California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 5 - Establishment of Proration Zone

• Section 59641.
  Ten or more producers of the variety or kind of commodity which is to be affected may file with the director a petition for the...
• Section 59642.
  The petition shall, among other things, contain or be accompanied by all of the following:(a) A description of the district which comprises the proration zone upon...
• Section 59643.
  Except as otherwise provided in Section 59654, if, after receiving a petition for the establishment of a proration zone and a proposed marketing program for...
• Section 59645.
  Prior to holding a public hearing upon a proposed proration zone and a proposed marketing program, the director:(a) May require the petitioners to file with the...
• Section 59646.
  In establishing the list of producers, the director may issue a notice to handlers which requires them to file with the director a certified report...
• Section 59647.
  The notice to handlers which requires them to file the lists shall be published by the director pursuant to Section 6062 of the Government Code...
• Section 59648.
  In addition, the director may obtain lists of producers that are affected, whenever and in such manner as he may deem necessary or advisable for...
• Section 59649.
  Any producer that produces the commodity which is affected by any proposed or existing marketing program, whose name does not appear upon the director’s list...
• Section 59650.
  Notice of the public hearing shall be mailed to a list of producers within the proposed zone at least 10 days prior to such hearing....
• Section 59651.
  At the public hearing, the director shall receive evidence offered by the petitioners in support of the proposed proration zone and the proposed marketing program...
• Section 59652.
  The hearings may be adjourned from time to time and from place to place as the circumstances may require. For the purpose of procuring additional...
• Section 59653.
  All evidence and exhibits and all facts and data which are used directly or indirectly by the director, or introduced at a hearing shall, within...
• Section 59654.
  The director may decline to hold a public hearing upon a proposed proration zone and a proposed marketing program if he determines and is satisfied...
• Section 59655.
  Before issuing a marketing program for the written assent of producers, which contains provisions for correlating the supply of the commodity which is affected with...
• Section 59656.
  In making the findings which are required by Section 59655, the director shall take into consideration all facts which are available to him with respect...
• Section 59657.
  Before issuing a marketing program for the written assent of producers, which contains provisions for the purpose of regulating the flow of the commodity, or...
• Section 59658.
  In making any findings pursuant to Section 59657, the director shall base his findings upon the facts, testimony, and evidence which is received at the...
• Section 59659.
  In addition to either of the applicable findings prescribed by Section 59655 or 59657, the director shall find that the proposed proration zone includes all...
• Section 59660.
  If, at a public hearing which includes a consideration of the establishment of the boundaries of a proration zone, it appears that the inclusion of...
• Section 59662.
  Each proration zone is a separate public corporate entity.(Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018