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• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 1
  This act shall be known as the "Food and Agricultural Code."
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3
  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the provisions of this code are enacted in the exercise of the power of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4
  The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing law, are restatements and continuations of existing law, and not new...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 5
  All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the laws that are repealed by this code, which...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 6
  No action or proceeding which is commenced before this code takes effect, and no right which is accrued, is affected by any provision of this...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 7
  (a) Any person in whom the enforcement of any provision of this code is vested shall have the authority, as a public officer, to arrest,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 8
  The district attorney of any county in which a violation of any provision of this code occurs shall, upon request of any enforcing officer or...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 9
  Unless a different penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of this code is a misdemeanor.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 10
  Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required by this code, it shall be in writing unless it is expressly provided that it may...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 10.5
  It is unlawful for any person to alter any record or document in the office of a commissioner required to be filed pursuant to any...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 11
  Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required by this code to be kept or made in writing, it shall be in the English
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 12
  Unless otherwise specifically provided, whenever any document is required or permitted by this code to be recorded, it shall be recorded in the office of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 13
  Whenever any power or authority is given by this code to any person, it may be exercised by any deputy, inspector, or agent who is...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 14
  Wherever, pursuant to this code, any state department, officer, board, agency, committee, or commission is authorized to adopt rules and regulations, such regulations shall be...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 15
  Whenever reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this state, the reference applies to all amendments and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 16
  Division, part, chapter, and article headings do not in any manner affect the scope, meaning, or intent of the provisions of this code.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 17
  If any provision of this code or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the code or the application...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 18
  In all matters which arise under this code, proof of the fact of possession by any person engaged in the sale of a commodity establishes...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 19
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present tense.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 20
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 21
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the singular number includes the plural, and the plural the singular.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 22
  Inasmuch as the planned production of trees is distinguishable from the production of other products of the soil only in relation to the time elapsing...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 23
  (a) Inasmuch as the planned production of trees, vines, rose bushes, ornamental plants, floricultural crops, and other horticultural crops is distinguishable from the production of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 23.5
  The commercial production of aquatic plants and animals propagated and raised by a registered aquaculturist pursuant to Section 15101 of the Fish and Game Code...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 23.6
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that greenhouse production of floricultural, ornamental, or other nursery and agricultural products in the state is a growing industry...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 23.7
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that vermiculture in the state is a growing industry and that use of vermiculture and vermiculture by-products for the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 24
  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the provisions of this section are enacted in the exercise of the power of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 24.5
  Inasmuch as plants growing in native stands or planted for ornamental purposes contribute to the environmental and public health and welfare needs of the people...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 25
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in the following sections govern the construction of this code.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 25.5
  "Aquaculture" means that form of agriculture devoted to the propagation, cultivation, maintenance, harvesting, processing, distribution, and marketing of aquatic plants and animals in marine, brackish,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 26
  "Commissioner" means any county agricultural commissioner.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 29
  "County" includes city and county.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 32
  "Department" means the Department of Food and Agriculture.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 33
  "Greenhouse" means a structure covered with transparent or translucent materials for the purpose of admitting natural light and controlling the atmosphere for growing plants, including...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 35
  "Secretary" means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 38
  "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 39
  "Qualified representative of the commissioner" means a deputy commissioner or inspector who holds an appropriate certificate of qualification issued by the director as provided in...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 41
  "Section" means a section of this code, unless some other statute is specifically mentioned.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 44
  "Sell" includes offer for sale, expose for sale, possess for sale, exchange, barter, or trade.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 47
  "Shall" is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 49
  "Subdivision" means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 50
  Whenever the term "department" or "Department of Agriculture" appears in any law, it means the "Department of Food and Agriculture." Whenever the term "director," "secretary,"...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 51
  (a) If, in connection with the use of roads, highways, and freeways, the assistance, control, or protection by Highway Patrol officers is desired, applications by...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 101
  There is in the state government the Department of Food and Agriculture.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 102
  The department is under the control of a civil executive officer known as the Secretary of Food and Agriculture who shall receive the salary provided...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 103
  Except as is otherwise provided in this chapter, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 104
  The secretary may appoint and in accordance with law fix the salaries of such assistants, deputies, agents, experts, and other employees as are necessary for...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 105
  The chief of the division of the department who has jurisdiction over livestock and poultry disease control, meat inspection and dairy inspection and control shall...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 201
  The department may expend in accordance with law all money which is made available for its use.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 221
  The "Department of Food and Agriculture Fund," which is a special fund, is continued in existence. Any money that is directed by law to be...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 221.1
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 221, the department shall establish all permanent positions with the Controller's office, pursuant to standard state administrative practices. (b) The department shall...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 222
  The director shall keep a separate record of the classes and sources of income which are credited to, and disbursed from, the Department of Food...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 223
  A sum not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) may, upon approval of the Department of Finance, be withdrawn from the Department of Food and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 224
  Money transferred by the Controller to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account pursuant to Section 8352.5 of the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 224
  Moneys transferred by the Controller to the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account pursuant to Section 8352.5 of the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 224.5
  (a) In order to be eligible for the transfer specified in subdivision (g) of Section 224, counties must meet all of the following criteria, as...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 225
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on all funds transferred from the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and the Acala Cotton Fund for any...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 226
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 11044 of the Government Code, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is hereby continuously appropriated from the Department of Food...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 227
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to avoid unnecessary charges and to provide for efficient program implementation, the fees and assessments required...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 230
  As used in this article: (a) "Advisory body" means the advisory body for each individual agriculture program. (b) "Agriculture programs" means the programs specified in...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 231
  The Legislature finds and declares that the maintenance of agriculture funded programs described in subdivision (b) of Section 230 is necessary to ensure the consuming...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 232
  The Agriculture Trust Fund is hereby created. The trust fund is not a fund of the State Treasury. Transfers to the trust fund may be...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 233
  (a) The trust fund consists of moneys transferred by the director from the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, including all income therefrom. The amount...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 234
  The trust fund is created for the exclusive purpose of implementing and continuing the agricultural programs for which the funds were collected.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 235
  Each agricultural program specified in subdivision (b) of Section 230 with funds contained in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund shall participate in the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 236
