California Food and Agricultural Code 52325 – (a) Commissioners of counties that choose to participate in the …
(a) Commissioners of counties that choose to participate in the subvention program shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the secretary, whereby the commissioner agrees to maintain a statewide compliance level, determined by the secretary, on all seed within the county. The cooperative agreement shall be in effect for a five-year period. The amount of the subvention designated to each individual participating county shall be established in a memorandum of understanding between the commissioner and the secretary, in consultation with the board.
(b) The secretary, upon recommendation of the board or upon the secretary’s own initiative, may withhold a portion of the funds designated to a county if that county fails to meet the performance standards established by the secretary and set forth in the cooperative agreement with that county.
Terms Used In California Food and Agricultural Code 52325
- Commissioner: means any county agricultural commissioner. See California Food and Agricultural Code 26
- County: includes city and county. See California Food and Agricultural Code 29
- 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
(c) The secretary shall provide a written justification to the board for any action taken by the secretary that does not fully implement a recommendation made by the board pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2027, and, as of January 1, 2031, is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 128, Sec. 3. (AB 1583) Effective January 1, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2027. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.)