BILL NUMBER: AB 1795	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


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

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2010

   An act to amend Section 76750 of, and to repeal Section 75540 of,
the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to agriculture.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1795, as introduced, Committee on Agriculture. Agriculture:
marketing advisory and promotional councils and commissions.
   (1) Existing law establishes in state government the California
Apple Commission, which consists of 12 apple producer and handler
members and one public member. Existing law specifies that the term
of office of each member of the commission, except ex officio
members, is 4 years, and limits the number of terms of office of each
member to 4 consecutive terms.
   This bill would delete the limitation on the number of terms of
office.

   (2) Existing law establishes in state government the California
Salmon Council and provides that the council may, subject to the
approval of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, exercise specified
powers which may be delegated to the council by the secretary,
including, among others, the power to make contracts and other
agreements to promote the sale of salmon and salmon products on
either a local, state, national, or international basis.
   This bill would also authorize the council to present facts to,
and negotiate with, state, federal, and foreign agencies on matters
that affect the provisions relating to the council.
   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 75540 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
repealed. 
   75540.  The terms of office of each member shall be limited to
four consecutive terms. 
  SEC. 2.  Section 76750 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended
to read:
   76750.  The duties of the council shall be advisory, except as to
those duties  which   that  may be
delegated to it by the  director   secretary
 or as otherwise designated in this chapter. The council may,
subject to the approval of the  director  
secretary  , exercise any of the following powers  which
  that  may be delegated to the council by the
 director   secretary  :
   (a) To recommend to the  director   secretary
 administrative regulations  which   that
 relate to the administration and enforcement of this chapter.
   (b) To investigate all matters  which   that
 affect the administration of this chapter, and to report
violations of  it   this chapter  to the
 director   secretary  .
   (c) To employ and, at its pleasure, discharge a manager and such
clerical help and other employees as it deems necessary, and to
prescribe their duties and powers and fix their compensation.
   (d) To contract with, or employ, and at its pleasure, discharge
any other persons that it deems necessary, and in the cases of
 such of them as   those persons  it shall
employ, to outline their powers and duties and fix their
compensation.
   (e) To establish offices and incur expenses incidental thereto.
   (f) To make contracts and other agreements that may be proper to
promote the sale of salmon and salmon products on either a local,
state, national, or international basis.
   (g) (1) To cooperate with any other local, state, or national
commission, organization, or agency, whether voluntary or created by
state or federal law, including, but not limited to, the Oregon
Salmon Commission, the West Coast Fisheries Development Foundation,
the Coastal Fisheries Foundation, and the National Fish and Seafood
Promotion Council,  which   that  is
engaged in work or activities similar to the work and activities of
the council, and to recommend to the  director  
secretary  the making of contracts and agreements with those
organizations or agencies for carrying on joint programs of
education, research, publicity, and advertising.
   (2) To recommend to the  director   secretary
 the making of contracts and agreements with other councils,
commodity commissions, or producer organizations for joint programs
of publicity and advertising where those products are compatible with
the promotion of salmon and salmon products.
   (3) In matters of research, to cooperate with organizations of
recognized professional standing  which   that
 are adequately equipped with facilities for the research
 which   that  is contemplated.
   (h) To recommend to the  director   secretary
 the institution and promotion of scientific research to
develop or discover, or both, the health, food, therapeutic,
dietetic, and other uses of salmon.
   (i) (1) To receive, invest, and disburse funds pursuant to Article
8 (commencing with Section 76900).
   (2) To allocate funds to agencies not specifically or solely
engaged in carrying on research or promotion for salmon, if the
council and the  director   secretary  are
satisfied that those allocations will be beneficial to the California
salmon fishery and will tend to effectuate the declared purposes of
this chapter. 
   (j) To present facts to, and negotiate with, state, federal, and
foreign agencies on matters that affect this chapter.