BILL NUMBER: SB 1310INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Maldonado FEBRUARY 19, 2010 An act to amend Section 58608.1 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to marketing. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1310, as introduced, Maldonado. Marketing of agricultural commodities: educational programs: definition. Existing law defines an "educational program" for purposes of the California Marketing Act of 1937 as a program that provides for the planning and implementation of activities to inform the general public of the processes of producing agricultural commodities and to foster cooperation between urban and rural sectors. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 58608.1 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read: 58608.1. "Educational program," unless otherwise defined in this chapter, means a program established by the director pursuant to this chapter that provides for the planning and implementation of activities designed to inform the general public of the processesofused in producing agricultural commodities and designed to foster cooperation and understanding between urban and rural sectors of society.