SECTIONS 62660-62667 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 62660-62667

62660. The director may use money in the Department of Food and
Agriculture Fund derived from assessments and fees collected pursuant
to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 61301), Chapter 2 (commencing
with Section 61801), and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 62700) to
the extent necessary to defray the costs of administering this
chapter, except costs for which the fund is liable, as provided for
in Section 62569.

62661. The director is the instrumentality of this state for the
purpose of administering and enforcing this chapter and to execute
the legislative intent expressed in this chapter, and is hereby
vested with the administrative authority specified in this chapter.

62662. The director may exercise any or all of the powers conferred
by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Division 3 of Title
2 of the Government Code upon the head of a department with respect
to hearings and investigations under this chapter.

62663. For purposes of enforcing this chapter, the director may
investigate any and all transactions between producers and handlers,
between nonprofit cooperative associations and producers, and among
handlers. For that purpose, the director shall have access to, and
may enter at all reasonable hours, any place where milk is being
stored, bottled, or manufactured and where milk is being bought,
sold, or handled, or where the books, papers, records, or documents
which relate to those transactions are kept. The director may inspect
and copy those books, papers, records, or documents at any place
within the state.

62665. Any order of the director made pursuant to this chapter
which substantially affects the rights of any directly affected party
shall be subject to judicial review upon petition to the appropriate
court. The petition shall be filed within 30 days after the
effective date of the order.

62666. Any producer who recovers from the fund shall subrogate to
the director all rights of recovery against any person or
organization, and the producer shall execute and deliver to the
director instruments and papers and perform any other acts necessary
to carry out this section.

62667. Any payments made to producers from the fund due to a
handler's default shall accrue interest at the rate of 12 percent per
annum from the date of payment. The payments and accrued interest is
a judgment against the defaulting handler. The judgment shall be
considered a lien on all real and personal property of the defaulting
handler. The director may file the lien for record with any county
recorder where a defaulting handler's property is located and shall
specify the amount owed, the name of the handler, the federal social
security number or the federal employer tax number if known, and the
last known address of the handler. The lien shall remain in full
force and effect until the handler has repaid to the fund an amount
equal to the default.