California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 6 - Assessments and Records

• Section 73251.
  (a) The assessment on navel oranges for fresh consumption shall be established by the commission prior to the beginning of each marketing season and shall not...
• Section 73252.
  Any producer who pays an assessment to a cooperative handler or independent handler, and that producer markets his or her navel oranges and conducts an...
• Section 73253.
  Identified commission administrative expenses in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the assessment owed by any producer prior to deducting the brand credit,...
• Section 73253.5.
  (a) At least 60 percent of the commission’s total expenditures shall be expended for consumer communication.(b) In order to qualify for brand credit, as provided in subdivision...
• Section 73254.
  Any direct consumer communication purchases qualifies for brand credit when determined by the commission to be in accordance with the following criteria:(a) As defined by the...
• Section 73254.5.
  Unless otherwise prohibited in this chapter, and in addition to the provisions of Section 73254, a person or entity that is qualified to receive brand...
• Section 73254.6.
  The activities of advertising in trade publications and participating in conferences or conventions are not eligible for application of brand credit.(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch....
• Section 73255.
  This chapter does not apply to navel oranges produced only for the producer’s home use or where the navel oranges are used only for ornamental...
• Section 73256.
  Every handler shall keep a complete and accurate record of all navel oranges handled by him or her with the name of the producer whose...
• Section 73257.
  All proprietary information obtained by the commission or the director from producers or handlers, and all lists of producers or handlers in the possession of...
• Section 73258.
  Assessments shall be levied upon the producer. The first handler of navel oranges being assessed shall deduct the assessment from amounts paid by him or...
• Section 73259.
  Every handler is personally liable for the payment of the collected assessments, and failure of the handler to collect the assessment from any producer does...
• Section 73260.
  Any assessment which is levied pursuant to in this chapter is a personal debt of the producer so assessed. Failure of a handler to make...
• Section 73261.
  Any producer or handler who fails to file a return or pay any assessment within the time required by the commission shall pay to the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018