BILL NUMBER: AB 862	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Agriculture

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 409 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to the Department of Food and Agriculture.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 862, as introduced, Committee on Agriculture. Department of
Food and Agriculture: rules and regulations: license issuance and
renewal.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture, by
rule or regulation, to provide for the issuance and renewal on a
2-year basis of licenses, certificates of registration, or other
indicia of authority issued pursuant to the Food and Agricultural
Code by the department or any agency in the department, and to set
the fees for the issuance or renewal of those licenses, certificates
of registration, or other indicia.
   This bill would instead specify that those licenses, certificates
of registration, or other indicia of authority issued pursuant to the
Food and Agricultural Code are those issued by the department or any
division, office, or other entity within the department.
   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 409 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   409.   (a)    Notwithstanding any other 
provision of  law, the department by rule or regulation may
provide for the issuance and renewal on a two-year basis of
licenses, certificates of registration, or other indicia of authority
issued pursuant to this code by the department or any 
agency in   division, office, or other entity within
 the department. 
   The 
    (b)     The  department may, by rule
or regulation, set the fee for  such   a 
two-year license, certificate of registration, or other indicia, not
to exceed twice the annual fee for issuance or renewal set by
statute.