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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                          SB 513 (Cannella)
          
          Hearing Date: 5/16/2011         Amended: As Introduced
          Consultant: Bob Franzoia        Policy Vote: Agriculture 7-0
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          BILL SUMMARY: SB 513 would do the following:
          - Extend from January 1, 2011 to January 1, 2015, authorization 
          to collect administrative fees from renderers and collection 
          centers in connection with rendering.  The funds collected are 
          required to be deposited in the Food and Agriculture Fund.
          - Extend from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2017, a requirement 
          that every operator of a certified farmers' market remit to the 
          Department of Food and Agriculture a fee equal to the number of 
          agricultural producers participating on each market day for the 
          previous quarter.  The funds shall be used by the department 
          upon appropriation by the Legislature.
          - Extend from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2017, provisions 
          authorizing civil penalties relating to the conduct of farmers' 
          markets.
          By reenacting provisions requiring collection and deposit of 
          funds into a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would 
          make an appropriation.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2011-12      2012-13       2013-14     Fund
           Sunset extensions                                             - 
          rendering collection program      $108        $216      
          $216Special*
                                 ($108)     ($216)      ($216)

          - farmers market program          $115        $230      
          $230Special*
                                 ($115)     ($230)      ($230)

          * Department of Food and Agriculture Fund
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          The Department of Food and Agriculture has jurisdiction for 
          health and safety practices of licensed renderers, transporters, 
          and collection centers.  The authority to collect regulatory 
          fees sunset on July 1, 2010.

          The certified farmers' market program is funded through an 
          operator's fee collected by the department based a per stall 
          fee.  The fee revenue supports the county agricultural 
          commissioner who issues the certificates to the producer and the 
          market operator and conducts inspection and enforcement 
          activities at the markets.