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2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 7 - Seed Distribution › Section 52921.

52921. All breeders seed for varieties developed by the United States Department of Agriculture or the University of California, and approved for release and planting by the board shall be allocated to the Foundation Seed and Seed Certification Service (FSSC) for expansion to foundation seed in cooperation with the board.
FSSC shall distribute foundation seed to all qualified recipients. If there is not enough foundation seed available to satisfy all requests for foundation seed, FSSC may allocate the seed based upon any reasonable criteria, such as prior years acreage or allocation.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 7 - Seed Distribution › Section 52922.

52922. FSSC shall provide a method that will enable persons requesting foundation seed who have no history of cottonseed distribution to receive an initial allocation of foundation seed.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 7 - Seed Distribution › Section 52923.

52923. FSSC shall develop criteria in consultation with the board for the allocation of foundation seed to qualified recipients. FSSC shall determine who is a qualified recipient and allocate foundation seed pursuant to that criteria.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 8 - Referendum › Section 52931.

52931. A referendum of all cotton growers within the district shall be conducted if a petition, signed by not less than 5 percent of the cotton growers in the district, is submitted to the secretary, which calls for a referendum pertaining to the operation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 140, Sec. 79. (AB 1164) Effective January 1, 2010. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 8 - Referendum › Section 52932.

52932. This chapter shall remain operative if either of the following conditions is met:
(a) Not less than 65 percent of the cotton growers certified by the secretary who voted in the referendum, voted in favor of this chapter, and those cotton growers so voting represent at least a majority of the cotton producing acreage of all cotton growers who voted in the referendum.
(b) At least a majority of those cotton growers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of this chapter and those cotton growers so voting represent not less than 65 percent of the cotton producing acreage of all cotton growers who voted in the referendum.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 140, Sec. 80. (AB 1164) Effective January 1, 2010. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 8 - Referendum › Section 52933.

52933. Nonreceipt of a ballot shall not invalidate such a referendum.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 592. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 8 - Referendum › Section 52934.

52934. If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has been given as provided in Section 52932, he or she shall so certify and give notice of that favorable vote to the cotton growers in the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 8 - Referendum › Section 52935.

52935. If the secretary finds that a favorable vote has not been given as provided in Section 52932, the secretary shall so certify and declare all provisions of this chapter inoperative.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 8 - Referendum › Section 52936.

52936. In addition to Section 52931, the board may hold a referendum whenever the board proposes changes to the Acala or Pima quality standard as provided in Section 52891.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 8 - Referendum › Section 52937.

52937. A referendum shall be held if the board proposes to implement promotion and research funding as provided in Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 52951) of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 24. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 8 - Referendum › Section 52938.

52938. The board may call for a referendum at any time.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 592. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 9 - Board and Enforcement Funding › Section 52941.

52941. (a) Any person who has cottonseed delinted for planting purposes under this chapter, shall annually pay to the secretary an assessment in an amount not to exceed six dollars ($6) per hundredweight on the undelinted weight of the cottonseed.
(b) Cottonseed delinters, by June 15th of each year, shall provide the secretary with the name and address of each person having cottonseed delinted and the undelinted weight of their cottonseed.
(Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 236, Sec. 1. Effective August 11, 2003. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 9 - Board and Enforcement Funding › Section 52942.

52942. The assessment shall be used exclusively for enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, and the board functions including cotton variety testing and related administrative expenses.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 592. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 9 - Board and Enforcement Funding › Section 52943.

52943. The secretary, after investigation and due notice, may fix the annual assessment provided under Section 52941 at a lesser amount that would provide sufficient funds to defray the board and enforcement costs incurred in administering this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 9 - Board and Enforcement Funding › Section 52944.

52944. The assessment shall be paid to the secretary within one calendar month after July 1 of each year, for cottonseed delinted in the preceding fiscal year or portion of a fiscal year beginning July 1, except that no assessment shall be paid by any person or organization for any cottonseed for which the assessment has been previously paid. If not paid within that period, a penalty of 10 percent of the assessment owed shall be due and payable to the secretary.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 9 - Board and Enforcement Funding › Section 52945.

52945. All moneys that are received by the secretary pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and shall be expended only for the purposes of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 9.5 - Promotion and Research Funding › Section 52951.

52951. The board is authorized to annually assess cotton growers in the district in an amount not to exceed one-half of 1 percent of each grower’s gross dollar value from the previous year’s cotton crop.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 25. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 9.5 - Promotion and Research Funding › Section 52952.

