BILL NUMBER: AB 856	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Caballero

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 14655 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to fertilizer.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 856, as introduced, Caballero. Fertilizer.
   Existing law generally regulates fertilizer materials and provides
for the licensure of individuals who manufacture or distribute
fertilizing materials.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14655 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   14655.  (a) Any lot of fertilizing material for which a hold order
or notice is issued shall be held by the person having control of
the material and shall not be distributed or moved except under the
specific directions of the secretary, pending final disposition
pursuant to this chapter. This does not prevent the person who has
control of the material from inspecting any seized material or from
taking a reasonable sample for evidence while in the presence of a
person designated by the  director   secretary
 .
   (b) The movement, distribution, or sale of all or part of any
product that has been quarantined by the secretary, unless the
movement, distribution, or sale has the prior approval of the
secretary, is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars ($500). A second or subsequent violation of this
subdivision is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than
one thousand dollars ($1,000).