(a) The subvention program under Section 52323 is an optional program available to counties. The subvention to counties under Section 52323 shall be annually apportioned as follows:

(1) At the discretion of the secretary and upon recommendation of the board, counties with no registered seed labelers may annually receive one hundred dollars ($100).

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(2) Counties with registered seed labeler operations shall receive subventions based upon enforcement activity generated by the registered seed labeler operations within the county and upon the performance of enforcement activities necessary to carry out this chapter.

(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2027, and, as of January 1, 2031, is repealed.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 128, Sec. 2. (AB 1583) Effective January 1, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2027. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.)