SECTIONS 4431-4444 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 4431-4444

4431. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, on or after
January 1, 1943, apportionments shall be made only to counties or
district agricultural associations which received apportionments on
the basis of the premiums which were paid at fairs held by them
during the calendar year 1941.

4432. Merced, Madera, Santa Cruz, and Solano Counties may each
receive an apportionment although they held no fairs in the calendar
year 1941 and the agricultural associations of the agricultural
districts which comprise such counties each received an apportionment
during the calendar year 1941.

4433. Marin County may receive an apportionment although that
county held no fair in the calendar year 1941 and the agricultural
association of the agricultural district of which Marin County is a
part received an apportionment during the calendar year 1941.

4434. A district agricultural association of a district created
subsequent to January 1, 1943, may receive an apportionment.

4435. A district agricultural association which did not receive an
apportionment on the basis of the premiums which were paid at a fair
that was held during the calendar year 1941 may receive an
apportionment unless a county whose area lies in whole or in part
within the boundaries of the agricultural district received an
apportionment on the basis of the premiums which were paid at a fair
that was held during the calendar year 1941.

4436. A district agricultural association which did not receive an
apportionment on the basis of the premiums which were paid at a fair
that was held by it during the calendar year 1941, may receive an
apportionment if the board of supervisors of each county which is in
whole or in part within the boundaries of the agricultural district
in which the association is formed and which received an
apportionment on the basis of the premiums which were paid at a fair
that was held during the calendar year 1941, by resolution, announces
its intention to discontinue permanently the holding of fairs for
which the county would be eligible to receive an apportionment.

4437. A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the
department.

4438. After the board of supervisors adopts and files the
resolution, the county is no longer eligible to receive any
apportionment and the district agricultural association which thereby
becomes eligible to receive an apportionment shall, for the purpose
of determining its maximum base of apportionment, be entitled to
receive credit for the fairs which were previously held by the
county. They shall be considered as fairs which were held by the
association in calculating the maximum apportionment base for the
association.

4439. Within one year from and after the date the resolution is
adopted, the county shall pay to the district agricultural
association the unexpended balance of any money which was previously
apportioned to the county.

4440. No apportionment shall be made for more than one fair in any
one year in any county or district. The fair may be operated in one
or more seasonal divisions with the approval of the department. The
department may approve such method of operation if it finds that
savings will accrue from not providing additional facilities or that
an increase in revenue will result or both.

4441. A county or district agricultural association may contract
with each other or with a county fair association to hold an
agricultural fair without loss of any apportionment to which it
otherwise is entitled separately. However, no county or district
agricultural association may receive an apportionment for a joint or
combined fair which is held by them.

4442. No fair for which a separate appropriation is made by the
state shall participate in the apportionment of any money
appropriated for the encouragement of county and district
agricultural association fairs.

4443. If a district agricultural association fair is conducted in
any county of the state, no county fair, except a county fair which
received apportionments prior to September 9, 1953, shall be paid any
apportionment.

4444. No apportionment shall be made to any fair held in Sacramento
County after January 1, 1948, other than a fair conducted by the
California State Fair and Exposition, the California State Exposition
and Fair Executive Committee or by a district agricultural
association in Agricultural District 52.