52952. Assessments collected under this article are subject to Section 52937 and Section 52932 and shall be used exclusively for promotion, research, and related administrative expenses.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 592. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 9.5 - Promotion and Research Funding › Section 52953.

52953. The board shall develop a procedure for collecting assessments under this article.
(a) Collection of the assessment may be required of cotton growers or cotton handlers.
(b) A penalty of 10 percent of the unpaid assessment fee due and payable may be imposed.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 10 - Enforcement › Section 52961.

52961. The secretary, and the commissioner of each county acting under the secretary’s supervision, shall enforce this chapter and carry out its provisions and requirements.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 11 - Violations and Penalties › Section 52971.

52971. It is unlawful for any person to violate the provisions of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 592. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 11 - Violations and Penalties › Section 52972.

52972. Except as otherwise provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 52901), and Article 12 (commencing with Section 52981), in the district established by this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to plant, possess for planting, pick, harvest, gin, or delint any cotton except those seeds or plants that are approved by the board for planting within the district.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 11 - Violations and Penalties › Section 52973.

52973. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition thereto, is liable in a civil action for all damages that may be occasioned or caused by a violation of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 592. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 11 - Violations and Penalties › Section 52974.

52974. Any seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed that does not comply with this chapter is a public nuisance and is subject to seizure on complaint of the secretary or commissioner to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed is located.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 30. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 11 - Violations and Penalties › Section 52975.

52975. The district attorney of the county in which any nuisance is found, at the request of the secretary or the commissioner, shall maintain, in the name of the people of the state, a civil action to abate and prevent the nuisance. Upon judgment and order of the court, that nuisance shall be condemned and destroyed in the manner directed by the court, denatured, or otherwise processed, or released upon conditions that the court may impose to ensure that the nuisance will be abated.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 28. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 11 - Violations and Penalties › Section 52976.

52976. If the owner fails to comply with the order of the court within the time that is specified in the order, the court shall order the secretary, commissioner, sheriff, or marshal to dispose of the seed cotton, cotton plant, or cottonseed and containers, under those terms and conditions as the court may describe.
If the court orders the sale of any of the seed cotton, cotton plants, or cottonseed and containers that can be salvaged, the costs of disposal shall be deducted from the proceeds of sale and the balance shall be paid into court for the owner.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 1997. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 12 - Growing of Nonapproved Varieties › Section 52981.

52981. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, nonapproved varieties of cotton may be grown in the district, subject to regulations proposed by the board and adopted by the department.
(b) The department shall adopt regulations that ensure that the growing of nonapproved varieties of cotton do not adversely affect the quality of Acala and Pima cotton approved to be grown in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 708, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 12 - Growing of Nonapproved Varieties › Section 52982.

52982. Article 9 (commencing with Section 52941), Article 10 (commencing with Section 52961), and Article 11 (commencing with Section 52971) apply to this article, except that the secretary may increase the assessment specified in Article 9 (commencing with Section 52941) in the amount necessary to enforce the regulations adopted by the department for nonapproved varieties of cotton grown in the district pursuant to this article, in order to ensure the quality of Acala and Pima cotton grown in the district.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 708, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 13 - Operation › Section 52991.

52991. (a) Except as specified in Section 52992, on and after January 1, 2014, the provisions of this chapter, and any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, shall become inoperative unless either of the following occurs:
(1) A resolution is approved in accordance with the procedures specified in subdivision (c) of Section 52891.1, as that section read on January 1, 2013, to continue the operation of this chapter.
(2) The secretary receives a petition from members of the cotton industry in the San Joaquin Valley and makes a determination that circumstances in the California cotton industry indicate that the operation of specified sections of this chapter is in the best interests of the cotton industry and the state. If the secretary makes that determination, the secretary may establish a committee to advise the secretary. The committee shall be comprised of cotton growers, handlers of whole cottonseed, handlers of raw cotton fiber, and representatives of cotton ginning organizations.
(b) If the provisions of this chapter become operative as described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a), the department shall post this fact on its Internet Web site.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 383, Sec. 2. (AB 1389) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 13 - Operation › Section 52992.

52992. The following sections of this chapter shall remain operative and shall be administered by the secretary:
(a) Section 52893 as it relates to certified cottonseed.
(b) Section 52901 as it relates to certified cottonseed and colored cotton.
(c) Section 52981 as it relates to colored cotton.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 383, Sec. 2. (AB 1389) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 4 - San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District › ARTICLE 13 - Operation › Section 52993.