  The beneficiaries of the trust are the agricultural programs with money contained in the trust fund.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 237
  The trust fund shall continue in existence for as long as any of the agricultural programs specified in subdivision (b) of Section 230 continues to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 238
  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that the advisory body for each of the identified agricultural programs is intended to represent...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 238.5
  The chairperson of each advisory body shall advise the director on the administration of the trust fund, including, but not limited to, the amount of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 239
  All trust fund activities shall be subject to an audit at least once every two years by an auditing firm selected by the director in...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 239.5
  Any money that is deposited pursuant to Section 232, which the director determines is available for investment, may be invested or reinvested in any of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 240
  The moneys in the trust fund shall be disbursed only to pay for costs arising from unanticipated occurrences associated with administering self-funded programs. These costs...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 240.5
  This article shall be liberally construed. If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 241
  The director may charge any bureau, division, board, or other agency of the department which is supported otherwise than by the appropriations from the General...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 242
  Apportionment of the expenses shall be made and determined by the director, subject to the approval of the Director of Finance. The proportionate or computed...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 243
  Any money which is charged and received by the department pursuant to this article shall be remitted to the State Treasury for credit to the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 261
  Unless otherwise specifically provided in this code, any license or registration which is issued pursuant to this code expires whenever the bond which is required...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 262
  Notwithstanding any provision of law, a license, registration, certificate, permit, exception, or other indicia of authority issued by the department under any provision of this...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 263
  Notwithstanding any provision of law, the department may deny an application for, or may condition, suspend, or revoke, any license, registration, certificate, permit, exception, or...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 281
  The director may direct suit in the name of the people of the state, as plaintiff, to be brought for the recovery of any license...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 282
  In cases where the director may perform sampling, grading, testing, inspection, or certification services in relation to any agricultural product, or identification services in relation...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 283
  In lieu of collecting fees in advance pursuant to Section 282, the director may, if he deems it necessary, accept a bond which guarantees payment...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 284
  If the director finds that any amount not in excess of five dollars ($5) which is due pursuant to this code is so small as...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 301
  As used in this article, "fee" includes, but is not limited to, any application fee, license fee, permit fee, inspection fee, certification fee, registration fee,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 302
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director may authorize the refund of any money which is received or collected by the department in the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 303
  A refund may be made in whole or in part in any of the following instances: (a) The purpose for a fee cannot lawfully be...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 304
  The fiscal officer of the department shall make payment of any refund pursuant to this article if the director prepares a voucher which sets forth...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 305
  If any money which is to be refunded has been deposited in the State Treasury, the State Controller, upon receipt of a claim which is...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 306
  If the director finds that the amount of any refund is less than ten dollars ($10) or an amount established pursuant to Section 16302.1 of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 401
  The department shall promote and protect the agricultural industry of the state.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 401.5
  The department shall also seek to enhance, protect, and perpetuate the ability of the private sector to produce food and fiber in a way that...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 402
  The department shall prevent fraud and deception in any of the following: (a) Packing or labeling, or in any phase of the marketing, of any...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 403
  The department shall prevent the introduction and spread of injurious insect or animal pests, plant diseases, and noxious weeds.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 404
  The department shall execute the provisions of this code, except as otherwise provided, and of other laws administered by it.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 405
  (a) With the prior approval of the Department of Fish and Game and the State Department of Health Services, the department may reproduce or distribute...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 406
  The department shall require reports from commissioners.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 407
  The director may adopt such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this code which he is directed or authorized to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 408
  The director may enter upon any premises to inspect the premises or any plant, appliance, or thing which is on such premises.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 409
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department by rule or regulation may provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of licenses,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 410
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of Food and Agriculture, in cooperation with appropriate county officials and industry representatives, develop mutually...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 411
  (a) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall supply the Department of Water Resources with a forecast that estimates the amount of production of food,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 431
  The department shall collect and preserve books, pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents which contain information that relates to agriculture.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 432
  The department shall collect and prepare statistics, charts, films, photographs, and other illustrative or exhibit material and information which shows the actual condition and progress...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 433
  The department shall correspond with agricultural societies, colleges, schools, the commissioners, and with all other persons who are necessary to secure the best results to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 434
  The department shall issue and cause to be printed and distributed to the commissioners, and to such other persons as it may deem proper, bulletins,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 435
  The director may establish an identification record service for parent root and top stock of fruit and nut trees. He shall establish a reasonable schedule...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 436
  Any money which is received by the department pursuant to Section 435 shall be paid into the State Treasury and be credited to the Department...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 461
  The department may conduct surveys or investigations of any nursery, orchard, vineyard, agricultural commodity, agricultural appliance, farm, or other premises within the state liable to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 462
  The director may enter into an agreement with one or more organizations representing growers, shippers, manufacturers of agricultural commodities, nonprofit trade associations whose members market...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 481
  (a) The department may, with the approval of the Governor, cooperate with officials of the United States Department of Agriculture or with officials of other...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 482
  (a) The director may enter into cooperative agreements with individuals, associations, boards of supervisors, and with departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, or commissions of this state...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 483
  The director may arrange for the services of any individual employed by the United States, the state, or a county on a collaborative basis and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 484
  The director may enter into cooperative agreements with departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, or commissions of the United States for the purpose of administering meat or...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 485
  (a) The secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with private entities, and with boards, bureaus, commissions, or departments of this state or of the United...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 486
  The secretary may not enter into a cooperative agreement with a county of the first class for agricultural inspector services if the cooperative agreement requires...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 491
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Consumers have an interest in being informed about the benefits and potential quantifiable risks to their health...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 492
  (a) The Legislature hereby creates the Food Biotechnology Task Force. The task force shall be cochaired by the Secretary of California Health and Human Services,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 500
  Pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 821, it is the intent of the Legislature that programs at the University of California designed to promote research...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 501
  Pursuant to Section 500 and subdivision (d) of Section 821, the Legislature requests that the Regents of the University of California do both of the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 520
  "University," as used in this article, means the University of California.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 521
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the department contract with the Regents of the University of California to operate poultry and livestock disease...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 522
  When a central diagnostic laboratory constructed on the Davis campus of the university is ready for occupancy, the director shall contract with the Regents of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 523
  The contract executed pursuant to this article shall provide that the university maintain sufficient numbers of laboratories to perform the functions contained in this article....
