California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 5 - Implementation and Voting Procedures

• Section 73201.
  As soon as possible and no later than 60 days after the effective date of this chapter, the director shall establish a list of producers...
• Section 73202.
  This chapter, except as necessary to conduct an implementation referendum, does not become operative until the director finds in a referendum conducted by the director,...
• Section 73203.
  The director shall establish a period in which to conduct the referendum which shall not be less than 10 days or more than 60 days...
• Section 73204.
  Nonreceipt of a ballot does not invalidate a referendum.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 494, Sec. 1. Effective July 28, 1983.)
• Section 73205.
  If the director finds that a favorable vote has been given as provided in Section 73202, he or she shall certify and give notice of...
• Section 73206.
  If the director finds that a favorable vote has not been given as provided in Section 73202, he or she shall so certify and declare...
• Section 73207.
  Upon certification of the commission, the director shall contact all producers in each district by mail, or call meetings of producers in each district, for...
• Section 73208.
  To be eligible for election to the commission, a producer nominee shall submit to the director a nomination petition with the signatures of at least...
• Section 73209.
  The director shall establish a list of handlers and shall, by mail ballot or by calling a meeting of all handlers, conduct the nomination and...
• Section 73210.
  Subsequent to the first election of commissioners under this chapter, persons to be elected to the commission shall be selected pursuant to the nomination and...
• Section 73211.
  Prior to the implementation referendum conducted by the director pursuant to Section 73202, the proponents of the commission shall deposit with the director the amount...
• Section 73212.
  Upon creation of the commission, the commission is authorized to reimburse the proponents of the commission for any funds deposited with the director which were...

Last modified: October 22, 2018