BILL NUMBER: AB 2504	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Agriculture (Assembly Members Dodd
(Chair), Gallagher (Vice Chair), Gray, Grove, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer,
Mathis, Quirk, and Salas)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 52296.5 to the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to seed.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2504, as introduced, Committee on Agriculture. Seed Advisory
Board: alfalfa seed assessments.
   Existing law establishes the Seed Advisory Board to advise the
Secretary of Food and Agriculture and make recommendations on matters
pertaining to the California Seed Law, and requires the board to be
advisory on the scope of the program funded by industry and recommend
the dollar volume assessments that, when combined with registration
fees, provide adequate funds to support the program.
   This bill would authorize the board to advise the secretary and
make recommendations on assessments to fund research to benefit the
alfalfa seed industry.
   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 52296.5 is added to the Food and Agricultural
Code, to read:
   52296.5.  The board may advise the secretary and make
recommendations on assessments to fund research to benefit the
alfalfa seed industry.