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 524
  (a) A central diagnostic laboratory building to be constructed on the Davis campus of the university adjacent to the facilities of the Veterinary Medical Teaching...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 525
  After the contract has been executed pursuant to Section 521, the diagnostic functions of the regional laboratories maintained at Petaluma and Sacramento shall be transferred...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 526
  The contract shall provide that the university, in consultation with the department, shall establish a schedule of fees to help defray the cost of operation...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 527
  The contract shall provide for all of the following services which, when included in the department's budget, shall be provided without charge: (a) Services performed...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 528
  The contract shall specify the accounting procedures to be used and any reports necessary to assure compliance with state and university requirements.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 529
  It is intended that the contractual arrangement between the university and the department be of long-term duration. The department's budget for the laboratories shall be...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 530
  A member of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Board is entitled to be paid his or her actual expenses which are incurred while engaged in performing...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 531
  The budget for the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory shall be established as a line item in the budget of the department. The...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 550
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Act of 1986."
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 551
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a growing movement in California and the nation to change farming techniques by...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 552
  The purpose of this article is to promote more research and education on sustainable agricultural practices, such as organic methods, biological control, and integrated pest...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 553
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Regents of the University of California establish the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 554
  (a) (1) If the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program is established by the regents, the President of the University of California shall establish and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 555
  If the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program is established by the regents, it shall be established from existing resources.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 560
  This article shall be known as the Cannella Environmental Farming Act of 1995.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 561
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) California agriculture helps to feed the world and fuel our economy. Agriculture provides one out of every...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 564
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) "Agricultural activities" means those activities that generate products as specified...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 566
  (a) The department shall establish and oversee an environmental farming program. The program shall provide incentives to farmers whose practices promote the well-being of ecosystems,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 568
  (a) The secretary shall convene a five-member Scientific Advisory Panel on Environmental Farming to advise and assist federal, state, and local government agencies on issues...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 576
  This article shall be known and may be cited as the University of California Pest Research Act of 1990.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 577
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is a need to develop and apply ecologically based pest management alternatives that are...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 578
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) "Center" means the University of California Center for...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 579
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the responsibilities of the center include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Establishing...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 580
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the center, through its director, develop a list of recommended pest management research priorities for the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 581
  To the extent that it is economically and scientifically feasible, it is the intent of the Legislature that the center shall award pest research funds...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 582
  It is the intent of the Legislature that the University of California appoint a director of the center who is knowledgeable about pest management practices...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 583
  (a) The University of California shall prepare an annual report describing the activities of the center, major objectives and significant accomplishments of pest management research...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 584
  If the center is established by the Regents of the University of California, it is the intent of the Legislature that the administrative costs of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 585
  This article shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 587
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) The Legislature supports the agricultural community's efforts to promote choices of farming methods, practices, and crops. (b)...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 588
  (a) When conflicts arise between sectors of agriculture, the secretary may designate agricultural coexistence working groups to work towards conflict resolution. (b) The members of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 591
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Successful farmers and ranchers adapt to changing circumstances through innovation and the incorporation of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 591.5
  (a) For the purposes of this article, biologically integrated farming systems help provide soil fertility, pest control, pollution prevention, and environmental improvements through integration of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 592
  There is established within the University of California a program of pilot demonstration projects designed to provide extension services, training, and financial incentives for participating...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 593
  (a) There is established at the University of California a program advisory review board consisting of 13 members, appointed by the President of the University...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 594
  In order to administer and implement the program, the University of California, in consultation with the program advisory review board, shall perform the following duties:...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 595
  The Pest Management Advisory Committee of the Department of Pesticide Regulation and the Department of Food and Agriculture shall provide the program advisory review board...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 596
  The contract for a pilot demonstration project shall be for a period of up to five years and shall be evaluated annually by the director...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 597
  Not later than January 1, 2001, and biennially thereafter, the University of California shall report to the Pest Management Advisory Committee, appropriate policy and fiscal...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 598
  All moneys allocated by the Department of Pesticide Regulation to the University of California for facilitating this program shall be used for the following purposes:...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 599
  New pilot demonstration projects may not be commenced on or after December 31, 2010. Until all funds available for the projects are encumbered, the University...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 600
  No provision of this article applies to the University of California unless the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make that provision applicable.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 601
  As used in this chapter, "fund" includes any account in a fund which consists of money derived from different sources for different purposes.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 602
  The department may, with the approval of the Department of General Services, purchase or otherwise acquire real property. It may construct and equip buildings upon...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 603
  Any building or improvement which is constructed by the department pursuant to this chapter shall be primarily for the occupancy of commissions, divisions, bureaus, advisory...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 604
  The building or improvement shall be administered and supervised by the department in accordance with rules and regulations which are established by the department and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 621
  The Department of Agriculture Building Fund is continued in existence.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 622
  When there are moneys available in the Department of Agriculture Fund, or in other funds which are subject to the jurisdiction of the director, not...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 623
  All rentals which are collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Agriculture Building Fund.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 624
  All moneys in the Department of Agriculture Building Fund are appropriated without regard to fiscal years to carry out this chapter, including the costs of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 625
  At least annually and oftener if the amounts collected as rentals should warrant, there shall be returned from the Department of Agriculture Building Fund to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 626
  No money may be taken from the Department of Agriculture Fund, or other funds under the jurisdiction of the director, for transfer to the Department...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 627
  If any money from the Department of Agriculture Building Fund is used to purchase property or construct buildings and appurtenant facilities for the use of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 628
  Upon the completion of any buildings or improvements and the fulfillment of the obligation to reimburse the Department of Agriculture Fund, or other funds pursuant...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 651
  Any building or improvement which is provided by the department pursuant to this chapter may contain space in excess of the requirements of the department....
