BILL NUMBER: SB 565	CHAPTERED  08/11/03

	CHAPTER  236
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 11, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 9, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 17, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  APRIL 10, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2003

   An act to amend Section 52941 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to agriculture, making an appropriation therefor, and
declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 565, Florez.  Agriculture:  San Joaquin Valley cotton district.

   Existing law provides that any person who has cottonseed delinted,
as defined, for planting purposes under specified provisions
relating to the San Joaquin Valley cotton district, shall annually
pay to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture an assessment in an
amount not to exceed $4 per hundredweight.  This assessment is to be
used exclusively for enforcement of these specified provisions and
for the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Board functions, including cotton
variety testing and related administrative expenses.
   This bill would increase the assessment to not exceed $6 per
hundredweight.  These assessments would be deposited into the
Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, and are continuously
appropriated to the department for the purposes for which they are
collected.  Therefore, this bill would make an appropriation by
increasing the money in a continuously appropriated fund.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 52941 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   52941.  (a) Any person who has cottonseed delinted for planting
purposes under this chapter, shall annually pay to the secretary an
assessment in an amount not to exceed six dollars ($6) per
hundredweight on the undelinted weight of the cottonseed.
   (b) Cottonseed delinters, by June 15th of each year, shall provide
the secretary with the name and address of each person having
cottonseed delinted and the undelinted weight of their cottonseed.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to provide sufficient funds to protect California's
cotton industry, it is necessary for this act to take effect
immediately as an urgency statute.