Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

If a consolidated district includes parts of two or more counties, the repository of all money of the district shall be the county treasury of the county in which is located the largest area of table grape acreage of the district. Money collected for the use of the district in an…

(a) The county treasurer shall pay out money of the district only upon warrants of the county auditor drawn upon the order of the board of directors of the district signed by the chairperson or vice chairperson and attested to by the secretary. The county treasurer, with the appr…

Acreage devoted exclusively to the growing of table grapes within a tract of land outside the district, but in the county in which the district is located, may be annexed to the district in the same manner provided in this article for the formation of the district. (Amended by St…

Any two or more districts organized or existing under this article may be consolidated, whether or not the boundaries are coterminous, and whether or not the districts are located in the same county. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)

The board of directors may adopt a resolution that recites the fact of receipt and the willingness of the district to consolidate, and shall then send copies of the resolution to the board of directors of each of the other districts. The board shall send a certified copy of the r…

The board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of table grape acreage of the proposed consolidated district shall fix a time and place for hearing the proposal. Notice shall be given and the hearing conducted in the same manner and with the same effec…

If the board of supervisors determines that consolidation is feasible and in the best interests of the table grape acreage owners of the respective districts, it shall, by resolution duly adopted, declare the districts consolidated into one district, giving the consolidated distr…

Upon the adoption of a resolution consolidating two or more districts, the board of supervisors of the county in which is located the largest area of table grape acreage shall immediately appoint a board of directors of at least five members, including at least one member from ea…

The board of a consolidated district has all the duties, powers, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the board of any other district organized pursuant to this article. The members of the consolidated board shall be appointed in the same manner and serve for the same …

Any district that has been included in a consolidated district may withdraw from the consolidated district and be reconstituted as a separate district by filing with the board of directors of the consolidated district a petition for withdrawal that is signed by the owners of not …

Upon the filing of a petition with the board of supervisors that is signed by either (1) 50 percent or more of the table grape acreage owners who own 65 percent or more of the affected acreage or by (2) 65 percent or more of the table grape acreage owners who own 50 percent or mo…

The board of supervisors shall give notice of the time and place fixed for the hearing upon the petition for dissolution. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)

The notice of hearing shall state all of the following: (a) That a petition has been filed requesting the dissolution of the district. (b) That the petition is available for inspection at the offices of the board of supervisors. (c) The time and place for the hearing. (d) That at…

Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)

The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)

If, at the hearing, a majority of the board of supervisors does not find a compelling reason to override the owners’ petition to dissolve the district, the board of supervisors shall by resolution dissolve the district. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 26. Effective Septemb…

The board of supervisors shall cause a certified copy of the resolution to be recorded in the office of the county recorder and shall file a certified copy of it with the Secretary of State. Thereupon, the district is dissolved for all purposes. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Se…

Upon dissolution, the right, title, and interest to property owned or controlled by the district that is situated within the corporate limits of any city shall vest absolutely in the city. If the property is situated outside the corporate limits of a city, it shall vest in the co…

The board of supervisors is ex officio the governing body of the dissolved district. It may levy assessments and perform other acts solely for the purpose and as may be necessary to wind up the affairs of the district and to raise money for the payment of any outstanding indebted…

All claims and accounts against the district that have not been settled by the board within 90 days after the resolution is recorded pursuant to Section 6047.119 shall be presented to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district was located, or in the case of a co…

If there are insufficient funds to discharge all claims and accounts brought pursuant to Section 6047.122, the board of supervisors shall, at the time of levying the next general county taxes, levy a special assessment upon the net acreage devoted to the growing of table grapes t…

Owners of wine grapes and raisin grapes and any other agricultural commodities may petition to become subject to any district established pursuant to this article. The petition shall adhere to all the requirements of this article and shall require the approval of the board of dir…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (a) California is the leading producer of table grapes in the United States, accounting for 97 percent of table grapes grown in this country. (b) Table grapes are grown in 15 counties located throughout the state. (c) Calif…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Table Grape Pest and Disease District Law. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 2. Effective September 9, 2004.)

