BILL NUMBER: SB 746	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  278
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 9, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 11, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 6, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 5, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wolk
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Dodd)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Sections 79831 and 79835 of the Food and
Agricultural Code, relating to olive oil.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 746, Wolk. Olive Oil Commission of California: voting members:
chair of advisory committee.
   Existing law establishes the Olive Oil Commission of California
and provides for the board of directors of the commission comprised
of 10 voting members, as specified. Existing law further provides for
an advisory committee to advise the commission board of directors,
provides for the selection of the chair of the advisory committee by
the members of the advisory committee, and specifies that the chair
of the advisory committee shall be a nonvoting member of the
commission board of directors.
   This bill would instead establish the chair of the advisory
committee to be a member, rather than a nonvoting member, of the
commission board of directors. The bill would also require the chair
of the advisory committee to designate an alternate advisory
committee member to serve in the chair's absence.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 79831 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   79831.  (a) There is in the state government the Olive Oil
Commission of California. Except as provided in subdivision (c), the
commission board of directors shall be composed of the following:
   (1) Six producers, two from each district.
   (2) Three handlers, one from each district.
   (3) One public member who shall be appointed to the commission
board of directors by the secretary from nominees recommended by the
commission board of directors.
   (4) The chair of the advisory committee.
   (b) The secretary and other appropriate persons as determined by
the commission board of directors shall be ex officio members.
   (c) The commission board of directors may modify the number of
producers and handlers who serve on the commission board of directors
by a two-thirds vote that is concurred in by the secretary, if
proper notice is provided to all persons subject to this chapter
before the action.
   (d) An advisory committee shall meet periodically to review issues
affecting the purposes of this chapter and shall advise the
commission board of directors. The advisory committee shall consist
of seven members who shall each serve three-year terms. The chair of
the advisory committee shall be selected by the members.
  SEC. 2.  Section 79835 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   79835.  (a) Except for the ex officio members of the commission
board of directors, each member of the commission board of directors
shall have an alternate member elected in the same manner as the
member. An alternate member, in the absence of the member for whom he
or she is an alternate, shall serve in place of the member. An
alternate member may also serve in place of any other absent member
of the same classification, producer or handler, if the member's
alternate is also absent. However, an alternate member may not serve
in place of more than one absent member at a meeting. An alternate
member serving in place of a member shall have and be able to
exercise all rights, privileges, and powers of the member when
serving. In the event of death, removal, resignation, or the
disqualification of a member, the alternate for the member, or
another alternate of the same classification if the alternate member
for the member is absent, shall act as the member until a qualified
successor is elected.
   (b) The chair of the advisory committee shall designate a member
of the advisory committee to serve as an alternate in place of the
chair in the chair's absence. An alternate advisory committee member
serving in the place of the chair shall have and be able to exercise
all rights, privileges, and powers of the chair when serving.