Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

Before receiving a registration as required by this chapter, an applicant whose home office or principal place of business is outside of this state shall file with the department the name of an agent in this state who is authorized to receive service of process in actions by the …

All shipped eggs shall be transported under refrigeration in compliance with California statutes and regulations. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 121. Effective January 1, 2005.)

(a) If the department determines that eggs are not in compliance with this chapter or that they have been shipped without the handler or producer first securing the required registration and being current on the payment of the appropriate fees, the department shall issue and enfo…

Each registrant shall submit a report as designated by the department and remit any fees due on a monthly basis. The report is due no later than the 30th day following the month of delivery to California. Each registrant shall keep a copy of this report on file at the registered …

Any out-of-state registrant who fails to promptly submit required reports or pay required fees is subject to the criminal penalties specified in this chapter. A violation of this section is also subject to a civil or administrative penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500…

The report required by Section 27688 shall give a complete breakdown of all sales of graded and ungraded eggs into California, listing the individual plant or person to whom eggs were sold and indicating whether these eggs were sold on a graded or ungraded basis. A check or money…

All brokers registered with California shall itemize in their reports a true and complete list of all eggs brokered into and within California. This list shall include the name and address of all persons from whom eggs were purchased, to whom they were sold, and the amount of egg…

The director, and the commissioner of each county under the direction and supervision of the director shall enforce this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)

The director may make any regulations that are reasonable and necessary to carry out this chapter. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)

(a) Unless otherwise stated, it shall be an infraction for any person to fail to comply with any requirement of this chapter, or regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, after a warning notice of seven days is given. However, there shall be no warning notice for infractions …

It shall be an infraction for any person to fail to comply with any notice or order which is issued pursuant to this chapter subject to the penalties set forth in Section 29302. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)

(a) In addition to the penalties outlined in Sections 12999.5, 29302, and 29303, any person not complying with this chapter, a regulation adopted thereto, or any notice or order issued pursuant to this chapter or regulation, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than fi…

(a) Any penalties recovered under this chapter, whether criminal or civil, shall be paid into a special account maintained by the department, and shall be used for the administration of Section 29302, except that up to 50 percent of the costs incurred by a district attorney in pr…

In addition to any other penalty provided for by law, and by this article, any person who willfully or intentionally violates any provisions of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for each violation, which shal…

Any person who violates any injunctive order issued pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 29304 shall be subject to a civil penalty, in addition to any other penalty provided for by law, not to exceed six thousand dollars ($6,000). Where the conduct constituting a violation is o…

The director shall appoint a supervisor of apiary inspection and such qualified state apiary inspectors as may be necessary. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)

Each commissioner is an ex officio state apiary inspector and may appoint one or more inspectors, qualified pursuant to the regulations of the director, to be county apiary inspectors. (Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1404, Sec. 2.)

The director may assign one or more qualified state apiary inspectors to perform the duties of a county apiary inspector in any county for such time and rate of compensation as may be determined by agreement with the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 482. The state apiary …

The penalties prescribed by this chapter are exclusive and no other civil penalties may be assessed, except as specified in Section 12999.5. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 854, Sec. 3. (AB 1752) Effective January 1, 2024.)

In any civil action for the wrongful and willful taking, possessing, harboring, or transporting of a beehive, for the wrongful and willful removal of bees from their beehive, or for the wrongful and willful killing or destroying of bees without the consent of the owner or the per…

(a) In lieu of prosecution, and in addition to any other penalty that is provided in this chapter, the secretary or the commissioner may impose an administrative civil penalty on a person who violates Article 4 (commencing with Section 29040) or Article 5 (commencing with Section…

The director shall suspend or terminate any marketing order, if he finds, after a public hearing duly noticed and held in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 58771) of this chapter, that such marketing order is contrary to, or does not tend to eff…

The director shall terminate any marketing order if he finds that the termination of the marketing order is requested in writing, within a 90-day period, by at least 51 percent of the producers that are directly affected that produce at least 51 percent of the volume of the produ…

If at least 25 percent of the producers that are directly affected that produce at least 25 percent of the product and at least 25 percent of the handlers that are directly affected that handle at least 25 percent of the product request, within a 90-day period, that such marketin…

If the director finds that the marketing order is not reapproved, he shall declare such order terminated. An order shall be considered reapproved if it has been assented to or favored at a referendum in the same manner as is required for a new marketing order. (Enacted by Stats. …

