Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

The director may, by regulation, adopt standards, including noxious weed seed and other pest standards, for premises from which seed shipments are exempt from the provisions of Section 6501 and shall designate such premises as origin inspected warehouses. (Added by Stats. 1968, C…

The declaration of a plant, seed, nursery stock, or crop as invasive is a power reserved for the secretary. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 340, Sec. 13. (SB 839) Effective September 13, 2016.)

The willful violation of any provision of this chapter is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each and every violation. This section does not apply to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section…

In addition to the penalty which is provided by Section 54461, any person who violates any provision of this chapter is liable civilly for a penalty in an amount not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each and every violation. This section does not apply to A…

In addition to any other remedies provided under this article, the director may seek to obtain injunctive relief in the proper court to require any person subject to this chapter to comply with any applicable requirement in this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1100, Sec. 15.)…

The director may appoint an attorney and shall provide for such other personnel as may be necessary and shall prescribe their duties. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The director may conduct hearings and investigations to carry out the intent and purposes of this chapter. (Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1186.)

In the conduct of any hearing, inquiry, or investigation, the director may administer oaths, and issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers, books, maps, accounts, documents, and testimony in any inquiry, investigation, or hearing which is ordere…

The superior court of the county in which any inquiry, investigation, or hearing is held may compel the attendance of witnesses and require the disclosure by the witnesses of all facts known to them, relative to the matters under investigation, and the production of papers, maps,…

Any party that disobeys any order or subpoena which is issued pursuant to the authority of the director is guilty of contempt and shall be certified to the superior court of the county in which the contempt occurs, which court shall punish the contempt. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, C…

The director through his duly authorized representatives and agents, including any proration zone agent who is in charge of a marketing program, shall have access, solely for the purposes of investigating possible violations of any marketing program, to the records of every produ…

In carrying out his duties under this chapter, the director may utilize the facilities and personnel of the state and county departments of agriculture. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

A full and accurate record of business or acts which are performed, or of testimony which is taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be kept and be placed on file in the office of the director. (Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 371.)

The director may purchase general liability insurance for all marketing programs subject to the provisions of this chapter in an amount he or she determines as necessary. The cost of the insurance shall be paid by the affected marketing programs on a pro rata basis. The insurance…

The director shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and of any stabilization and marketing plan initiated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The director shall adopt those regulations necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of the provisions of this…

The director shall have and may exercise any or all the powers conferred by the Government Code upon the head of a department of the state with respect to hearings and investigations under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)

The director is the instrumentality of this state for the purpose of administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter and to execute the legislative intent expressed in this chapter, and is hereby vested with the administrative authority described in this chapter. Notwi…

For the purposes of enforcing this chapter, the director may investigate any and all transactions, between producers and handlers, between nonprofit cooperative associations and producers, among handlers, or between handlers and wholesale customers, among wholesale customers, bet…

The director may require the registration of producers. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)

The director may formulate any stabilization and marketing plan as prescribed in this chapter and declare it effective after public hearing and reasonable notice by mail or otherwise to all producers, handlers, and consumer organizations who have filed requests with the director …

A full and accurate record of business or acts performed, or of testimony taken, by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be kept and placed on file in the office of the director. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1192.)

In addition to the compilation of information which pertains to market milk from the reports required by this chapter, the director shall collect, assemble, compile, and distribute statistical data relative to market milk, other milk and milk products, and such other information …

Any order of the director made pursuant to this chapter which substantially affects the rights of any interested party may be reviewed by any court of competent jurisdiction. Any such action shall be commenced within 30 days after the effective date of the order complained of, or…

The director may confer, enter into agreements, or otherwise arrange with the constituted authorities of this state, other states, or agencies of the United States with respect to plans which relate to the stabilization and distribution of market milk within this state or as betw…

All money received by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be paid monthly into the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. Funds which are so collected may only be used to defray expenses in connection with the administration of this c…

If the director determines that it is probable that one or more factors or conditions which affect prices of market milk have changed on a relatively uniform basis throughout two or more marketing areas, he may consolidate the hearings on the matter of price changes for such area…

Any person who has testified under oath at a public hearing held by the director pursuant to this chapter may be granted, upon request prior to the close of the hearing, a period of time not to exceed 10 calendar days following the closing date of the public hearing, in which to …

Any provisions of a stabilization and marketing plan formulated, established, or rejected by the director pursuant to this chapter, shall be accompanied by written statements, which shall be made available by the director to any interested person upon request, stating in substanc…

There is in the state government the California Beef Council which consists of 20 members and 20 alternates, all of whom shall be citizens and residents of this state and producers, packers, or processors. The secretary shall appoint to the council six range cattlemen, six cattle…

Notwithstanding other provisions of this article, the director shall, with or without nominations, appoint one member and one alternate member to the council to represent the general public, in addition to the 20 members of the council otherwise provided for. Such persons shall n…

The terms of office of the members and alternates of the council shall be three years, except as provided in this section. The first appointments made under this chapter shall be so made that the terms of six members and their alternates shall expire at the end of one year, six m…

With or without recommendations or other nominations from the council or otherwise, during September and October of each year, the secretary may, if deemed appropriate or necessary by him or her, provide notice of, and hold, producer nomination meeting or meetings or may prepare …

Press releases or other notice of nomination procedures, when conducted by mail, shall indicate that nominations shall be mailed to the director at his office in Sacramento and that the director will consider all nominations received by mail, within the time designated by him. No…

A majority of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business, including the election of officers. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The council shall select annually from its number, to serve at its pleasure, a chairman and vice chairman who, together with five other members selected annually by the council, shall constitute the executive committee of the council. The executive committee shall have and exerci…

The council shall have two regular meetings in each year at times and places which are fixed by the council. The times for regular meetings shall be fixed so that there is an interval of at least four calendar months between such meetings. The council may meet in special meetings…

The members of the council shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. (Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 291, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)

No member of the council shall receive compensation. (Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 291, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)

The director may require any employee or agent of the council to give a fidelity bond, executed by a surety company which is authorized to do business in this state, in favor of the director, in such sum, and containing such terms and conditions, as the director may prescribe. Th…

No member or employee of the council shall be held responsible individually to any person for liability on any contract or agreement of the council. All salaries, expenses, costs, obligations, and liabilities which arise out of the administration and enforcement of this chapter a…

An alternate member of the council shall sit as a regular member of the council if the member for whom he is an alternate fails for any reason to attend any meeting of the council. He shall be compensated and reimbursed in the same manner and to the same extent as a regular membe…

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that producers, packers, or processors appointed to the council pursuant to this article are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, and that such representati…

It is unlawful to ship or transport any plant or any other thing into this state which is infested with any pest which has been listed, by the director, as detrimental to agriculture in this state. The director shall either establish and amend the list of pests by order, after no…

Except as otherwise provided in this article, if any shipment of plants or any other things in violation of this chapter or any quarantine which has been established, is brought into this state and it is found to be infested or infected, or there is reasonable cause to believe th…

If the nature of the pest is such that no detriment can be caused to agriculture in the state by the shipment of the plant or thing out of the state, the officer who makes the inspection may affix a warning tag or notice to the shipment. The officer shall notify the owner or bail…

If the plant or thing is not shipped out of the state within the time which is specified in the notice, the inspecting officer shall immediately after the expiration of the time seize the plant or thing and destroy it at the expense of the owner or bailee. (Enacted by Stats. 1967…