(a) If the secretary determines that the complaint is valid and the hay is unsafe, the secretary may require the seller of the hay to reimburse the filing fee to the person filing the complaint.

(b) The secretary also may collect from any seller of hay the costs incurred by the secretary, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), in conducting any investigation regarding the safety of whole hay sold by that seller if the hay is ultimately deemed to be unsafe.

Terms Used In California Food and Agricultural Code 15103

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See California Food and Agricultural Code 38
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 35

(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 325, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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