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 652
  The department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, shall determine the amounts which are returnable to the respective funds. The amounts shall...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 653
  During the period of repayment, the department may contract with the Department of General Services to handle the rentals of any space over and above...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 654
  The director shall allocate space to the commissions, divisions, bureaus, advisory boards, and services which comprise the department or agencies that are subject to its...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 655
  The occupancy of any space which is not required by the department for the commissions, divisions, bureaus, advisory boards, and services which are mentioned in...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 656
  When all funds have been reimbursed for contributions which are made for the construction and equipping of any building or facility, the Department of General...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 701
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California farm sales, which are of vital importance to California agriculture and the state's economy,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 702
  It is the intent of the Legislature to support the multilateral and bilateral free and fair trade negotiation process currently in place, but to provide...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 703
  The department may, upon the request of a California agricultural interest which is pursuing a case under Section 301 or 302 of the Trade Act...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 704
  The director shall establish a reasonable schedule of fees to cover the amount expended for providing analytical assistance, information, and data requested by the California...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 705
  All state agencies, including, but not limited to, the Department of Finance and the Employment Development Department shall cooperate with the director in the compilation...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 801
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Thurman Agricultural Policy Act.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 802
  The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Agriculture is the number one industry in California, which is the leading agricultural state in the country....
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 803
  The Legislature further finds and declares that, regardless of the findings in Section 802, this state does not presently have a formal agricultural policy. That...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 821
  As part of promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the state and for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare, the Legislature shall...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 822
  The Legislature shall review actions taken in the implementation and furtherance of the state agricultural policy for their impact on the following factors: (a) Productive...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 851
  It is the intent of this chapter to establish a means of identifying the owner of any fruits, nuts, or vegetables which are the food...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 861
  For lots of over 200 pounds of any fruits, nuts, or vegetables that are the food product of any tree, vine, or plant, or for...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 862
  Upon probable cause to believe any fruits, nuts, vegetables, or walnut burl regulated pursuant to this chapter is in unlawful possession, proof of ownership shall...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 863
  A bill of lading, bill of sale, certified farmers certificate, data obtainable by electronic transmission which is accessible to a common carrier, or a similar...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 864
  It is unlawful for any person to knowingly falsify or cause to be falsified any information in a record intended to show proof of ownership.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 865
  A copy of the record shall be retained by the buyer and seller for a period of 60 days after delivery.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 866
  This chapter establishes minimal requirements for the transportation and identification of agricultural commodities. A county may, by ordinance, impose additional requirements regarding this transportation and
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 871
  This chapter does not apply to the following agricultural commodities: (a) Commodities transported from the farm or ranch where they are produced to a commercial...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 881
  Any peace officer, upon probable cause to believe an agricultural commodity regulated pursuant to this chapter is being unlawfully transported, may stop the vehicle and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 882
  Upon reasonable belief that a person is in unlawful possession of a commodity regulated by this chapter, the commodity may be held by the director,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 883
  The director, the commissioner, or a peace officer may investigate to ascertain the ownership of any commodity that has been held pursuant to this chapter....
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 884
  (a) If for any reason the commodity is not released to the rightful owner after being in the custody of the commissioner for 48 hours...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 885
  In lieu of civil prosecution, the secretary or the commissioner may levy a civil penalty against any person violating the provisions of this chapter or...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 901
  There is in the state government the State Board of Food and Agriculture which consists of 15 members.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 901.5
  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that representatives of the agricultural industry appointed to the State Board of Food and Agriculture...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 902
  The members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor as follows: (a) One from the Agricultural Sciences Division of the University of California....
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 903
  The term of office of the members of the board is four years. The terms expire on January 15 of each year in the rotation...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 904
  The members shall be residents and citizens of the state and shall be specially qualified for this service through actual farm business, economic agricultural training,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 905
  The members shall serve without pay, but shall be allowed necessary traveling and incidental expenses which are incurred in the discharge of their duties. The...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 951
  The board shall inquire into the needs of the agricultural industry of this state and the functions of the department in relation to such needs,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 951.5
  The board shall make recommendations to the secretary regarding the project agreements to be funded pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 58551) of Part...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 952
  The board, and any member of it who is authorized by resolution of the board, may make investigations, conduct hearings, and prosecute actions concerning all...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 953
  The board shall hold meetings at least once a month in the office of the director at Sacramento or at any other location determined by...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 954
  Special or adjourned meetings may be held at the office of the director in Sacramento, or at any other place in the state which the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 1500
  The first day of spring in each year is hereby designated as California Agriculture Day.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 1501
  Notwithstanding the Education Code, including, but not limited to, provisions relating to curriculum requirements, on the first day of spring or on another day determined...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2001
  There is in each county government the county department of agriculture.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2002
  The county department of agriculture is under the control of the county agricultural commissioner.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2003
  The California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association shall be recognized as the official representative body on behalf of county agricultural commissioners and sealers.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2101
  (a) The director shall examine persons who desire to become commissioners or deputy commissioners. He or she may adopt regulations which govern the examinations. Successful...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2102
  (a) The director shall pass upon the qualifications of persons who desire to become county agricultural inspectors and shall issue licenses to successful candidates. (b)...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2103
  The director shall issue a license, for any county which has a charter that provides for civil service examination of county agricultural inspectors, to any...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2104
  A commissioner, deputy commissioner, or county agricultural inspector need not be a resident of the county for which he may be chosen.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2105
  Prior to entering upon his duties, the commissioner shall file the usual oath, and he shall be required to file an official bond in an...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2106
  No person shall be eligible for the examination or shall be given or issued a license pursuant to Section 2101, 2102, or 2103 unless he...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2107
  The director shall publish and make available a registry of persons holding a license pursuant to Section 2101, 2102, or 2103 and Section 12202 of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2121
  The commissioner shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of the county. Any chartered county may, however, prescribe a different method of appointment.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2122
  The term of office of the commissioner shall be four years from and after his appointment and until his successor is appointed. He may, however,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2123
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person shall not be appointed to the office of commissioner or deputy commissioner unless he or she...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2124
  If the board of supervisors of such adjoining county consents, the board of supervisors of any county in which there is no commissioner may employ...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2125
