BILL NUMBER: SB 255	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cannella

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2013

   An act to amend Section 78581 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to agriculture.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 255, as introduced, Cannella. Agriculture: California Seafood
Council.
   Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to
take various actions with respect to agricultural marketing advisory
and promotional councils and commissions, including the California
Seafood Council.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions
relating to the California Seafood Council.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 78581 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   78581.  (a) If the  director   secretary
 finds that a favorable vote has been given, the 
director   secretary  shall certify and give notice
of the favorable vote to all receivers whose names and addresses are
on file with the  director   secretary  .
   (b) If the  director   secretary  finds
that a favorable vote has not been given, the  director
  secretary  shall so certify and declare this
chapter inoperative. The  director   secretary
 shall also notify the appropriate policy committees in both the
Assembly and Senate that the chapter is inoperative.