BILL NUMBER: AB 472	CHAPTERED  10/05/07

	CHAPTER  267
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 5, 2007
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 5, 2007
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 3, 2007

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Agriculture (Parra (Chair), La Malfa
(Vice Chair), Berryhill, Dymally, Fuller, Galgiani, Jones, and
Mendoza)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2007

   An act to amend Sections 20751, 20752, 20754, 20755, 20756, 20757,
20758, 21563, and 21563.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to cattle brands, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 472, Committee on Agriculture. Cattle brands: fees.
   Existing law establishes a system for recordation of cattle
brands, and establishes various fees in connection with the
recordation, and use of a brand, as specified. Existing law requires
these fees to be deposited in the Food and Agriculture Fund, a
continuously appropriated fund.
   This bill would increase various fees in connection with
recordation and use of cattle brands.
   By increasing the amount of fees deposited in a continuously
appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
   Appropriation: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 20751 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   20751.  The fee for each application for recording a brand is
sixty dollars ($60).
  SEC. 2.  Section 20752 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   20752.  The fee entitles the applicant to the recordation of one
brand, one duplicate brand registration certificate, and the right to
use the brand until the following April 1st. The fee for each
additional duplicate is ten dollars ($10).
  SEC. 3.  Section 20754 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   20754.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 20755, the owner
of a brand shall, on or before April 30th after its recordation, pay
to the bureau a biennial period renewal fee of sixty dollars ($60)
for the right to continue to use the brand.
  SEC. 4.  Section 20755 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   20755.  The owner of a recorded brand may, on or before April 30th
of any year, pay in advance to the bureau a sum which is a multiple
of sixty dollars ($60). The payment entitles him or her to use the
brand for a minimum of two years, but not to exceed 10 years, at the
rate of thirty dollars ($30) per year from and after April 1st of
that year. If the advance payment is made, biennial renewals for the
years within the period for which advance payment has been made are
not required.
  SEC. 5.  Section 20756 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   20756.  If the right to use a brand is suspended for failure to
pay the renewal fee, it may be reinstated within one year from the
date of suspension upon the payment of the biennial renewal fee of
sixty dollars ($60) plus a twenty-five dollar ($25) penalty fee.
  SEC. 6.  Section 20757 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   20757.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the fee for
rerecording a forfeited or canceled brand shall be one hundred twenty
dollars ($120). This amount shall accompany the application to
rerecord.
   (b) When a penalty has been paid pursuant to Section 20222, within
30 days of the date the application to rerecord is received by the
director, the fee to rerecord shall be sixty dollars ($60).
  SEC. 7.  Section 20758 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   20758.  The fee for recording the transfer of a brand, including a
new certificate, is sixty dollars ($60).
  SEC. 8.  Section 21563 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   21563.  Except as otherwise provided in this article, the fee
shall be paid at the point of inspection and is one dollar and
forty-four cents ($1.44) for each carcass or hide which is inspected.

  SEC. 9.  Section 21563.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   21563.5.  The fee for the inspection of each carcass or hide shall
be one dollar and forty-four cents ($1.44) for each carcass and hide
originating in those counties or geographical areas where a
point-of-origin inspection is maintained pursuant to Article 4
(commencing with Section 21141) of Chapter 6.