  In any county in which no commissioner has served, the director shall perform the duties of commissioner in the same manner, to the same extent,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2126
  The commissioner may appoint deputy commissioners, inspectors, and clerks who shall serve at his pleasure. Such inspectors may be designated as county agricultural inspectors or...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2127
  Deputy commissioners and inspectors shall be appointed from a list which is furnished by the director of persons who hold a license for the office.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2128
  If the position of deputy commissioner cannot be filled from the list, a temporary appointment may be made for a period not exceeding six months...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2129
  If the position of inspector cannot be filled from the list, a temporary appointment not exceeding six months may be made.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2151
  If a vacancy in the office of commissioner occurs, the director, upon learning of the vacancy, shall immediately transmit to the board of supervisors or...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2152
  If, within 60 days after the receipt of the list of persons who are licensed, the appointing power fails to appoint a commissioner from the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2153
  If there is no qualified person available for the office of commissioner, the appointing power may make a temporary appointment, for a period not exceeding...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2154
  If the appointing power does not make a temporary appointment of a commissioner and no person can be appointed from the eligible list by the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2181
  Upon satisfactory evidence presented to the Secretary or the Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation that the commissioner of any county is guilty of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2182
  The county agricultural commissioner's trial board shall be composed of the Secretary and the Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation, a person who has...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2183
  At least 10 days prior to the date of the hearing the director shall give notice in writing to the commissioner of the time and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2184
  At the hearing the trial board shall hear the evidence which is offered.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2185
  The trial board shall, within 30 days subsequent to the conclusion of the hearing make an order dismissing the charges or an order disqualifying the
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2186
  If the order disqualifies the commissioner, the director shall revoke the commissioner's license and declare his or her office vacant. A copy of the order...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2187
  The license of a deputy commissioner may be revoked in the same manner and for the same causes that a license of a commissioner may...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2201
  The compensation provided for a commissioner, deputy commissioner, county agricultural inspector, or clerk who is employed by the year or by the month shall be...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2203
  The commissioner shall be paid his or her compensation and traveling and incidental expenses while he or she is attending the annual meeting of the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2204
  The compensation of a commissioner who is appointed by the director shall be paid in the same manner as if he were appointed by the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2205
  The rate and manner of payment of compensation for a commissioner who is employed pursuant to Section 2124 shall be fixed by the board of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2206
  The board of supervisors of any county in which the director is required by Section 2125 to perform the duties of commissioner shall, upon claim...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2221
  For the purpose of this article the base salary of a commissioner is the salary, or if a salary range is established, the lowest step...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2222
  For the purpose of securing more uniform and adequate enforcement of this code throughout the state, the director may enter into cooperative agreements with the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2223
  In the agreement the board of supervisors shall agree not to reduce the salary of the commissioner to less than the base salary. The director...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2224
  The director may agree with the board of supervisors of any county in which no salary was established for the position of commissioner for January,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2241
  As used in this article "commissioner" includes a commissioner who is employed pursuant to Section 2124.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2242
  The board of supervisors shall provide a suitable office for the commissioner, and shall furnish and equip his office with all necessary furniture, supplies, and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2243
  The board of supervisors may also provide the commissioner with all necessary field equipment for the proper discharge of the duties of his office.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2244
  All expenses which are ordered by the board of supervisors for the office, furniture, supplies, effects, and equipment for the commissioner are a county charge....
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2271
  The commissioner shall keep a record of his official acts.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2272
  (a) The commissioner shall make an annual report to the director on the condition of agriculture in his or her county and on what is...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2273
  The commissioner shall also make a monthly report to the board of supervisors if and when so required by the board.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2274
  The commissioner shall learn about all pests that may exist, or are likely to exist, in his county.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2275
  The commissioner, for the purpose of learning the best and most efficacious methods of performing his or her duties, shall attend the annual meeting of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2276
  The commissioner shall, for the purpose of becoming informed about new and dangerous agricultural pests, observing and learning new and better methods of pest control,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2277
  The commissioner shall, if directed by the board of supervisors, collect, prepare, and install exhibits for public information which illustrate the work of his department,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2278
  The commissioner may disseminate information which relates to pests that may exist in his county, or are likely to exist in it. The information may...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2279
  The commissioner shall compile reports of the condition, acreage, production, and value of the agricultural products in his county. The commissioner may publish such reports,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2280
  The director, when acting in person with a commissioner, has all the rights of such commissioner.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2281
  Except as otherwise specifically provided, in all cases where provisions of this code place joint responsibility for the enforcement of laws and regulations on the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2282
  (a) Except as provided in Section 2282.5, and to the extent funds are appropriated in the annual Budget Act, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2282.5
  (a) The development of work plans for allocation of the funding appropriated in the Budget Act to the department for local assistance for agricultural plant...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2283
  The commissioner, in carrying out his responsibilities under Section 2281, may assist the department in the conduct of surveys or investigations pursuant to Section 461...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2284
  The commissioner may, with the approval of the board of supervisors, contract with any person or association to certify the condition of a shipment of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2285
  For the purpose of developing necessary information and securing the best results for agriculture in this state, the commissioner may correspond and meet with any...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2286
  The discretionary immunity doctrine as applied to a public entity and an employee of a public entity pursuant to Sections 815.2 and 820.2 of the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2287
  Whenever the commissioner determines that it is necessary to more effectively or more efficiently carry out a program listed in subdivision (b) of Section 2282,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2301
  A county veterinarian may be appointed by the board of supervisors whenever the public welfare demands the services of such veterinarian.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2302
  The veterinarian shall serve at the pleasure of the board of supervisors.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2321
  The veterinarian shall receive a salary which is fixed by the board of supervisors. It shall be payable at the same time, in the same...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2341
  The veterinarian shall act under the supervision of the director.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2342
  The veterinarian shall enforce throughout the county all of the provisions of this code which relate to the health and sanitary surroundings of livestock, poultry,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2343
  The veterinarian may establish such quarantine, sanitary, and other regulations within his jurisdiction as he deems necessary.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 2344
  The veterinarian shall attend such meetings as are deemed necessary and advisable by the board of supervisors.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3001
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of the chapter.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3002
  "Courtesy pass admission" means any admission, without payment of the admission charge, to any state, county, district, or citrus fruit fair, except any of the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3003
  "Credential admission" means any admission which is authorized by the board of directors of a state, district, or citrus fruit fair, or by the board...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3021
  Every state, district, county, or citrus fruit fair which receives any money from the State Treasury shall permit the admission without payment of the admission...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3022
