SECTIONS 75511-75526 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 75511-75526

75511. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this article govern the construction of this chapter.

75511.5. "Apple" means any variety of apple that is grown in this
state and marketed for fresh consumption.

75512. "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.

75513. "Commission" means the California Apple Commission.

75514. (a) "Districts" consist of the following:
(1) District 1 consists of the Counties of Imperial, Kern, San
Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles,
Orange, Riverside, and Ventura.
(2) District 2 consists of the Counties of Alpine, Fresno, Inyo,
Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Mono, Monterey, San Benito, Tulare,
and Tuolumne.
(3) District 3 consists of the Counties of Alameda, Amador, Butte,
Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn,
Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Modoc, Napa, Nevada,
Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo,
Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma,
Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Yolo, and Yuba.
(b) The boundaries of any district may be changed by a two-thirds
vote of the members of the commission, which is concurred in by the
secretary, when necessary to maintain similar total production among
the districts and to ensure proper representation. These boundaries
need not coincide with county lines.

75515. "Ex officio member" means a nonvoting member of the
commission.

75516. "Handler" means any person engaged in packing apples for
fresh consumption or engaged in marketing apples for fresh
consumption that the person has produced or that the person is
marketing on behalf of a producer either directly or through an
agent, employee, broker, or otherwise, and who, upon request by the
commission, provides proof that he or she is engaged in handler
activities.

75518. "Market" or "marketing" means to sell apples.

75519. "Marketing research" means any research relating to the sale
of apples.

75520. "Marketing year" means the period beginning July 1 of each
year and extending through June 30 of the following year.

75520.5. "Member" means a person who serves on the commission's
board of directors.

75521. "Pack," "packing," or "packed" means the regular compact
arrangement of all or part of the fruit in any container or
subcontainer.

75522. "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation,
association, or other entity doing business in California.

75523. "Producer" means any person who is engaged in the business
of producing, or causing to be produced, apples for market, and who,
upon request of the commission, provides proof of commodity sale.

75524. "Production research" means any research related to pest
control and to the production, harvest, and postharvest handling of
apples, other than marketing research.

75525. "Sale" means the point at which the producer transfers title
of apples in exchange for financial compensation or other valuable
consideration. A sale may occur even though the purchased apples are
not placed in normal marketing channels.

75526. "Secretary" means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.