California Food and Agricultural Code 224.5 – (a) In order to be eligible for the transfer specified in …
(a) In order to be eligible for the transfer specified in subdivision (g) of Section 224, counties must meet all of the following criteria, as determined by the secretary:
(1) Currently employ or contract with a licensed agricultural commissioner.
Terms Used In California Food and Agricultural Code 224.5
- Commissioner: means any county agricultural commissioner. See California Food and Agricultural Code 26
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
- Department: means the Department of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 32
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. See California Food and Agricultural Code 35
- Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Food and Agricultural Code 49
(2) Submit annual agricultural expenditure reports to the department in a timely manner.
(3) Maintain county general fund support for agricultural commissioner services at least equal to the average amount expended for the five preceding fiscal years, unless the county is facing unusual economic hardship that precludes that support.
(b) In the event that a county does not meet the criteria listed in subdivision (a) in a timely fashion, nothing shall preclude the secretary from completing transfers only to those counties that have met the criteria, while reserving funds for distribution to counties that may later be determined to have met them, or to set a date certain each fiscal year by which all available funds will be distributed to the counties that have met the criteria.
(c) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2008.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 421, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008. Section operative July 1, 2008, by its own provisions.)