  If a charge is made for admission to enter a state, district, county, or citrus fruit fair, the following persons may be admitted to such...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3023
  A credential admission may be issued to any individual, association, or body that does any of the following: (a) Prepares or services any educational, commercial,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3024
  Credential admissions may, also, be issued to any of the following persons: (a) Representatives of press, radio, and television personally engaged in obtaining and transmitting...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3025
  The words "credential admission" shall be printed on each ticket which is issued as a credential admission.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3026
  The percentage of courtesy pass admissions to any state, county, district, or citrus fruit fair shall not exceed 4 percent of the gross paid admission...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3027
  A courtesy pass admission is not transferable.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3028
  Each fair shall maintain complete records of the number of credential and courtesy pass admissions which are issued for each fair period.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3029
  Each fair shall make an annual report to the department, as prescribed by the department, of the total number of credential and courtesy pass admissions...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3101
  The expenditure of funds for insurance which is authorized by this chapter is a public purpose and is in furtherance of the purposes for which...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3102
  If the Department of Parks and Recreation or the board of directors of any district agricultural association finds that, in order to conduct a successful...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3103
  The accident and disability insurance shall be in addition to the workers' compensation insurance which is required to be carried by licensed horse owners.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3200
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all funds appropriated for California fairs and expositions pursuant to Sections 19622, 19627, 19627.1, and subdivision (c) of Section...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3301
  It is the intent of the Legislature to vitalize the California Exposition and State Fair by creating a new entity in state government managed by...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3302
  No changes shall be made in the uses of the flood plain on California Exposition and State Fair property until the board has adopted a...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3303
  As used in this part, "board" or "board of directors" means the Board of Directors of the California Exposition and State Fair.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3304
  All records, information, equipment, and real and personal property held by the Department of Parks and Recreation relating to the former California Exposition and State...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3305
  All civil service employees of the Division of Exposition and State Fair of the Department of Parks and Recreation shall retain all of their positions,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3306
  The California Exposition and State Fair created by Section 3311 shall assume all of the obligation for any revenue bonds issued pursuant to Chapter 1072...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3307
  (a) All activities conducted at the California Exposition and State Fair are subject to the noise control ordinance, Chapter 66 (commencing with Section 66.101) of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3311
  The California Exposition and State Fair is hereby created as a separate independent entity in state government. The California Exposition and State Fair shall be...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3312
  (a) The governing body of the California Exposition and State Fair shall be an 11-member board of directors. The directors shall be residents of California...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3313
  The board may annually select a chairperson from among the directors.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3314
  The directors shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3315
  Any director who misses three consecutive regular meetings of the board without permission of the board shall be deemed to have resigned from the board....
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3316
  The board may appoint advisory committees. Advisory committees may provide information and advice to the board with respect to the operations and management of the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3317
  The two Members of the Legislature who represent the Assembly and Senate district in which the California Exposition and State Fair facilities are located and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3321
  The board shall appoint, pursuant to Section 4 of Article VII of the California Constitution, a general manager of the California Exposition and State Fair...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3322
  (a) The following officers of the California Exposition and State Fair shall be appointed by the Governor, pursuant to Section 4 of Article VII of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3331
  The board shall serve as the policymaking body for the California Exposition and State Fair and shall have full responsibility for the year-round management and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3332
  The board may do any of the following: (a) Contract. (b) Accept funds or gifts of value from the United States or any person to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3332.1
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in accordance with procedures established by the board, the board may enter into agreements to secure donations, memberships,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3332.5
  If the board at any time sends out a request for proposal that could result in an agreement between the board and another party on...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3332.6
  The California Exposition and State Fair may enter into a joint powers agreement with a joint powers authority created pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3333
  The board shall submit a report to the Legislature and Governor on or before May 31st of each year with respect to the financial condition,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3334
  All records of the California Exposition and State Fair for entries in any of its events are public records, except entries in events which are...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3351
  (a) There is hereby created the State Fair Leasing Authority, a joint powers authority formed pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3352
  (a) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors which shall be composed of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, the Director of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3353
  (a) The California Exposition and State Fair shall provide clerical services and the use of its staff without charge to the authority. The Department of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3354
  The authority may enter into leases or other agreements for the use of the State Fair Race Track or any other property owned or controlled...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3355
  The California Exposition and State Fair, in consultation with the authority, shall prepare a master plan approved by the board of directors of the fair...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3356
  The California Horse Racing Board, at the request of the authority, shall certify the eligibility of any prospective lessee or user of the property to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3357
  (a) In leasing, or entering into agreements for the use of, the State Fair Race Track or other property owned or controlled by the California...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3358
  If the authority makes a determination pursuant to this chapter about an action it proposes to take in awarding the State Fair Race Track lease...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3359
  After the award of a lease or upon entering into an agreement for the use of State Fair property, the authority shall meet periodically to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3360
  (a) The authority, in the exercise of its powers, may pledge any and all revenues, moneys, accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights, and other rights to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3361
  The State of California pledges to, and agrees with, the holders of any bonds, other indebtedness, or obligations for the financing of the improvements described...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3801
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this part.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3802
  "Association" means a district agricultural association which is formed pursuant to this chapter.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3803
  "Board" means the board of directors of an association.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3804
  "Director" means a member of the board of directors of an association.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3805
  "District" means an agricultural district which is formed pursuant to this chapter.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3806
  For the purposes of Article 1 (commencing with Section 4101) of Chapter 6 of this part, "agency" means the State and Consumer Services Agency.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3851
  The state is divided into the agricultural districts which are prescribed by this article.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3852
  District 1 is the County of Alameda.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3853
  District 1a is the County of San Mateo and the City and County of San Francisco.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3854
  District 2 is the County of San Joaquin.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3855
  District 3 is the County of Butte.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3856
  District 4 is the Counties of Sonoma and Marin.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3856.5
  District 5 is the City and County of San Francisco.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3857
  District 6 is all that portion of Los Angeles County that is not included in District 48, District 50, and District 51, and, notwithstanding any...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3858
  District 7 is the County of Monterey.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3859
  District 9 is the County of Humboldt.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3860
  District 10 is that portion of the County of Siskiyou which is not included in District 10a.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3861
