BILL NUMBER: AB 945	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 14, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Agriculture (Galgiani (Chair), Tom
Berryhill (Vice Chair), Conway, Fuller, Ma, Mendoza, and Yamada)

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Sections 24002 and 42815 of the Food and
Agricultural Code, relating to the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 945, Committee on Agriculture. Secretary of Food and
Agriculture regulation: equine drugs: fruits, nuts, and vegetables
standards.
   Existing law prohibits, as specified, the showing of a horse at a
public horse show, competition, or sale if the horse has been
administered a prohibited substance. Existing law exempts from these
provisions on the drugging of horses any individual horse show,
competition, or sale that is certified by the Secretary of Food and
Agriculture, with a 30-day written notice of a public hearing to the
advisory committee, if the secretary determines that specified
criteria are satisfied.
   This bill would delete the exemption from the provisions on the
drugging of horses applicable to any horse show, competition, or sale
certified by the secretary.
   Existing law generally creates standards for fruits, nuts, and
vegetables. Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and
Agriculture to create an industry-funded standardization program for
the purpose of implementing these standards. Existing law requires
the secretary to adopt regulations that he or she determines are
reasonably necessary to carry out this program, including, but not
limited to, establishing assessment rates and procedures for payment
of assessments. Existing law repeals the standardization program
provisions on January 1, 2010.
   This bill would extend the repeal date until January 1, 2015.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 24002 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   24002.  The secretary has jurisdiction of all events under this
chapter and shall administer and enforce this chapter.
  SEC. 2.  Section 42815 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   42815.  This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, which becomes effective on or before January 1, 2015,
deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.