BILL NUMBER: SB 1138	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cedillo

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 19218) to
Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to slaughtered animals.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1138, as introduced, Cedillo. Horsemeat and pet food: Rendering
Industry Advisory Board.
   Existing law generally regulates persons engaged in certain
businesses dealing with dead animals and pet food processing,
including, among others, renderers, pet food processors, dead
haulers, and transporters of inedible kitchen grease. These
regulatory provisions are administered and enforced by the Department
of Food and Agriculture.
   This bill would establish in state government the Rendering
Industry Advisory Board composed of an unspecified number of persons
appointed by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture who are licensed
under the above-mentioned regulatory provisions. The bill would
authorize the secretary to appoint an additional member to the board
who is a public member, as provided. The bill would authorize the
board, on or before January 15 of any year, to establish or designate
one or more entities to administer all or any part of the
above-mentioned regulatory provisions for the fiscal year beginning
July 1 of the same year through June 30 of the following year, in
accordance with the regulations and procedures adopted or established
by the secretary. The bill would provide that the secretary is
responsible for the enforcement of these regulatory provisions and
for the establishment of enforcement procedures.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 19218) is added to
Chapter 5 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
to read:

      Article 1.5.  Rendering Industry Advisory Board


   19218.  (a) There is in state government a Rendering Industry
Advisory Board consisting of ____ persons appointed by the secretary,
who are licensed under this chapter, and who are subject to payment
of the rendering program licensing fees in accordance with this
chapter, including, but not limited to, licensed renderers, dead
haulers, and transporters of inedible kitchen grease. The secretary
may appoint one additional member to the board who shall be a public
member.
   (b) Upon the secretary's request, the board shall submit to the
secretary the name of at least one natural person, each of whom shall
be a citizen and resident of this state and not a producer,
transporter, or processor nor financially interested in any producer,
transporter, or processor, for appointment by the secretary as a
public member of the board. The secretary may appoint this person, or
one of the nominees if more than one name is submitted, as the
public member on the board. If all nominees are unsatisfactory to the
secretary, the board shall continue to submit lists of nominees
until the secretary has made a selection. Any vacancy in the office
of the public member of the board shall be filled by appointment by
the secretary from the nominee or nominees similarly qualified and
submitted by the board. The public member of the board shall
represent the interests of the general public in all matters coming
before the board and shall have the same voting and other rights and
immunities as other members of the board.
   (c) The members of the board shall receive no salary, but are
entitled to payment of necessary traveling expenses in accordance
with Department of Personnel Administration rules. These expenses
shall be paid out of appropriations made to the department.
   19218.5.  (a) In order to avoid administrative charges that may
adversely impact persons subject to this chapter, and to provide for
more efficient implementation of this chapter, the board may, on or
before January 15 of any year, establish or designate one or more
entities to administer all or any part of this chapter for the fiscal
year beginning July 1 of the same year through June 30 of the
following year, in accordance with the regulations and procedures
adopted or established by the secretary.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the secretary shall be
responsible for the enforcement of this chapter and for the
establishment of enforcement procedures.