  District 10a is all that portion of Siskiyou and Modoc Counties which is described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of west longitude 122 degrees...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3862
  District 12 is the County of Mendocino.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3863
  District 13 is the Counties of Sutter and Yuba.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3864
  District 14 is the County of Santa Cruz.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3865
  District 15 is all that portion of the County of Kern which is not included in District 53.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3866
  District 16 is the County of San Luis Obispo.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3867
  District 17 is the County of Nevada.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3868
  District 18 is the Counties of Mono, Inyo, and Alpine.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3869
  District 19 is all that portion of Santa Barbara County which lies east of Gaviota and south of the Santa Ynez Mountains.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3870
  District 20 is the County of Placer.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3871
  District 21 is the County of Fresno.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3872
  District 21a is the County of Madera.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3873
  District 22 is the County of San Diego.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3874
  District 23 is the County of Contra Costa.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3875
  District 24 is the County of Tulare.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3876
  District 24a is the County of Kings.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3877
  District 25 is the County of Napa.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3878
  District 26 is the County of Amador.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3879
  District 27 is the County of Shasta.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3880
  District 28 is the County of San Bernardino.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3881
  District 29 is the County of Tuolumne.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3882
  District 30 is the County of Tehama.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3883
  District 31 is the County of Ventura.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3884
  District 32 is the County of Orange.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3885
  District 33 is the County of San Benito.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3886
  District 34 is that portion of the County of Modoc which is not included in District 10a.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3887
  District 35 is the County of Merced.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3888
  District 35a is the County of Mariposa.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3889
  District 36 is the County of Solano.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3890
  District 37 is all that portion of Santa Barbara County which is not included in District 19.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3891
  District 38 is the County of Stanislaus.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3892
  District 39 is the County of Calaveras.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3893
  District 40 is the County of Yolo.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3894
  District 41 is the County of Del Norte.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3895
  District 42 is the County of Glenn.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3896
  District 44 is the County of Colusa.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3897
  District 45 is the County of Imperial.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3898
  District 46 is all that portion of the County of Riverside which is not included in District 54.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3899
  District 48 is the County of Los Angeles.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3900
  District 49 is the County of Lake.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3901
  District 50 is all that portion of Los Angeles County which lies north of the south line of Township 5 North, San Bernardino base.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3901.5
  District 51 is all the portion of Los Angeles City which is described as follows: From a point commencing where the most northerly boundary of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3902
  District 52 is the County of Sacramento.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3903
  District 53 is all of the portion of Kern County east of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. District 53 shall be known and designated as the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3904
  District 54 is all of the portion of Riverside County east of the Coachella Branch of the All-American Canal and east of the line running...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3951
  Fifty or more persons, who are residents of a district, may form an association to be known as and designated as the ____ District Agricultural...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3952
  Copies of the articles of association shall be filed with the Governor, the Secretary of State, and the department.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3953
  Each association is a state institution.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3954
  Each association by its name has perpetual succession. It may have a seal. An association may be sued and, with approval of the department, may...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3955
  Claims against an association shall be presented to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board in accordance with Part 3 (commencing with Section 900)...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3956
  The officers of the association shall consist of a board of directors of nine members. The directors shall be citizens and residents of the district.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3957
  If two or more counties constitute a district, each county shall be represented on the board by at least two persons who are citizens and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3958
  If, by reason of the formation of a new district, a director in one district becomes a resident of another district, his term of office...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3959
  The directors shall be appointed by the Governor.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3960
  The term of office of each director, except that of a member of the first board, is four years from the beginning of the term...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3961
  The term of office of each member of the first board shall be so fixed by the Governor that the terms of the directors of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3962
  The directors are state officers.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3963
  The directors shall meet at a place within the district and organize by the election of one of their number as president. The term of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3964
  The directors shall also select a secretary, a manager, and a treasurer from among persons who are not members of the board. One person may...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3964.5
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a board may form any advisory committee by resolution or any similar formal action. (b) Meetings of an advisory committee...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3965
  The board may, with the approval of the department: (a) Fix the term of office, the amount of bond, salary, and prescribe the duties of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3965.1
  Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 3965 or Section 4051, the board may, with the approval of the department, enter into the following types of contracts:...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3966
  The board shall annually make to the department such report as such department may direct.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3967
  Any director who misses three consecutive regular meetings of the board without the permission of the board is deemed to have resigned as a director.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 3968
  Records of the board which are entries in events which are scheduled for future judging and for overnight entries in races on which there is...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4001
  Any money which is received by any association, other than from the sale of real property or pursuant to a lease, easement, or agreement for...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4002
  The proceeds of the sale of any interest in real property which is owned by any association shall be paid into the Fair and Exposition...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4003
  Any money which is not expended within three years after being paid into the Fair and Exposition Fund pursuant to Section 4002 shall be added...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4004
  All revenue which is received by any association pursuant to any lease, easement, or agreement for the extraction of oil or gas from any land...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4005
  The fiscal year for each association is from January 1 to December 31.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4051
  An association, with the approval of both the Department of Food and Agriculture and the Department of General Services, may do any of the following:...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4051.1
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in accordance with procedures established by the board, the board may enter into agreements to secure donations, memberships,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4051.2
  An association shall not enter into a settlement agreement for an amount greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) without the prior approval of the department.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4052
  An association shall not lease its racetrack for running races of horses to any private person, firm, or corporation, except to a national or international...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4053
  The Director of Food and Agriculture may make available for the use of any association any property of the state which is suitable for the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4054
  (a) If the board of an association, by resolution adopted by vote of two-thirds of all its members, finds and determines that the public interest...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4055
  Associations, by majority vote of their respective boards, may cooperate in the holding of a fair in any of the districts.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4056
  An association may pay membership fees, and join and participate in the affairs of any organization which has the following purposes: (a) Interchange of information...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4057
