California Senate Bill SB961 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: SB 961INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator McGuire FEBRUARY 8, 2016 An act to amend Section 284 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to food and agriculture. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 961, as introduced, McGuire. Secretary of Food and Agriculture: fiscal duties: collection. Existing law sets forth various fiscal powers and duties of the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, and authorizes the secretary to remove from the Department of Agriculture's records an amount due pursuant to the provisions of the Food and Agricultural Code if the amount is $5 or less and the secretary either finds that the amount is too small to justify the cost of its collection, or believes that collection is improbable. This bill would increase the maximum amount from $5 to $25, and would also make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 284 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read: 284. If the  director   secretary  finds that  any   an  amount not in excess of  five   twenty-five  dollars  ($5) which   ($25) that  is due pursuant to this code is  so   too  small  as not  to justify the cost of its collection or believes that its collection is improbable,  he   the secretary  may remove the amount  which   that  is due from the records of the  department. He   department, and  shall  not, thereafter,   not  be held accountable for its collection.