Article 3.5 - Funding

California Food and Agricultural Code — §§ 52321-52325

Sections (5)

Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 277, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.

All money that is received by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and shall be expended only for the purpose of this chapter.

§ 52322

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 385, Sec. 1. (SB 348) Effective January 1, 2014.

The secretary shall prepare an annual statement of the operating expenditures and income related to this chapter that shall be presented to the board for review as soon as possible following the termination of any fiscal year. A copy of this statement shall be made available to any interested person upon request.

§ 52323

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 128, Sec. 1. (AB 1583) Effective January 1, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2027. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.

(a)The department’s cost of carrying out this chapter shall be funded from money that is received by the secretary pursuant to this chapter. The secretary shall also pay annually, in arrears, one hundred twenty thousand dollars ($120,000) to counties as an annual subvention for costs incurred in the enforcement of this chapter. The department’s costs of administering this chapter shall be paid before allocating funds to the counties under this section.

(b)This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2027, and, as of January 1,

2031, is repealed.

§ 52324

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 128, Sec. 2. (AB 1583) Effective January 1, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2027. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.

(a)The subvention program under Section 52323 is an optional program available to counties. The subvention to counties under Section 52323 shall be annually apportioned as follows:

(1)At the discretion of the secretary and upon recommendation of the board, counties with no registered seed labelers may annually receive one hundred dollars ($100).

(2)Counties with registered seed labeler operations shall receive subventions based upon enforcement activity generated by the registered seed labeler operations within the county and upon the performance of enforcement activities necessary to carry out this chapter.

(b)This

section shall become inoperative on July 1,

2027, and, as of January 1, 2031, is repealed.

§ 52325

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 128, Sec. 3. (AB 1583) Effective January 1, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2027. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.

(a)Commissioners of counties that choose to participate in the subvention program shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the secretary, whereby the commissioner agrees to maintain a statewide compliance level, determined by the secretary, on all seed within the county. The cooperative agreement shall be in effect for a five-year period. The amount of the subvention designated to each individual participating county shall be established in a memorandum of understanding between the commissioner and the secretary, in consultation with the board.

(b)The secretary, upon recommendation of the board or upon the secretary’s own initiative, may withhold a portion of the funds designated to a county if that county fails to meet the performance standards established

by the secretary and set forth in the cooperative agreement with that county.

(c)The secretary shall provide a written justification to the board for any action taken by the secretary that does not fully implement a recommendation made by the board pursuant to subdivision (b).

(d)This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2027, and, as of January 1, 2031, is repealed.