California Food and Agricultural Code 240 – The moneys in the trust fund shall be disbursed only to pay for costs …
The moneys in the trust fund shall be disbursed only to pay for costs arising from unanticipated occurrences associated with administering self-funded programs. These costs shall include, but are not limited to: attorney costs related to litigation; workers’ compensation costs; unemployment costs; phaseout costs of existing programs; and temporary funding for programs that are implementing a fee increase. Any program using the moneys from the trust fund shall repay the trust fund based on a schedule approved by the director.
In addition to the costs specified above, the director may impose a charge in the amount necessary to cover the department‘s costs in administering this article.
Terms Used In California Food and Agricultural Code 240
- Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Trust fund: means the Agriculture Trust Fund created pursuant to Section 232. See California Food and Agricultural Code 230
(Added by renumbering Section 242 (as added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 872) by Stats. 1994, Ch. 146, Sec. 52. Effective January 1, 1995.)