BILL NUMBER: AB 2888	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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

                        FEBRUARY 29, 2016

   An act to amend Section 4401.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to fairs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2888, as introduced, Committee on Agriculture. State-supported
fairs: food and fiber exhibits.
   Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to
expend up to $100,000 in any fiscal year for an exhibit or exhibits
at a state-supported fair that demonstrates the process of production
and use of food and fiber and to annually provide for a conference
of fair judges to aid the Department of Food and Agriculture in
prescribing regulations for the judging of exhibits and for the
premiums paid for all classes, sections, and types of exhibits, and
authorizes the secretary to expend up to $15,000 in any fiscal year
for these purposes.
   This bill would instead authorize rather than require the
secretary to perform the above-specified functions.
   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 4401.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   4401.5.  (a) The  director shall   secretary
may  expend an amount not to exceed a total of one hundred
thousand dollars ($100,000) in any fiscal year for any exhibit or
exhibits located on any state-supported fair demonstrating, in a
creative and innovative manner, the process of production and use of
food and fiber from the producer to the consumer in this state.
   (b) The  director shall   secretary may 
annually provide for a conference of fair judges to aid the
department in prescribing regulations adopted pursuant to Section
4501. The  director   secretary  may expend
up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) in any fiscal year for
 such   these  purposes.