BILL ANALYSIS Ó Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair SB 513 (Cannella) Hearing Date: 5/16/2011 Amended: As Introduced Consultant: Bob Franzoia Policy Vote: Agriculture 7-0 _________________________________________________________________ ____ BILL SUMMARY: SB 513 would do the following: - Extend from January 1, 2011 to January 1, 2015, authorization to collect administrative fees from renderers and collection centers in connection with rendering. The funds collected are required to be deposited in the Food and Agriculture Fund. - Extend from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2017, a requirement that every operator of a certified farmers' market remit to the Department of Food and Agriculture a fee equal to the number of agricultural producers participating on each market day for the previous quarter. The funds shall be used by the department upon appropriation by the Legislature. - Extend from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2017, provisions authorizing civil penalties relating to the conduct of farmers' markets. By reenacting provisions requiring collection and deposit of funds into a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation. _________________________________________________________________ ____ Fiscal Impact (in thousands) Major Provisions 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Fund Sunset extensions - rendering collection program $108 $216 $216Special* ($108) ($216) ($216) - farmers market program $115 $230 $230Special* ($115) ($230) ($230) * Department of Food and Agriculture Fund _________________________________________________________________ ____ STAFF COMMENTS: > (>) Page 1 The Department of Food and Agriculture has jurisdiction for health and safety practices of licensed renderers, transporters, and collection centers. The authority to collect regulatory fees sunset on July 1, 2010. The certified farmers' market program is funded through an operator's fee collected by the department based a per stall fee. The fee revenue supports the county agricultural commissioner who issues the certificates to the producer and the market operator and conducts inspection and enforcement activities at the markets.