Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) Lead, drive, or conduct any animal along the track of a railroad, unless the railroad is built within the limits of a public highway or public place. (b) Permit any animal to be placed within the fences of a railroad f…

A person that owns or controls the possession of any livestock shall not willfully or negligently permit any of the livestock to stray upon, or remain unaccompanied by a person in charge or control of the livestock upon, a public highway, if both sides of the highway are adjoined…

It is unlawful for any person to drive any livestock upon, over, or across any public highway between the hours of sunset and sunrise unless he keeps a sufficient number of herders on continual duty to open the road so as to permit the passage of vehicles. (Enacted by Stats. 1967…

In any civil action which is brought by the owner, driver, or occupant of a motor vehicle, or by their personal representatives or assignees, or by the owner of livestock, for damages which are caused by collision between any motor vehicle and any domestic animal on a highway, th…

It is unlawful for any officer, agent, or conductor of any railroad in this state, to confine any animals in cars for a longer period than 36 consecutive hours if the animals are being carried or transported by the railroad in carloads. At least every 36 hours the animals shall b…

In estimating the time of confinement pursuant to Section 16905, the period during which animals have been confined without such rest on connecting roads from which they are received, shall be included. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If the owner or person in charge of the animals refuses or neglects to pay for the care and feed of the animals so rested, the company or person operating the railroad may charge the expense of the care and feeding to the owner or consignee and retain a lien upon the animals unti…

It is unlawful for any person that owns or operates any motor truck, or motor truck and trailer, or semitrailer, to confine or permit to be confined, in such vehicle, any animal for a longer period than 28 consecutive hours from the time the animal was last fed and watered. Upon …

In estimating the period of confinement, the time consumed in loading and unloading the animal shall not be considered, but the time during which the animal has been confined without rest, food, or water on any other or connecting vehicle, or outside of the state, shall be includ…

(a) Cattle, calves, horses, mules, sheep, swine, goats, or fallow deer, or poultry shall be slaughtered by the methods prescribed in this section. No state agency shall contract for, purchase, procure, or sell all or any portion of any animal, unless that animal is slaughtered in…

(a) The department shall, on or before December 31, 1993, adopt regulations to implement Section 19501 as to the slaughter of poultry, and, thereafter, enforce those regulations. (b) The regulations adopted under subdivision (a) shall apply to any person engaged in the business o…

The regulations adopted under this chapter shall conform as far as possible to the regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture governing methods of slaughtering. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1381.)

The Department of Agriculture shall enforce the provisions of Section 19501 and is authorized and directed to perform the following duties: Designate, on or before March 1, 1968, and at such times thereafter as it deems advisable, methods of slaughter and of handling in connectio…

A person shall not buy, sell, or accept a horse, mule, burro, or sheep, the carcass of any such animal from which the hide or skin has not been removed, or the hide or skin of such animal, unless the seller or donor gives, and the buyer or donee receives, at the time of delivery …

The failure of the seller or donor to give a written bill of sale or written instrument to the buyer or donee pursuant to Section 23801 does not have any effect upon either of the following: (a) The validity of any sale or contract of sale of any horse, mule, burro, or sheep. (b)…

It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this part or any regulation which is adopted pursuant to it. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

The board of supervisors of each county shall fix the fee for impounding any dog and the amount which is to be paid for keeping the dog. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

If the impounding of a dog is done by an appointee of the board of supervisors or by a humane society or other organization or association which has entered into a contract for impounding dogs, the fees for taking up, impounding, and keeping the dog shall be a charge upon the cou…

If a dog which has been impounded is claimed by the owner, the fee for impounding and keeping the dog, as fixed by the board of supervisors, shall be paid by the owner to the person, organization, or association which has custody of the dog, to be retained by him or them. No char…

The refusal or failure of the owner of any such dog to pay the fee and charges after due notification shall be held to be an abandonment of the dog by the owner. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

(a) An animal control officer of any county, if so authorized by the board of supervisors of the county, or an animal control officer of any city, if so authorized by the governing body of the city, may accept a credit card as a method of payment for any fee or penalty provided b…

The Fairs Allocation and Classification Committee is continued in existence. It consists of seven Members of the Senate and seven Members of the Assembly. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

To the extent that it is feasible, appointments to the committee shall be so made that there is one Member of the Senate and one Member of the Assembly on the committee from each of the following areas: Area 1. Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Plumas, and Sierra …

The committee shall, from time to time, elect its chairman and vice chairman. The committee may meet at any time, whether or not the Legislature is in session, and shall continue in existence until otherwise provided by law. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

(a) The committee shall investigate, study, and analyze, when it deems it necessary, any or all facts and matters relating to the operation and financing of fairs that are subject to this division and the effect and operation of the laws relating thereto. (b) The committee shall …

The committee shall report to the Legislature at the commencement of each regular session and may report to the Legislature at any time, including in such reports its recommendations, if any, as to necessary or desirable legislative action. The provisions of the Joint Rules of th…

No person or common carrier shall transport, or receive or possess for transportation, any native plant or any wood, or part thereof, except its fruit or manufactured wood articles, that requires a permit, wood receipt, or tag and seal, unless the person offering the plant for sh…

All native plant species or varieties subject to this division, when not grown in California and imported into this state, shall be declared at a California agricultural inspection station or an office of the department, and proceed to destination under quarantine orders issued b…

Lands devoted exclusively to the growing of citrus fruits within a tract of land outside the district but in the county wherein the district is located may be annexed to the district. (Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 904, Sec. 27.)