52993. The secretary shall not be required to administer this article or any provisions of this chapter that are operative pursuant to Sections 52991 and 52992 unless the secretary determines that there are sufficient funds remaining in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund that were deposited and authorized to be expended for the purposes of this chapter, or from other sources, including the California cotton industry, to pay the costs incurred by the secretary.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 383, Sec. 2. (AB 1389) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53301.

53301. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53302.

53302. “Advertisement” means any representation which relates to nursery stock, that is disseminated in any manner or by any means, except a representation which is on the label.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53303.

53303. “Decorative plants” means indoor plants which are commonly grown and sold in movable containers, and which are not adapted for cultivation out of doors because of climatic conditions and natural peculiarities of habit or growth and because of the purpose of their cultivation.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53304.

53304. “Grade size” means the designation relating to nursery stock which denotes the height, spread, caliper, dimension, condition, quality, age, methods of propagation, or means of growth.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53305.

53305. “Labeling” means all labels, and other written, printed, or graphic representations, in any form whatsoever, which accompanies and pertains to any nursery stock.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53306.

53306. “Nursery stock” means all kinds of nursery stock except decorative plants and seeds.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53307.

53307. “Ornamental” means any plant which is grown for ornamental purposes, except decorative plants, dormant bulbs, tubers, roots, corms, rhizomes, and pips.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53308.

53308. “Botanical name” means the genus and species, the genus, species, and cultivar name, or the genus and cultivar name given to a plant in accordance with the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 622, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53309.

53309. “Cultivar name” means the cultivated variety name given to a plant in accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants, without regard to whether that plant is selected from a wild or cultivated population or produced through hybridization.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 622, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53310.

53310. “Blend” means a combination of the same kinds of nursery stock.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 622, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53311.

53311. “Mixture” means a combination of two or more kinds of nursery stock.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 622, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53312.

53312. “Sod” means grassy surface soil nursery stock held together by matted roots of the grass.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 622, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Food and Agricultural Code - FAC › DIVISION 18 - FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS › CHAPTER 5 - Nursery Stock Grades and Standards › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 53313.

