California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 2 - Field Crops › Subchapter 5 - Rice Identity Preservation › Article 1 - Definitions › Section 2850 - Terms and Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For the purposes of this group:
(a) "Planted area" means that portion of the
					 field that may be planted to the rice variety specified in sections
					 2851 and
					 2852.
(b) "Dryer" means a facility where rice is
					 transported to lower its moisture content.
(c) "Banking out" means the process of
					 transferring rice from the harvester to a trailer.
(d) "Broadcasting" means the action of
					 spreading rice seeds on the surface of the field by hand or machine.
(e) "Foundation seed" and "basic seed" means
					 seed produced from breeder seed by or under the direct control of an
					 agricultural experiment station.
(f) "Certified seed" means classes of
					 foundation, registered or certified seed enrolled in a certification program by
					 an Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies (AOSCA) member.
(g) "Breeder seed" means a class of seed
					 produced under the responsibility of the breeder according to the generally
					 accepted practices for the maintenance of the cultivars that is intended for
					 the production of a class of certified seed.
(h) "Farm saved seed" means seed grown and
					 saved by a producer for their own use and not enrolled in a certified seed
					 program or a third party quality assurance program approved by the
					 Certification Committee.
(i) "Weedy
					 rice" means all species of the genus Oryza whose characteristics (1) may
					 include colored pigment pericarps, (2) dispersal of mature seed which occurs
					 prior to harvest of commercially grown seed, commonly referred to as
					 shattering, (3) self-seeding prior to harvest of commercially grown seed, and
					 (4) seed remains dormant in the soil for long periods of time.
(j) "Producer" means any person who produces
					 rice, or causes rice to be produced.
(k) "Certification Committee" means the
					 committee established pursuant to the California Rice Certification Act of 2000
					 beginning with section
					 55000
					 of the Food and Agricultural Code.
(l) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Food
					 and Agriculture.
(m) "Commission"
					 means the California Rice Commission.
(n) "Handler" means any person who is engaged
					 in this state in the business of marketing rice.
1. New
						subchapter 5 (articles 1-3, sections
						2850-2857), article 1 (section
						2850) and section filed 1-27-2004;
						operative 1-27-2004 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4
						(Register 2004, No. 5).
2. Amendment filed 3-13-2017 as an
						emergency; operative 3-13-2017 (Register 2017, No. 11). A Certificate of
						Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-11-2017 or emergency language will
						be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3.
						Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 3-13-2017 emergency amendment
						by operation of Government Code section
						11346.1(f)
						(Register 2017, No. 43).
4. Amendment refiled 11-7-2017 as an
						emergency; operative 11-7-2017 (Register 2017, No. 45). A Certificate of
						Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 2-5-2018 or emergency language will be
						repealed by operation of law on the following day.
5. Certificate of
						Compliance as to 11-7-2017 order transmitted to OAL 12-12-2017 and filed
						1-25-2018 (Register 2018, No. 4).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  55022,
						  Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections
						  55040
						  and
						  55047,
						  Food and Agricultural Code.