 - MARKETING › PART 2 - GENERAL MARKETING LAWS › CHAPTER 2 - The Agricultural Producers Marketing Law › ARTICLE 8 - Marketing Programs › Section 59824.

59824. In any such research, the Dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of California and the program committee shall cooperate in selecting the research projects to be carried on from time to time. Insofar as practicable, the projects shall be carried out by the College of Agriculture, but if the dean of the college and the marketing program committee determine that the college has no facilities for a particular project or that some other research agency has better facilities for it, the project may be carried out by any other research agency which is selected by the dean and the marketing program committee.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 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 59851.

59851. Upon the issuance of a marketing program for the written assent of producers, the director shall submit a copy of the marketing program in full to each of the producers of the commodity which is to be affected, or their duly authorized agent, within the proposed proration zone as shown by the lists of producers which are compiled in accordance with this chapter, accompanied by a printed, typewritten, or mimeographed form upon which the producer can record his assent to the marketing program.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 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 59852.

59852. A nonprofit cooperative association may assent on behalf of any of its members only if it is authorized so to do by an instrument in writing which is signed by the member.
Such authority may be revoked as to him by any such member by an instrument in writing which is filed with the director and with such association. The revocation shall become effective three days after its receipt by the director. A copy of any written authorization, or any revocation of such authority, of a producer to the nonprofit cooperative association of which he is a member shall be forwarded to the director by the association.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
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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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
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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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 59948.

59948. The proportionate amount of fees which are payable to the department shall be withdrawn from the funds monthly by the director and shall be used only for the department in carrying out its duties as required by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 284.)