California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 4 - Powers and Duties of the Commission

• Section 73151.
  The powers and duties of the commission, subject to Sections 73107 and 73108, shall include, but are not limited to, all of the powers and...
• Section 73152.
  The commission shall adopt and, from time to time, alter, rescind, modify, and amend in a manner prescribed by the commission, all proper and necessary...
• Section 73153.
  The commission shall administer and enforce this chapter and perform all acts and exercise all powers incidental to, or in connection with, or deemed reasonably...
• Section 73154.
  The commission shall appoint its own officers, including a chairperson, one or more vice chairpersons, and other officers that it deems necessary.The officers have the...
• Section 73155.
  (a) The commission shall employ a manager to serve at the pleasure of the commission as president and chief executive officer of the commission, and other...
• Section 73156.
  The commission shall fix the compensation for all employees of the commission.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 494, Sec. 1. Effective July 28, 1983.)
• Section 73157.
  The commission may appoint committees which may be composed of both members and nonmembers of the commission to advise the commission in carrying out this...
• Section 73158.
  The commission shall appoint a committee or committees to deal specifically with budget and advertising issues.Commission members who pay the full assessment are entitled to...
• Section 73159.
  The commission may establish offices and incur expenses, enter into any and all contracts and agreements, create liabilities, and borrow funds in advance of receipt...
• Section 73160.
  The commission shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts of all of its dealings, which books, records, and accounts are subject to an annual audit...
• Section 73161.
  The commission shall promote the sale of navel oranges by advertising and other promotional means, including cost-sharing advertising, to maintain and expand present markets and...
• Section 73162.
  The commission shall educate and instruct the wholesale and retail trade with respect to proper methods of handling and selling navel oranges, to make market...
• Section 73163.
  The commission may enter into contracts to render service in formulating and conducting plans and programs authorized under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 494,...
• Section 73164.
  The commission may conduct, and contract with others to conduct, marketing research, including the study, analysis, dissemination, and accumulation of information obtained from the research...
• Section 73165.
  The commission may publish and distribute, without charge, bulletins or other communications for dissemination of information relating to commission activities and other related matters to...
• Section 73166.
  Pursuant to Section 73251, the commission shall establish an assessment rate to defray operating costs of the commission.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 494, Sec. 1....
• Section 73167.
  The commission shall prepare an annual budget according to accepted accounting practices.Except for disbursements to pay the compensation of the employees of the commission, no...
• Section 73168.
  The commission shall submit to the director, for his or her concurrence, an annual statement of contemplated activities authorized under this chapter, including advertising, promotion,...
• Section 73169.
  The commission may investigate and prosecute civil violations of this chapter and file complaints with appropriate law enforcement agencies or officers for criminal violation of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018