California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 12 - Funds

• Section 59941.
  The proration zone agent for each marketing program shall collect, either for each primary certificate or for each secondary certificate, or for both, a reasonable...
• Section 59942.
  Any fee for primary certificates or secondary certificates which is fixed by the program committee with the approval of the director, pursuant to this article,...
• Section 59943.
  If any producer has authorized a handler to obtain secondary certificates and pay secondary certificate fees on behalf of the producer, or the handler has...
• Section 59943.5.
  For the convenience of collecting any producer fees which are established pursuant to this article, the director may collect such fees from the handlers of...
• Section 59944.
  The proportion of the fees which is payable to the department may vary upon a seasonal basis for each program according to the estimated expense...
• Section 59945.
  Upon the request of any marketing program committee, the director shall confer with the committee or its representatives prior to fixing the amount or proportion...
• Section 59946.
  All fees shall be deposited promptly by the proration zone agent in a bank which is approved by the Director of Finance, and shall be...
• Section 59947.
  (a) The funds that are deposited pursuant to Section 59946 shall be disbursed by the director or the marketing program committee, pursuant to regulations prescribed by...
• Section 59948.
  The proportionate amount of fees which are payable to the department shall be withdrawn from the funds monthly by the director and shall be used...
• Section 59949.
  At the end of any marketing season as designated in each marketing program, after proper provision has been made for the payment of all necessary...
• Section 59950.
  At the time a refund is made, the marketing program committee shall file with the director a claim for the refund to growers that are...
• Section 59951.
  Unexpended balances of any money which is collected to carry out the educational and trade stimulation efforts which are provided for in Sections 59816, 59817,...
• Section 59952.
  If the unexpended balance is so small as to make impractical the computation and remitting of a pro rata refund, the director may authorize the...
• Section 59953.
  Unless otherwise requested by the marketing program committee, the director is not required to issue refunds to any producer in an amount less than five...
• Section 59954.
  Any check or warrant which is drawn against the fund of any marketing program which remains unclaimed or uncashed for a period of six months...
• Section 59955.
  If there is no marketing program then in effective operation for the commodity, the funds shall be credited to the unexpended balance, if any, of...
• Section 59956.
  An agent or employee of the marketing program committee shall not have or receive any funds which are collected pursuant to this chapter until such...
• Section 59957.
  Upon the recommendation of the marketing program committee, the director may relieve the proration zone agent of the responsibility of collecting any amount which is...
• Section 59958.
  The director, in addition to other remedies which are provided by law, may direct suit in the name of the people of this state as...

Last modified: October 22, 2018