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

• Section 76081.
  The powers and duties of the commission include, but are not limited to, all of the powers and duties enumerated in this article.(Added by Stats....
• Section 76082.
  The commission may adopt and from time to time alter, rescind, modify, and amend all proper and necessary bylaws, rules, regulations, operating procedures, and orders...
• Section 76083.
  The commission may administer and enforce this chapter, and do and perform all acts and exercise all powers incidental to, or in connection with, or...
• Section 76084.
  The commission may appoint its own officers, including a chairman, one or more vice chairmen, and any other officers that it deems necessary. The officers...
• Section 76085.
  The commission may employ a person to serve at the pleasure of the commission as president and chief executive officer of the commission, and other...
• Section 76086.
  The commission may fix the compensation for all employees of the commission.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1176, Sec. 1.)
• Section 76087.
  The commission may appoint committees composed of both members and nonmembers of the commission, such as a processor or shipper advisory committee, to advise the...
• Section 76088.
  The commission may establish offices, incur expenses, enter into contracts and agreements, create liabilities, and borrow funds in advance of receipt of assessments that may...
• Section 76089.
  (a) The commission shall keep accurate books, records, and accounts of all its dealings, which shall be subject to an annual audit by an auditing firm...
• Section 76090.
  The commission may promote the sale of cherries by advertising and other promotional means, including cost-sharing advertising, for the purpose of maintaining and expanding present...
• Section 76091.
  The commission may educate and instruct the wholesale and retail trade with respect to proper methods of handling and selling cherries; make market surveys and...
• Section 76092.
  The commission may make, in the name of the commission, contracts to render service in formulating and conducting plans and programs, and any other contracts...
• Section 76093.
  The commission may conduct and contract with others to conduct scientific research, including the study, analysis, dissemination, and accumulation of information obtained from research or...
• Section 76094.
  The commission may publish and distribute, without charge, a bulletin or other communication for dissemination of information to producers, shippers, grower-handlers, and processors.(Amended by Stats....
• Section 76095.
  The commission may establish an assessment rate to defray operating costs of the commission.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1176, Sec. 1.)
• Section 76096.
  The commission may establish an annual budget according to accepted accounting practices. The budget shall be concurred in by the director prior to disbursement of...
• Section 76097.
  The commission shall submit to the director, for his or her concurrence, an annual statement of contemplated activities authorized under this chapter.(Amended by Stats. 1985,...
• Section 76098.
  The commission may manage, if requested by an advisory board, a board of directors, or any other authorized agent, any governmental program establishing grades and...
• Section 76099.
  The commission may investigate and prosecute civil violations of this chapter and file complaints with appropriate law enforcement agencies or officers for suspected criminal violations...

Last modified: October 22, 2018