  The state is not liable for any premium which is offered or award that is made, or on account of any contract which is made,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4058
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 4052, the California Exposition and State Fair, a district agricultural association fair, or county fair in the northern zone, with the approval...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4059
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Food and Agriculture shall develop criteria to be used, subject to the approval of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4101
  The Sixth District Agricultural Association shall be known as the California Science Center. It is in the State and Consumer Services Agency and is deemed...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4101.2
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California Science Center, with the approval of the Director of General Services, may enter into a long-term...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4101.3
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California Science Center is hereby authorized to enter into a site lease with the California Science Center...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4102
  The California Science Center, with the approval of the State and Consumer Services Agency, may build, construct, and maintain and operate a stadium or any...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4103
  The California Science Center may establish a space-age museum in its building at Exposition Park in the City of Los Angeles.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4104
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that there is a need for a state repository dedicated to the diverse contributions of African-Americans to the...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4105
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, from December 14 to December 21, inclusive, of any year, the California Science Center may not charge parking fees...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4106
  (a) The California Science Center shall work with the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Commission, the City of Los Angeles, and the County of Los Angeles...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4107
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Member of the Legislature representing any district in Los Angeles County may be appointed as a director of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4108
  The California Science Center shall establish the position of Exposition Park Manager to be filled by a person appointed by the Governor for the purpose...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4131
  The City and County of San Francisco may appropriate and pay over to the 1-A District Agricultural Association for the general uses and purposes of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4155
  The 22nd District Agricultural Association may expend up to seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) annually for the operation of a fair pursuant to Section...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4156
  The State Race Track Leasing Commission shall prepare a master plan for the long-range comprehensive development and improvement of, and construction upon, the property of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4157
  The Director of Finance may enter into an agreement prior to September 1, 1976, with the State Race Track Leasing Commission and the 22nd District...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4161
  (a) The 25th District Agricultural Association may enter into a joint powers agreement pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4162
  The 25th District Agricultural Association may accept the donation of any real property suitable for the location of the Napa Center of Wine, Food, and...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4163
  (a) With the consent of the secretary, a nonprofit organization may hold an annual fair in lieu of the annual fair held by the 25th...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4182
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the 51st District Agricultural Association may enter into leases or joint operational agreements with any...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4191
  A city may not impose any tax, except a sales or use tax, on any association that represents more than one county and owns land...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4192
  The city and the association shall enter into an agreement for the provision of police and fire protection services to the association. This contract shall...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4195
  The fair site of the 54th District Agricultural Association shall be the property near the City of Blythe known as the Blythe Community Fair Grounds....
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4200
  The Legislature finds and declares that the 52nd District Agricultural Association has contributed over three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) towards the construction and development of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4201
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 52nd District Agricultural Association shall have the right to use each year, during its annual spring fair...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4202
  In the event of a dispute between the 52nd District Agricultural Association and the California Exposition and State Fair, the Division of Fairs and Expositions...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4210
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the directors of the 48th District Agricultural Association may not serve concurrently on another fair board.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4251
  Any association and any county may jointly construct a building to constitute a war memorial. The war memorial may be used for any purpose for...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4252
  The war memorial may be constructed and managed under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the board of the association, with...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4253
  Any construction work which is done pursuant to an agreement shall be performed in accordance with, and subject to, Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10100)...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4301
  It is unlawful for any person to sell or engage in the sale, upon any property of an association, of any ticket of admission or...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4351
  There is hereby created the State Race Track Leasing Commission which shall be composed of the Director of Food and Agriculture, the Director of Finance,...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4352
  The Department of Finance shall provide clerical services to the commission. The Department of Food and Agriculture, the Department of General Services, and the California...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4353
  The State Race Track Leasing Commission may enter into leases or other agreements for the use of the Del Mar Race Track and any other...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4356
  The California Horse Racing Board shall, at the request of the commission, certify the eligibility of any prospective lessee or user of the property to...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4357
  The Attorney General shall serve as counsel for, and adviser to, the commission.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4358
  The commission shall follow the same procedures, insofar as appropriate, in leasing, or entering into agreements for the use of, the Del Mar Race Track...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4359
  If the commission makes a determination pursuant to this chapter as to the action it proposes to take in awarding the Del Mar Race Track...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4360
  After the award of a lease or entering into an agreement for the use of the Del Mar Race Track, the commission shall meet from...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4361
  The commission is a "department" for the purposes of hearings pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4362
  The commission may enter into a joint powers agreement with the 22nd District Agricultural Association pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4363
  The State of California pledges to, and agrees with, the holders of any bonds, other indebtedness, or obligations for the financing of the improvements described...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4401.5
  (a) The director shall expend an amount not to exceed a total of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in any fiscal year for any exhibit...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4402
  The department may expend funds appropriated by Section 22 of Chapter 1440 of the Statutes of 1985 in the 1985-86 and 1986-87 fiscal years for...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4403
  (a) A county fair, district agricultural association fair, or citrus fruit fair may expend funds for promotional and public relations purposes of the fair. (b)...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4431
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, on or after January 1, 1943, apportionments shall be made only to counties or district agricultural associations which...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4432
  Merced, Madera, Santa Cruz, and Solano Counties may each receive an apportionment although they held no fairs in the calendar year 1941 and the agricultural...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4433
  Marin County may receive an apportionment although that county held no fair in the calendar year 1941 and the agricultural association of the agricultural district...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4434
  A district agricultural association of a district created subsequent to January 1, 1943, may receive an apportionment.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4435
  A district agricultural association which did not receive an apportionment on the basis of the premiums which were paid at a fair that was held...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4436
  A district agricultural association which did not receive an apportionment on the basis of the premiums which were paid at a fair that was held...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4437
  A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the department.
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4438
  After the board of supervisors adopts and files the resolution, the county is no longer eligible to receive any apportionment and the district agricultural association...
• California Food And Agricultural Code Section 4439
  Within one year from and after the date the resolution is adopted, the county shall pay to the district agricultural association the unexpended balance of...
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