California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 4 - Shipping Point Advisory Committee

• Section 40571.
  There is in the department a Shipping Point Advisory Committee consisting of nine members. The committee shall be appointed by the director and shall be...
• Section 40571.1.
  It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that shippers of fruits and vegetables appointed to the Shipping Point Advisory Committee pursuant to...
• Section 40572.
  The term of office of the members of the committee is three years. Appointment of the first members shall be made so that the terms...
• Section 40573.
  The committee shall be advisory to the director on all matters pertaining to this chapter and shall make recommendations concerning the inspection and certification services...
• Section 40574.
  The director shall appoint an alternate for each committee member. In making these appointments, the director shall use the same criteria in selecting alternates as...
• Section 40575.
  Alternate members shall serve at committee meetings only in the absence of the member for whom the alternate is designated to serve in place of.(Added...
• Section 40576.
  Each member of the committee, or any alternate member serving in the absence of a regular member, may, with the approval of the director, be...
• Section 40577.
  (a) In order to operate economically and reduce expenses that may adversely impact persons subject to this chapter, on or before May 1 of any year,...
• Section 40577.1.
  The secretary may establish rules and procedures to guide the entity described in Section 40577. The procedures may provide for all of the following:(a) Employment, training,...
• Section 40577.2.
  The committee shall not request that the secretary utilize, and the secretary shall not utilize, an entity a majority of whose officers and employees are...
• Section 40577.3.
  The entity shall keep an accurate record of expenses incurred in performing its responsibilities. Those records shall be available for audit during regular business hours...
• Section 40577.4.
  The secretary may require an entity to correct or cease any activity or function that is determined by the secretary not to be in the...
• Section 40577.5.
  The secretary shall reimburse the entity for its actual and necessary expenses upon receipt of an invoice approved by the secretary.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch....

Last modified: October 22, 2018