SECTIONS 71020-71037 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 71020-71037

71020. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this article govern the construction of this chapter.

71021. "Books and records" means books, records, contracts,
documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data
pertaining to matters relating to the activities subject to this
chapter.

71022. "Commission" means the California Rice Commission.

71023. (a) "Districts" consist of the following:
(1) District 1 consists of Butte County.
(2) District 2 consists of Colusa County.
(3) District 3 consists of Glenn County and Tehama County, and any
county north of those counties where rice is produced.
(4) District 4 consists of Yuba and Sutter Counties.
(5) District 5 consists of Sacramento, San Joaquin, Placer, and
Yolo Counties and any county south of those counties where rice is
produced.
(b) The commission, upon a two-thirds vote of the membership of
the commission, may change the districts.

71024. "Ex officio member" means a nonvoting member of the
commission.

71025. "Handle" means to engage in the business of being a handler.
It does not include the drying of rice.

71026. "Handler" means any person who is engaged in this state in
the business of marketing rice who handles 100,000 hundredweight or
more of rough or "paddy" rice, or the equivalent amount of milled
rice during a marketing season. It is the Legislature's intent that
this provision be construed so that every person engaged in the
handling of 100,000 hundredweight or more of rice produced in
California is subject to assessment pursuant to this chapter.

71027. "Hundredweight" or "Cwt." are synonymous and mean 100 pounds
avoirdupois, excluding tare.

71028. "Market" or "marketing" means to sell rice to a person other
than a handler.

71029. "Marketing research" means any research relating to the sale
of rice.

71030. "Marketing season" or "fiscal year" are synonymous terms and
mean the period beginning September 1 of any year and extending
through the last day of August of the following year.

71031. "Person" means any individual, partnership, limited
liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, firm,
company, or other entity doing business in California.

71032. "Producer" means any person who produces, or causes to be
produced, rice.

71033. "Production research" means any research relating to the
production, harvest, and postharvest handling of rice.

71034. "Public member" means the person appointed by the commission
pursuant to Section 71050. The public member and his or her
alternate shall not have any financial interest in the production or
handling of rice.

71035. "Rice" means all rough or "paddy" rice or milled rice (Oryza
sativa L.) from any source handled within the state of California,
including mochi rice (sweet rice). It does not include rice produced
for seed or wild rice (Zinzania aquatica; Zinzania palustris).

71036. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.

71037. "Sell" means to transfer or cause the transfer of title to
rice for valuable consideration.