SECTIONS 29030.5-29032 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 29030.5-29032

29030.5. The beekeeper, apiary owner, apiary operator, or the
person in possession of an apiary, in addition to the annual
assessment fee prescribed by subdivision (a) of Section 29030, shall
pay to the director an annual assessment fee of three cents ($0.03)
per colony for the purpose of research on Africanized bees. The fee
shall be annually collected until July 1, 1992, and the revenue,
notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is continuously
appropriated for that research.
Subdivision (c) of Section 29030 and Section 29032 does not apply
to the disposition of funds authorized by this section.

29031. The assessment fees shall be payable to the director on July
1 of each year. The director shall send a written notice of the
nonpayment of the required assessment fee to any person who fails to
pay the assessment fee on that date. If the total amount of the
assessment fee is not paid within 31 days after receipt of the
written notice from the director, the person shall be required to
pay, in addition to his or her regular fee, a penalty fee equal to 10
percent of the amount of the assessment fee prescribed pursuant to
Section 29030, plus interest from that date. The interest shall
accrue on a daily basis until the amount owed is paid.

29032. (a) Any funds collected by the director pursuant to this
article shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture
Fund to be used for the control of pests, and research related to the
bee industry, as advised by the board and approved by the director,
and to carry out Article 2 (commencing with Section 29020).
(b) The director shall pay by contract entered into pursuant to
this section, five-eighths of the funds received from apiary
assessments to the counties as reimbursement for costs incurred by
the commissioner in the administration and enforcement of this
chapter. The payment shall be apportioned to the commissioner in
relation to each county's expenditure for the administration and
enforcement of the chapter. The director, after consulting with the
board, shall establish standards of performance for administration
and enforcement. The director shall make the payments to each county
only if the commissioner acts in compliance with a contract entered
into between the director and the commissioner.