BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 1389 (Agriculture Committee)
As Amended June 10, 2013
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |74-0 |(May 23, 2013) |SENATE: |37-0 |(September 6, |
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Original Committee Reference: AGRI.
SUMMARY : Expands the membership of the Shell Egg Advisory Committee
(SEAC) by three, as specified; makes inoperative, as specified, the
statutes and regulations governing the San Joaquin Valley Quality
Cotton District (district), as of January 1, 2014, until specified;
and, removes the use of geographical districts for the California
Asparagus Commission (CAC); deletes term limits for members; and,
deletes provisions allowing the commission to function as a
corporation.
The Senate amendments :
1)Expand the membership of SEAC from seven to 10 members, as
specified.
2)Delete the provisions for geographic district representation of
CAC, making members-at-large representatives; provide for
modification of the number of representatives on the commission,
as specified; delete term limit provisions; and, make conforming
changes.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Authorizes SEAC to advise the California Department of Food and
Agriculture (CDFA) on matters pertaining to standards for shell
eggs including quality, sampling, inspection, fees, and
enforcement of all related laws and regulations, including
components of the Egg Quality Assurance Plan.
2)Establishes the district as all counties within the San Joaquin
Valley where cotton is grown, creates a board and authority to
specify cotton quality standards, review and approval of cotton
varieties and testing, and fee authority. Provides specific
requirements for referendum votes for operation of the district
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and permits referendum votes whenever the board proposes changes
to specified varieties' quality standards; authorizes an
enforcement funding assessment of not more than $6 per
hundredweight on cottonseed, as specified; authorizes assessments
for promotion and research funding on cotton growers in the
district not to exceed one-half of 1% of each grower's gross
cotton value of the previous year; and, provides provisions for
enforcement and violations, as specified.
3)Establishes CAC consisting of 12 elected producers elected from
two specific geographic districts and one public member to, among
other things, conduct programs for promotion, sales, including
marketing research, and advertising of asparagus.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations Committee,
pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
Analysis Prepared by : Jim Collin / AGRI. / (916) 319-2084
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