Amended in Assembly March 31, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2504

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 amended, Committee on Agriculture. Seed Advisory Board: begin delete alfalfa seed assessments. end delete begin insert assessments: alfalfa seed producers. end insert

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 begin delete on assessments end delete begin insert to assess alfalfa seed producers end insert 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 begin delete on assessments end delete begin insert to assess alfalfa seed producers end insert
to fund research to benefit the alfalfa seed industry.