Title FAC, California Food & Agric. Code

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person is civilly liable for four times the value of the animal at the time of taking, possessing, harboring, transporting, or slaughtering of the animal, with interest, at the prime rate from the date of that occurrence, for atto…

Any person who transports an animal destined for slaughter out of the state under false pretenses in order to avoid an inspection under this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500) for each animal so transported. (Added by Stats. 19…

Any person who falsifies any document or record required by this chapter, or by any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, is liable civilly for a penalty in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation. Any money that is recovered pursuant to this…

There is hereby created the State Race Track Leasing Commission which shall be composed of the Director of Food and Agriculture, the Director of Finance, and the Director of General Services and three individuals, appointed by the Governor, who are members of the Board of Directo…

The Department of Food and Agriculture shall provide clerical services to the commission. The Department of Food and Agriculture, the Department of General Services, and the California Horse Racing Board shall cooperate with the commission, and, insofar as possible, shall, on req…

The State Race Track Leasing Commission may enter into leases or other agreements for the use of the Del Mar Race Track and any other property owned or controlled by the 22nd District Agricultural Association which the commission shall deem necessary to provide horseracing at Del…

The California Horse Racing Board shall, at the request of the commission, certify the eligibility of any prospective lessee or user of the property to be licensed to conduct horseracing at the Del Mar Race Track. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 540, Sec. 2.)

The Attorney General shall serve as counsel for, and adviser to, the commission. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1579.)

The commission shall follow the same procedures, insofar as appropriate, in leasing, or entering into agreements for the use of, the Del Mar Race Track as the Department of General Services follows in leasing or entering into agreements for other state real property. The commissi…

If the commission makes a determination pursuant to this chapter as to the action it proposes to take in awarding the Del Mar Race Track lease or entering into the agreement, it shall report to the Legislature, setting forth the procedures followed by the commission in reaching i…

After the award of a lease or entering into an agreement for the use of the Del Mar Race Track, the commission shall meet from time to time to review the operation of the lease or agreement, and the master plan, and any other related matters. It shall also make such recommendatio…

The commission is a “department” for the purposes of hearings pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1579.)

The commission may enter into a joint powers agreement with the 22nd District Agricultural Association pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code. For the purposes of Section 6502 of the Government Code, the common powers …

The State of California pledges to, and agrees with, the holders of any bonds, other indebtedness, or obligations for the financing of the improvements described in the master plan pursuant to Section 4156, and which are issued or executed and delivered by the commission, the 22n…

The director may enter into an agreement with one or more organizations representing growers and manufacturers of cling peaches whereby research will be conducted by public or private agencies to determine methods of increasing the natural fructose content in cling peaches. The a…

State funds shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of this chapter upon appropriation therefor by the Budget Act or other statute. (Added by renumbering Section 71001 by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 50.)

(a) It is unlawful for any person or entity, or employee or agent of that person or entity, to make any statement, representation, or assertion orally, by public statement, advertisement, signage, or by any means that relates to the sale or availability of agricultural products t…

In lieu of prosecution, the secretary, or a county agricultural commissioner under the authority of the secretary, may levy a civil penalty against a person or entity that violates this chapter in an amount not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than five thousand…

Any action taken against a person by the secretary or a county agricultural commissioner pursuant to Section 890 or 891 shall not preclude the secretary or a county agricultural commissioner from taking a separate action for a violation of a provision of this code that is specifi…

(a) All civil penalties collected pursuant to this chapter by the secretary shall be deposited in the Direct Agricultural Marketing Penalty Account, which is hereby created in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and shall be used to conduct investigations and enforcement…

An action brought by the state or a county pursuant to Section 891 or 892 for a violation of Section 890 shall preclude a concurrent proceeding by the state or a county for the same act. (Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 579, Sec. 1. (AB 1871) Effective January 1, 2015.)