53313. “Turf” means grassy surface soil nursery stock consisting of grass cultivars, mixtures or blends of grass cultivars, and dichondra for use in residential and commercial landscapes.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 622, Sec. 6.)
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53331. The Legislature hereby declares that by making any additions to or amendments of this chapter it intends to formulate a system of grades and standards and minimum requirements for nursery stock to the end that purchasers of nursery stock may have adequate knowledge concerning the name and the grade size of nursery stock with relation to established standards. If, however, any provisions of, or amendment or addition to, this chapter, either as originally enacted or as amended or added to, should be held to be unconstitutional, the unconstitutionality of such provision shall not affect any other provision of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53332. The Legislature hereby declares that it would have enacted each section, subdivision, sentence, clause, or phrase of this chapter irrespective of the fact that one or more other sections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53361. The director and the commissioners of each county of the state, their deputies and inspectors, under the supervision and control of the director, shall enforce this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53362. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, all enforcing officers may enter upon any public or private premises in order to have access to nursery stock subject to this chapter and the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53363. If the director or the commissioner shall find that any person has violated any provision of this chapter, he may institute proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the violation occurred, to have such person convicted of the violation, or he may file with the district attorney such evidence that may be deemed necessary.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53391. The director may adopt regulations which may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this chapter and each section of it, and may issue in relation to this chapter explanatory data and charts.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53392. The director by regulations may provide for grade sizes of the different kinds of nursery stock, and may provide that nursery stock shall be labeled with grade sizes which are established by such regulations. The director may make such other regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53421. The director or the commissioner may issue and enforce a written or printed warning tag or notice to the owner or custodian of any lot of nursery stock which he finds is in violation of any provision of this chapter, which shall prohibit movement of such nursery stock until such officer has evidence that the law has been complied with. Upon compliance such order shall be removed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53422. It is unlawful for any person to move or otherwise dispose of any lot of nursery stock which is held under a warning tag or notice except with the permission of the director or the commissioner and for the purpose specified.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53423. The owner or custodian of nursery stock which is held under a warning tag or notice shall, upon demand, have the right of a hearing before the director or the commissioner as to the justification of any such order, and may appeal to the director from any order of the commissioner which is made pursuant to this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53424. This article shall not be construed as limiting the right of the enforcement officer to proceed as authorized by other provisions of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53425. Any decision of the director pursuant to this article is subject to review by any court of competent jurisdiction.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53451. Nursery stock which is sold shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(a) It shall be living stock and shall not be dead, or in a dying condition.
(b) It shall not be seriously broken, frozen, or damaged.
(c) It shall not be abnormally potbound.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53452. Deciduous fruit and nut trees which are sold shall be free from any of the following defects:
(a) Twisted, crossed, frosted, broken, or other defective roots.
(b) Broken grafts.
(c) Other deformations and defects which would interfere with the normal and proper development of such trees after planting.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53481. When nursery stock is sold, it shall be labeled plainly and legibly as to the grade size, if so required by regulations, and as to the correct name as follows:
(a) The correct name for ornamentals, except roses, fruit trees, and annual or herbaceous perennial ornamental plants, shall be the botanical name.
(b) The correct name for fruit trees shall be the recognized common name and cultivar.
(c) The correct name for turf shall be the kind and cultivar.
(d) The correct name for roses, annual or herbaceous perennial ornamental plants, dormant bulbs, tubers, roots, corms, rhizomes, pips, and other kinds of nursery stock shall be the cultivar name, except that the recognized common name shall be required whenever no cultivar name has been given or can be determined.
(Repealed (by Sec. 7) and added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 622, Sec. 8.)
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53482. In order to identify nursery stock properly, whenever it is shipped, delivered, or transported to any purchaser, each plant shall be individually labeled as to the correct name. The director may create exceptions to this section by regulation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 622, Sec. 10.)
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53483. Nursery stock on display for sale at retail may be labeled by a sign on any block of stock of the same kind and species. Turf shall be labeled by a sign showing the required correct name of the stock on display.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 622, Sec. 12.)
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53484. This article shall become operative January 1, 1982.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1202. Note: This section prescribes a delayed operative date for Article 7, commencing with Section 53481.)
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53511. It is unlawful for any person to sell, ship, deliver, or transport to any purchaser any nursery stock which is within any of the following:
(a) Is not labeled in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or the regulations of the director.
(b) Has false or misleading labeling, or pertaining to which there has been a false or misleading advertisement.
(c) Is represented to be certified or registered nursery stock unless it has been produced and labeled in accordance with the procedures and in compliance with the rules and regulations of an official agency.
This section does not apply to any common carrier in respect to any nursery stock which is transported or delivered for transportation in the ordinary course of its business as a carrier.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53512. It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following:
(a) Detach, alter, deface, or destroy any label, warning tag, or notice which is provided for in this chapter or in the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it, or alter or substitute nursery stock, in a manner that may defeat the purpose of this chapter.
(b) Disseminate any false or misleading advertisement concerning nursery stock in any manner or by any means.
(c) Hinder or obstruct in any way any authorized person in the performance of his duties under this chapter.
(d) Fail to comply with a warning tag or notice.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53541. The violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1092, Sec. 122. Effective September 27, 1983. Operative January 1, 1984, by Sec. 427 of Ch. 1092.)
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53561. Any lot of nursery stock which does not comply with the provisions of this chapter is a public nuisance and shall be subject to seizure on complaint of the director or the commissioner to a court of competent jurisdiction in the area in which the nursery stock is located.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53562. The district attorney of the county in which any such nuisance is found, at the request of the director or the commissioner, shall maintain, in the name of the people of the State of California, a civil action to abate and prevent such nuisance. Upon judgment and by order of the court, such nuisance shall be condemned and destroyed in the manner directed by the court, or relabeled, or reconditioned, or released upon such conditions as the court in its discretion may impose to insure the nuisance will be abated.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 26.)
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53563. If the owner fails to comply with the order of the court within the time specified in the order, the court may order that such nursery stock be forthwith destroyed or the nuisance otherwise abated as set forth in such order.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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53564. A proceeding pursuant to this article if the value of the property is thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000) or less is a limited civil case.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 861, Sec. 13. (SB 71) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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54001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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54002. “Association” means any corporation which is organized pursuant to this chapter. An association shall be deemed incorporated pursuant to this chapter, or organized pursuant to this chapter and shall be deemed a producer of a product within the meaning of this chapter, if it is functioning under, or is subject to, the provisions of this chapter, irrespective of whether it was originally incorporated pursuant to such provisions or was incorporated under other provisions.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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54003. “Member” includes members of associations without capital stock and holders of common stock in associations which are organized with shares of stock.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)
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54004. “Product” includes any horticultural, viticultural, aquacultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee, or farm product.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 810, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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54031. The purpose of this chapter is to do all of the following:
(a) Promote, foster, and encourage the intelligent and orderly marketing of agricultural products through cooperation.
(b) Eliminate speculation and waste.
(c) Make the distribution of agricultural products between producer and consumer as direct as can be efficiently done.
(d) Stabilize the marketing of agricultural products.
(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)