California Food and Agricultural Code ARTICLE 3 - The California Tomato Commission

• Section 78640.
  There is in the state government the California Tomato Commission. The commission shall be composed of 10 producers, seven handlers, and may include one public...
• Section 78641.
  (a) The secretary may require the commission to correct or cease any existing activity or function that is determined by the secretary not to be in...
• Section 78642.
  The commission or the secretary may bring an action for judicial relief from the secretary’s written notice, or from noncompliance by the commission with the...
• Section 78643.
  When the secretary is required to concur in a decision of the commission, the secretary shall give his or her response to the commission within...
• Section 78644.
  The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities pursuant to this...
• Section 78645.
  Except for ex officio members, an alternate for each member shall be elected in the same manner as the member. An alternate shall, in the...
• Section 78646.
  Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure of any person elected to the commission as a member or alternate to continue in his...
• Section 78647.
  Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure of the public member to continue in his or her position due to a change in...
• Section 78648.
  Any producer member and his or her alternate on the commission shall be an individual producer or an employee or representative of a producer who...
• Section 78649.
  Any handler member and his or her alternate on the commission shall be an individual handler or an employee or representative of a handler who...
• Section 78650.
  The public member and his or her alternate member on the commission shall have all the powers, rights, and privileges of any other member or...
• Section 78651.
  The term of office of all members and alternates on the commission, except ex officio members, shall be two years from the beginning of the...
• Section 78652.
  The commission shall be, and is hereby declared and created, a corporate body. It shall have the power to sue and be sued, to contract...
• Section 78653.
  A quorum of the commission shall be six voting producer members and four voting handler members. Except as provided in Section 78723, the vote of...
• Section 78654.
  The secretary or his or her representatives shall be notified and may attend each meeting of the commission and any committee meetings of the commission....
• Section 78655.
  No member or alternate of the commission or member of a committee established by the commission who is a nonmember of the commission shall receive...
• Section 78656.
  All funds received by any person from the assessments levied under this chapter or otherwise received by the commission shall be deposited in banks that...
• Section 78657.
  The state is not liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts. Payments of all claims arising by reason of the administration of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018