BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: June 29, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Bill Dodd, Chair
SB
746 (Wolk) - As Amended June 6, 2016
SENATE VOTE: (Not relevant)
SUBJECT: Olive Oil Commission of California: chair of advisory
committee.
SUMMARY: Changes the advisory committee (AC) Chair from an ex
official non-voting member of the Olive Oil Commission of California
(OOCC) to a voting member; permits the AC Chair to designate an
alternative OOCC member to act as Chair in his/her absence; and,
makes technical non-substantive changes.
EXISTING LAW: Provides for the establishment of an AC to advise the
board of directors (board) of OOCC, as specified, and provides that
the chair of the AC shall be an ex officio member of the OOCC board.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown.
COMMENTS: OOCC was created by SB 250 (Wolk), Chapter 344, Statutes
of 2013, and assesses producers of over 5,000 gallons per year of
olive oil for the purposes of conducting research, grade standards
and labeling requirements. In an effort to include smaller,
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non-paying producers, this legislation included an AC of those less
than 5,000 gallons a year producers to advise the OOCC board.
The Chair of AC has acted as an ex officio member of the OOCC board.
The OOCC board, at their September 9, 2015, meeting, approved a
motion to include the AC Chair as a voting member of the OOCC board.
SB 736 is intended to fulfill that motion.
The committee may wish to consider if it is an appropriate policy to
have a non-paying producer serving in more than an advisory capacity.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
Olive Oil Commission of California (Sponsor)
California Olive Oil Council
Cal Athena
California Olive Ranch
Dickson Napa Ranch
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Lodi Farming, Inc.
Olio Nuevo
The Groves on 41
Santa Cruz Olive Tree Nursery
Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by:Jim Collin / AGRI. / (916)
319-2084
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