BILL NUMBER: AB 1389	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Agriculture

                        MARCH 4, 2013

   An act to add Article 13 (commencing with Section 52991) to
Chapter 4 of Division 18 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating
to agriculture, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1389, as introduced, Committee on Agriculture. San Joaquin
Valley Quality Cotton District.
   Existing law establishes the San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton
District for the purposes of promoting, encouraging, aiding, and
protecting the planting and growing of cotton in California. Existing
law establishes the San Joaquin Valley Cotton Board, and establishes
the powers of the board to include, among others, establishing
quality standards and making recommendations to the Secretary of Food
and Agriculture on all matters pertaining to the district. Existing
law provides funding for the board and enforcement of the provisions
through assessments, and requires that all moneys received pursuant
to these provisions, which are deposited in the continuously
appropriated Department of Food and Agriculture Fund, be expended
only for purposes of the provisions relating to the San Joaquin
Valley Quality Cotton District.
   This bill would make these provisions and related regulations
inoperative on July 1, 2014, except as specified, unless a resolution
is approved to continue the operation of these provisions, or the
secretary receives a petition from members of the cotton industry in
the San Joaquin Valley, and makes a determination that it is in the
best interests of the cotton industry and the state to continue these
provisions. The bill would require the secretary to establish an
advisory committee, and would specify that the secretary shall not be
required to administer any of these provisions that are operative
unless the secretary determines there are sufficient funds to pay the
costs incurred by the secretary, as specified. Because the bill
would authorize the use of continuously appropriated funds for a new
purpose, the bill would make an appropriation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Article 13 (commencing with Section 52991) is added to
Chapter 4 of Division 18 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:

      Article 13.  Operation


   52991.  (a) Except as specified in subdivision (c), on and after
July 1, 2014, the provisions of this chapter, and any regulations
adopted pursuant to this chapter, shall become inoperative unless
either of the following occurs:
   (1) A resolution is approved in accordance with the procedures
specified in subdivision (c) of Section 52891.1, as that section read
on January 1, 2013, to continue the operation of this chapter.
   (2) The secretary receives a petition from members of the cotton
industry in the San Joaquin Valley, and makes a determination that
circumstances in the California cotton industry indicate that the
operation of this chapter is in the best interests of the cotton
industry and the state.
   (b) The secretary shall establish a committee to advise the
secretary. The committee shall be comprised of cotton growers,
representatives of cotton seed processing organizations involved in
seed crushing operations, handlers of raw cotton fiber, and
representatives of cotton ginning organizations.
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the following provisions
shall remain operative and shall be administered by the secretary:
   (1) Section 52893.
   (2) Subdivision (b) of Section 52901.
   (3) Section 52981.
   52992.  The secretary shall not be required to administer this
article or any provisions of this chapter that are operative pursuant
to Section 52991 unless the secretary determines that there are
sufficient funds remaining in the Department of Food and Agriculture
Fund that were deposited and authorized to be expended for purposes
of this chapter, or from other sources, including the California
cotton industry, to pay the costs incurred by the secretary.