BILL NUMBER: AB 2504	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 31, 2016

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:  alfalfa seed assessments.   assessments:
alfalfa seed producers. 
   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 assess
alfalfa seed producers  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 assess
alfalfa seed producers  to fund research to benefit the alfalfa
seed industry.