California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 8 - Advisory Boards and Committees

• Section 58841.
  Any marketing order which is issued pursuant to this chapter shall provide for the establishment of an advisory board to assist the director in the...
• Section 58842.
  If the marketing order affects directly only producers of a particular commodity, the members of the advisory board shall be producers. If the marketing order...
• Section 58842.5.
  Any raisin marketing order or agreement involving producers operating under this chapter shall provide for, and the director shall appoint, a person to represent cooperative...
• Section 58843.
  Upon the recommendation of the advisory board, the director may appoint one person who is neither a producer nor a handler to represent the department...
• Section 58844.
  A member of an advisory board is entitled to actual expenses which are incurred while engaged in performing duties that are authorized by this chapter...
• Section 58845.
  The director may authorize an advisory board to do all of the following:(a) Enter into contracts or agreements.(b) Employ necessary personnel, including attorneys engaged in the private...
• Section 58846.
  The duties of an advisory board are administrative only and any such board may do only the following:(a) Subject to the approval of the director, administer...
• Section 58846.5.
  Each advisory board shall, annually, report to the members of the industry who are subject to its marketing order on the activities and program, including,...
• Section 58847.
  The members or alternate members of any advisory board, including employees of the advisory board, are not responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any...
• Section 58848.
  In addition to the advisory board, one or more special committees or subcommittees may be established to assist the advisory board in carrying out its...
• Section 58849.
  If the marketing order so authorizes, or upon the recommendation of the advisory board, the director may authorize the establishment of special committees or subcommittees...
• Section 58850.
  An advisory board may at any time invite any persons to their meetings to serve in an advisory capacity and the director may, if requested...
• Section 58851.
  Any action of any committee, special committee, or subcommittee of the board is subject to final approval by the advisory board. Members and alternate members...
• Section 58852.
  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the producers, or handlers, or both producers and handlers, appointed to any advisory board...
• Section 58853.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 11123 of the Government Code, all of the following shall apply to a meeting held by teleconference under this chapter by an advisory...

Last modified: October 22, 2018