SECTIONS 76221-76233 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 76221-76233

76221. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this article govern the construction of this chapter.

76222. "Sheep" means, but is not limited to rams, ewes, wethers,
and lambs.

76223. "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.

76224. "Commission" means the California Sheep Commission.

76225. "Commissioner" means any member of the commission.

76226. "Districts" shall consist of the following:
(a) District 1 consists of the Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt,
Mendocino, and Lake.
(b) District 2 consists of the Counties of Sonoma, Napa, and
Marin.
(c) District 3 consists of the Counties of Siskiyou, Trinity,
Tehama, Modoc, Lassen, Plumas, and Shasta.
(d) District 4 consists of the Counties of Glenn, Colusa, Butte,
and Yolo.
(e) District 5 consists of the County of Solano.
(f) District 6 consists of the Counties of Sierra, Sutter, Yuba,
Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer, and Nevada.
(g) District 7 consists of the Counties of Calaveras, Amador, San
Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Alpine, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa
Clara, and San Mateo, and the City and County of San Francisco.
(h) District 8 consists of the Counties of Merced, Monterey,
Mariposa, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, San Benito, and Madera.
(i) District 9 consists of the Counties of Fresno, Kings, and
Tulare.
(j) District 10 consists of the Counties of Kern, Mono, and Inyo.
(k) District 11 consists of the Counties of Los Angeles, Imperial,
San Diego, San Bernardino, Riverside, Santa Barbara, Ventura, and
Orange.
The boundaries of any district may be changed by a two-thirds vote
of the commission, which is concurred in by the director, when
necessary to maintain similar total production among the districts
and to ensure proper representation by producers. These boundaries
need not coincide with county lines.

76227. "Handler" means any person engaged in the marketing of wool
which he or she has produced or purchased or acquired from a
producer, or is marketing on behalf of a producer whether as owner,
agent, employee, broker or otherwise. A producer who markets wool to
an out-of-state handler shall be considered the handler for purposes
of this chapter.

76227.5. "Market" means to sell, ship, distribute, or otherwise
handle wool.

76228. "Marketing research" means any research relating to the
marketing of sheep, wool, and the products derived therefrom.

76229. "Marketing year" or "fiscal year" means the period beginning
April 1 of any year and ending March 31 of the following year.

76230. "Producer" means any person in this state who raises,
breeds, grows, or feeds sheep, and markets, or causes to be marketed,
the wool derived therefrom and who, upon request, provides proof of
commodity marketing during the preceding marketing year. "Producer"
does not include any person who markets 100 pounds or less of wool in
the preceding marketing year.

76231. "Production research" means any research relating to the
production of sheep, wool, and the products derived therefrom.

76232. "Ex officio member" means a nonvoting member of the
commission.

76233. (a) "Wool" means the shorn fiber of live sheep in the grease
basis, including offsort wool or offsorts in the natural state
before cleaning or scouring.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Offsort wool or offsorts" means tags, bellies, or crutchings.
(2) "Tags" means wool which has become discolored from urine or
feces, dung locks, or floor sweepings.
(3) "Bellies" means wool which has been shorn from the belly of
the sheep.
(4) "Crutchings" means wool which has been shorn from the crotch
area of a sheep.