(a) It is the purpose of this article to make available a procedure for the organization, operation, and dissolution of districts to respond to the effects of the spread of the glassy-winged sharpshooter and Pierce’s disease, and other designated pests and diseases that attack ta…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Board” or “board of directors” means the board of directors of a district. (b) “District” means a table grape pest district organized pursuant to this article. (c)…

(a) Proceedings for the formation of a district within any county shall be commenced by a petition signed by the owners of 15 percent of the table grape acreage. (b) The petition shall be addressed to, and filed with, the board of supervisors of the county. (Amended by Stats. 200…

The petition may be filed in sections, each of which shall comply with all the requirements for a petition, except that a section need not contain the total number of signatures required for the petition. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)

Signatures to the petition may be withdrawn at any time before it has been acted upon by filing with the clerk of the board of supervisors a declaration signed by the petitioner that states that it is the intention of the petitioner to withdraw his or her signature from the petit…

(a) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district and shall set forth its boundaries or describe the lands to be included. (b) It is a sufficient designation of the boundaries of a proposed district to recite that all the table grape acreage in the county that is to …

(a) The petition shall be accompanied by a fee in an amount established by the board of supervisors as is necessary to reimburse the county for all costs incurred by it in connection with the proposed organization of the district. The board of supervisors may charge the district …

(a) Upon the presentation and filing of a petition, the board of supervisors shall refer the petition to the county agricultural commissioner for the preparation of a register of owners of table grape acreage within the proposed district, and for an investigation and report. (b) …

(a) The board of supervisors shall fix a time and place for a hearing of the petition. (b) The hearing shall not be less than 20 days, or more than 40 days, after the filing of the petition with the board of supervisors. (c) The board of supervisors shall order the clerk of the b…

Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the district. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)

The notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks prior to the date set for the hearing. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)

At the hearing, the report of the county agricultural commissioner shall be received. Protests may be made orally or in writing by any person interested in the formation of the proposed district. Any protest that pertains to the regularity or sufficiency of the proceedings shall …

At the hearing, any owner of table grape acreage in the proposed district may present to the board of supervisors a request, in writing, for the exclusion of that acreage or any part of that acreage from the proposed district upon a showing that the acreage or part of that acreag…

If the board of supervisors determines that the petition does not comply with the requirements of law, the matter may be dismissed without prejudice to present a new petition covering the same matter. A finding by the board of supervisors in favor of the sufficiency of the petiti…

(a) If the board of supervisors determines that the project is feasible and in the interest of the table grape acreage owners of the county, the board of supervisors shall, by order entered in its minutes, declare the district is duly organized under the name designated in the pe…

(a) In determining the boundaries of the district, the board of supervisors shall exclude from the district any table grape acreage that it finds will not be benefited by the proposed project, pursuant to the facts in Section 6047.74, and it may include in the district any acreag…

Upon the filing of the order of organization, the board of supervisors shall appoint a board of directors of five members to administer the affairs of the district. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 11. Effective September 9, 2004.)

To be a director of the district, a person shall be either an owner of, or the designee of an owner of, acreage included in the district that is devoted, in whole or in part, to the growing of table grapes. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 400, Sec. 12. Effective September 9, 2004.)

Upon his or her appointment, each director shall, in the manner provided by law, subscribe the oath of office and file the oath with the county clerk. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)

(a) From and after the filing for record of the order of the board of supervisors declaring the district organized, and the appointment and qualification of its first board of directors, the organization of the district is complete. The district shall operate for a period of five…

(a) Immediately after the organization of the district, the directors shall meet and organize as a board and shall elect a chairperson, vice chairperson, and secretary from among their own number. (b) The chairperson shall call and preside at all meetings of the board, sign all w…

The members of the board shall serve for terms of two years, or for a longer term as determined by the board of supervisors, and until the appointment and qualification of their successors. (Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 244, Sec. 1. Effective August 29, 2003.)