BILL NUMBER: AB 315	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 8, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bigelow

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2015

   An act to repeal  Sections 3029 and   Section
 4401.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to fairs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 315, as amended, Bigelow.  Fairs: annual  reports and
 expenditures. 
   Existing law provides for admission to a state, district, county,
or citrus fair without payment of an established admission price to
persons with credential admissions or courtesy pass admissions, and
requires each fair to make an annual report to the Department of Food
and Agriculture of the total number of credential and courtesy pass
admissions issued and honored at the fair.  
   This bill would repeal the annual reporting requirement. 

   Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to
expend up to $100,000 each fiscal year for an exhibit or exhibits at
a fair that demonstrates, in a creative or innovative manner, the
process of production and use of food and fiber. Existing law also
requires the secretary to annually provide for a conference of fair
judges to aid the department in prescribing regulations relating to
judging exhibits and premiums offered for exhibits, and authorizes
the secretary to expend up to $15,000 each fiscal year for those
purposes.
   This bill would repeal those provisions.
   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.    Section 3029 of the Food and
Agricultural Code is repealed. 
   SEC. 2.   SECTION 1.   Section 4401.5 of
the Food and Agricultural Code is repealed.