At any time the director finds that a substantial number of persons that are directly affected by an order are in opposition to it, he shall hold a hearing on the question of the termination, suspension, amendment, or reapproval of such order, and shall, not more than 60 days aft…

A marketing order shall not be submitted for reapproval until one year after the original enactment, or within one year of any prior approval. However, if no provision is made in any marketing order for reapproval or for termination in less than five years, the director shall at …

(a) The secretary may terminate, without a public hearing, any marketing order or marketing agreement that has been inoperative for three consecutive marketing seasons after giving notice of intent to terminate the marketing order or marketing agreement pursuant to subdivision (b…

No suspension or termination of any marketing order or marketing agreement pursuant to this article shall become effective until the expiration of the marketing season then current. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The secretary, in consultation with the board, may approve programs statewide to train, on a voluntary basis, beekeepers, inspectors, or commissioners in contemporary and geographically relevant colony management, including, but not limited to, the maintenance of colonies free fr…

Any hive or comparable apparatus that is not occupied by a live bee colony, and that is accessible to bees, is a public nuisance. The hive or apparatus shall be subject to abatement in the manner provided for in Article 14 (commencing with Section 29200). (Amended by Stats. 2017,…

(a) The governing board of a city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance, establish procedures for the abatement of a hive or comparable apparatus where Africanized or overly defensive honey bees are present. (b) In the absence of a local ordinance adopted pursuant to subd…

(a) Upon the issuance of any order that makes effective a marketing order or marketing agreement, or any suspension, amendment, or termination of a marketing order or marketing agreement, a notice of the issuance shall be posted on the department’s Internet Web site. A marketing …

The director may establish such general rules and regulations for uniform application to all marketing orders and marketing agreements which are issued pursuant to this chapter as may be necessary to facilitate the administration and enforcement of such marketing orders and agree…

The provisions of Article 16 (commencing with Section 59111) of this chapter relative to posting and time of taking effect are applicable to any general rule and regulation which is established pursuant to this article and applicable to marketing orders generally. Such notice sha…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The destructive impact of invasive and noxious weeds is profound, affecting California’s cropland, rangeland, forests, parks, waterways, and wildlands. (b) These pests cause enormous losses of private, state, and federa…

For the purposes of this article: (a) “Integrated weed management plan” means an ecosystem-based control strategy that focuses on long-term prevention of weeds through a combination of techniques, such as biological controls, judicious use of herbicides, modified land management,…

(a) The Legislature designates the department as the lead department in noxious weed management and the department is responsible for the implementation of this article in cooperation with the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency. (b) There is hereby created in the Departmen…

(a) To be eligible to receive funding from the Noxious Weed Management Account pursuant to this article, a weed management area, as defined in subdivision (b), shall be formed in a county or other geographic area. (b) A “weed management area” is a local organization that brings t…

(a) To be eligible to receive funding from the Noxious Weed Management Account pursuant to this article, a county agricultural commissioner shall submit an integrated weed management plan to implement an aggressive control program for noxious weeds. The goals of the program shall…

(a) The department shall designate and provide staff support to an oversight committee to monitor this article and shall consider input from weed management areas, county agricultural commissioners, and the Range Management Advisory Committee. (b) The membership of the oversight …

(a) The department is authorized to operate a government-volunteer partnership Adopt-A-Riverway Program. (b) The department may receive funds or services from any person to assist a weed management area in implementing an integrated weed management plan, pursuant to this article.…

(a) The Adopt-A-Riverway Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The fund is a trust fund and shall contain money and any other proceeds donated, appropriated, transferred, or otherwise received for purposes pertaining to the Adopt-A-Riverway Program. The secretary may …

Upon recommendation of the advisory board which is concerned, the director may, without prior notice and hearing, establish administrative rules and regulations for each marketing order or marketing agreement which is issued and made effective as may be necessary to facilitate th…

Such rules and regulations may include, but shall not be limited to, any of the following: (a) Methods and procedures for the purpose of explaining or clarifying the provisions of such marketing order or agreement. (b) Prescribing reporting forms and procedures to be followed by …

The provisions of Article 16 (commencing with Section 59111) of this chapter relative to posting, mailing of notice, and time of taking effect are applicable to any such administrative rules and regulations. (Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 871.)