California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 6 - Assessments and Records

• Section 78285.
  (a) The commission shall establish the assessment for the following marketing year not later than January 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible....
• Section 78286.
  This chapter does not apply to any person who grows asparagus only for his or her own home use or who is not a producer....
• Section 78287.
  Every handler shall keep a complete and accurate record of all asparagus handled with the name of the producer whose asparagus was handled. The records...
• Section 78288.
  (a) The commission may specify the conditions under which proprietary information obtained from producers may be disclosed. Otherwise, all proprietary information obtained by the commission or...
• Section 78289.
  Any assessment which is levied pursuant to this chapter is a personal debt of every producer so assessed.(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1058, Sec. 1....
• Section 78290.
  Every handler shall be personally liable for the payment of collected assessments to the commission. A failure by a handler to collect the assessment shall...
• Section 78291.
  Any producer or handler who fails to file a return or pay any assessment within the time required by the commission shall pay the commission...
• Section 78292.
  If the handler is a corporation, all of the directors and officers of the corporation in their capacity as individuals shall be included, and any...

Last modified: October 22, 2018