Amended in Assembly March 28, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1647

Introduced by Assembly Member Bigelow

February 11, 2014

An act to begin delete amend Section 19620 of the Business and Professions Code end delete begin insert repeal Sections 3029 and 4401.5 of the Food and Agricultural Code end insert , relating to begin delete the Fair and Exposition Fund end delete begin insert fairs end insert .

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1647, as amended, Bigelow. begin delete Fair and Exposition Fund. end delete begin insert Fairs: Department of Food and Agriculture. end insert

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(1) Existing law requires that each state, district, county, or citrus fruit fair that receives state funds make an annual report to the Department of Food and Agriculture regarding the total number of credential and courtesy pass admissions issued and honored at the fair.

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This bill would delete this requirement.

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(2) Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to expend up to $100,000 in any fiscal year for exhibits at a state-supported fair that demonstrate the process of production and use of food and fiber from the producer to the consumer in this state. Existing law requires the secretary to annually provide for a conference of fair judges to aid the department in prescribing regulations for the judging of exhibits and for the premiums paid for all classes, sections, and types of exhibits, and authorizes the secretary to expend up to $15,000 in any fiscal year for these purposes.

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This bill would eliminate these provisions.

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Under existing law, the Department of Food and Agriculture is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the Fair and Exposition Fund, administering allocations from the fund, and providing oversight of activities at each California fair.

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This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 3029 of the end insert begin insert Food and Agricultural Code end insert
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3029.  

Each fair shall make an annual report to the department,
as prescribed by the department, of the total number of credential
and courtesy pass admissions issued and honored at the fair.

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 4401.5 of the end insert begin insert Food and Agricultural Code end insert begin insert is
repealed. end insert

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4401.5.  

(a) The director shall expend an amount not to exceed
a total of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in any fiscal
year for any exhibit or exhibits located on any state-supported fair
demonstrating, in a creative and innovative manner, the process
of production and use of food and fiber from the producer to the
consumer in this state.

(b) The director shall annually provide for a conference of fair
judges to aid the department in prescribing regulations adopted
pursuant to Section 4501. The director may expend up to fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000) in any fiscal year for such purposes.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 19620 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

19620.  

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the
Department of Food and Agriculture is responsible for ensuring
the integrity of the Fair and Exposition Fund, administering
allocations from the fund to the network of California fairs, as
defined in Sections 19418 to 19418.3, inclusive, and providing
oversight of activities carried out by each California fair.

(b) Oversight shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) Monitoring the solvency of the Fair and Exposition Fund.

(2) Distributing available state resources to the network of
California fairs based on criteria for state allocations approved by
the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. The criteria for the
distribution of available state resources to the network of California
fairs shall not include a consideration of the structure that governs
the fair.

(3) Creating a framework for the administration of the network
of California fairs allowing for maximum autonomy and local
decisionmaking authority, and conducting, or causing to be
conducted, annual fiscal audits and periodic compliance audits.

(4) Conducting fiscal and performance audits of county fairs
and citrus fruit fairs that are requested by the fair that is the subject
of the audit, and that the Department of Food and Agriculture
deems to be necessary.

(5) Guiding and providing incentives to fairs to seek matching
funds and generate new revenue from a variety of sources.

(6) Supporting continuous improvement of fair programming
to ensure that California fairs remain highly relevant community
institutions.

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