SECTIONS 55050-55052 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 55050-55052

55050. Except as provided for in Section 55052, no person may
plant, produce, process, or handle rice identified pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 55040, except in compliance with this
chapter. Regulations shall be adopted by the secretary, in accordance
with Section 55022, to accomplish all of the following purposes:
(a) Maintain the integrity and prevent contamination of rice which
has not been identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section
55040.
(b) Prevent the introduction of disease, weeds, or other pests.
(c) Ensure that persons handling seed for the production of rice
identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 55040 or bringing
rice identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 55040 into the
state for processing notify the commission of the location of
planting sites and of the dates and procedures for planting,
producing, processing, or handling of rice identified pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 55040.
(d) Ensure that persons receiving rice having been identified
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 55040 produced outside the
state for processing notify the commission of the location of the
receipt and of the procedures for processing or handling the rice to
prevent commercial impact to other rice and the spread of weeds,
diseases, or other pests.
(e) Enforce the restrictions and conditions imposed on the
planting, producing, processing, or handling of rice identified
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 55040.
(f) Encourage research and development of new types of rice.

55051. Except as specified in Section 55052, rice shall not be
planted, produced, processed, or handled unless it has been reviewed
by the committee for the purposes of making the findings set forth in
Section 55040, and if necessary, the establishment of regulations
pursuant to Section 55047.

55052. (a) Except as set forth in this section, this chapter shall
not apply to 50 acres or less of rice of any type planted for
research purposes. No one type may be planted on more than 50 acres
in the state and be considered research within the meaning of this
section. Any person conducting research on 50 acres or less shall
notify the committee of the location of the acreage involved, and the
proposed procedures for planting, producing, processing, or handling
the rice. The committee shall review and approve, modify, or reject
the proposed procedures to ensure that the research will not result
in commercial impacts to other rice. The committee shall accept any
procedures that have been previously approved or accepted by an
agency of state or federal government unless the committee provides
written justification for modifying or rejecting the procedures.
(b) In addition to the information required pursuant to
subdivision (a), the committee may require any person proposing to
conduct research using rice brought into the state from another state
or country to provide the committee with proposed procedures to
ensure that the introduced rice is free of diseases, weeds, or other
pests. The committee shall review and approve, modify, or reject the
proposed procedures. The committee shall accept any procedures that
have been previously approved or accepted by an agency of state or
federal government unless the committee provides written
justification for modifying or rejecting the procedures.
(c) The notice required pursuant to this section shall not require
specific information regarding the attributes of the rice that is
the subject of the research.
(d) The notice required by this section shall be provided in the
time and manner specified by the committee.
(e) This chapter shall not apply to research conducted by the
University of California except for rice produced directly from the
research that enters the channels of trade.