SECTIONS 59021-59037 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 59021-59037

59021. In making effective major amendments to a marketing order,
the director shall follow the same procedures which are prescribed in
this chapter for the institution of a marketing order.

59022. For the purposes of this chapter, a major amendment to a
marketing order shall include, but not be limited to, any amendment
which is specified in Sections 59023 to 59035, inclusive.

59023. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority for any of the following:
(a) Determining the existence and extent of the surplus of any
commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it.
(b) Providing for the control and disposition of such surplus and
for equalizing the burden of such surplus elimination.
(c) The establishment of a stabilization fund for equalizing
surplus obligations.

59024. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority for limiting the total quantity of
any commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which may be
prepared for market or marketed within this state.

59025. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority for allotting the quantity of any
commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which any handler
may purchase or acquire from or handle on behalf of any and all
producers of such commodity within this state.

59026. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority for allotting the quantity of any
commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which any handler
may process, distribute, or handle within this state.

59027. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority for regulating the period during
which any commodity, or any grade, size, or quality of such
commodity, may be processed, distributed, or otherwise marketed
within this state.

59028. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority for the establishment of surplus,
stabilization, or byproduct pools for any commodity, or of any grade,
size, quality, or condition of it.

59029. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority for the establishment of uniform
grading and inspection of any commodity and the establishment of
grading standards of quality, condition, size, or pack of such
commodity.

59030. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority for the establishment of plans for
advertising and sales promotion of any commodity.

59031. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority to prohibit unfair trade practices.

59032. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority for the establishment of production
adjustment requirements and benefit payments which relate to them.

59033. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority for carrying out research studies
in the production, processing, or distribution of any commodity.

59034. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority to increase an assessment rate
beyond the maximum rate which is authorized by the marketing order
then in effect.

59035. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes
from, a marketing order authority to extend the application of the
provisions of any marketing order to portions or uses of a commodity
not previously subject to such provisions or to restrict or extend
the application of such provisions upon the producers or handlers of
such portions or uses of any such commodity.

59036. Modification of any provision of any marketing order in
effect for the purpose of clarifying the meaning or application of
such provision or modifying administrative procedures for carrying
out such provision is not a major amendment of such marketing order.

59037. The exercise by the director of any regulatory authority
which is authorized in a marketing order or marketing agreement is
not a major amendment, but is a seasonal marketing regulation.