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11 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 627Introduced by Senator BerryhillFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 52002 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to field crops. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 627, as introduced, Berryhill. Field crops: regulations and standards.Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to take various actions to regulate field crop products including, among other things, to establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products, providing for inspections, and issuing certificates of quality for field crops or other agricultural products.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in those provisions regulating field crops.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 52002 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:52002. The director secretary shall do all of the following:(a) Establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products which that shall conform as closely as possible to those which that are established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture.(b) Establish inspection districts within the state. If such a district is established, inspection service may be rendered in it in accordance with regulations which that are adopted by the director. secretary.(c) Establish, upon request, inspection stations at warehouses, docks, or industrial plants, which are within or without an established inspection district. The director secretary may make special regulations which that are applicable to each specific inspection station and the conditions under which it shall be established and maintained.(d) Provide through the regularly established inspection district and stations, sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification service for field crop products within the state or which that are shipped into or through the state.(e) Issue certificates as to quality, condition, and quantity of field crop or other agricultural products in accordance with standards which that are established pursuant to this chapter, or any other standards which that may be fixed by trade or contract and which do not conflict with official standards.(f) Adopt regulations for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification for the purposes of carrying out this chapter.(g) Fix fees for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification of field crop products, which fees in the aggregate shall pay the cost of services necessary to perform such that sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification. The director secretary may collect such those fees in advance of performing the services, but is not required to do so if in his or her opinion the benefits of such those services would be lessened by such those advance payments.
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33 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 627Introduced by Senator BerryhillFebruary 17, 2017 An act to amend Section 52002 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to field crops. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 627, as introduced, Berryhill. Field crops: regulations and standards.Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to take various actions to regulate field crop products including, among other things, to establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products, providing for inspections, and issuing certificates of quality for field crops or other agricultural products.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in those provisions regulating field crops.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
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1818 An act to amend Section 52002 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to field crops.
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2424 SB 627, as introduced, Berryhill. Field crops: regulations and standards.
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2626 Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to take various actions to regulate field crop products including, among other things, to establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products, providing for inspections, and issuing certificates of quality for field crops or other agricultural products.This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in those provisions regulating field crops.
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2828 Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to take various actions to regulate field crop products including, among other things, to establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products, providing for inspections, and issuing certificates of quality for field crops or other agricultural products.
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3636 The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 52002 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:52002. The director secretary shall do all of the following:(a) Establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products which that shall conform as closely as possible to those which that are established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture.(b) Establish inspection districts within the state. If such a district is established, inspection service may be rendered in it in accordance with regulations which that are adopted by the director. secretary.(c) Establish, upon request, inspection stations at warehouses, docks, or industrial plants, which are within or without an established inspection district. The director secretary may make special regulations which that are applicable to each specific inspection station and the conditions under which it shall be established and maintained.(d) Provide through the regularly established inspection district and stations, sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification service for field crop products within the state or which that are shipped into or through the state.(e) Issue certificates as to quality, condition, and quantity of field crop or other agricultural products in accordance with standards which that are established pursuant to this chapter, or any other standards which that may be fixed by trade or contract and which do not conflict with official standards.(f) Adopt regulations for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification for the purposes of carrying out this chapter.(g) Fix fees for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification of field crop products, which fees in the aggregate shall pay the cost of services necessary to perform such that sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification. The director secretary may collect such those fees in advance of performing the services, but is not required to do so if in his or her opinion the benefits of such those services would be lessened by such those advance payments.
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4242 SECTION 1. Section 52002 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:52002. The director secretary shall do all of the following:(a) Establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products which that shall conform as closely as possible to those which that are established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture.(b) Establish inspection districts within the state. If such a district is established, inspection service may be rendered in it in accordance with regulations which that are adopted by the director. secretary.(c) Establish, upon request, inspection stations at warehouses, docks, or industrial plants, which are within or without an established inspection district. The director secretary may make special regulations which that are applicable to each specific inspection station and the conditions under which it shall be established and maintained.(d) Provide through the regularly established inspection district and stations, sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification service for field crop products within the state or which that are shipped into or through the state.(e) Issue certificates as to quality, condition, and quantity of field crop or other agricultural products in accordance with standards which that are established pursuant to this chapter, or any other standards which that may be fixed by trade or contract and which do not conflict with official standards.(f) Adopt regulations for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification for the purposes of carrying out this chapter.(g) Fix fees for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification of field crop products, which fees in the aggregate shall pay the cost of services necessary to perform such that sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification. The director secretary may collect such those fees in advance of performing the services, but is not required to do so if in his or her opinion the benefits of such those services would be lessened by such those advance payments.
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4444 SECTION 1. Section 52002 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:
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4848 52002. The director secretary shall do all of the following:(a) Establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products which that shall conform as closely as possible to those which that are established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture.(b) Establish inspection districts within the state. If such a district is established, inspection service may be rendered in it in accordance with regulations which that are adopted by the director. secretary.(c) Establish, upon request, inspection stations at warehouses, docks, or industrial plants, which are within or without an established inspection district. The director secretary may make special regulations which that are applicable to each specific inspection station and the conditions under which it shall be established and maintained.(d) Provide through the regularly established inspection district and stations, sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification service for field crop products within the state or which that are shipped into or through the state.(e) Issue certificates as to quality, condition, and quantity of field crop or other agricultural products in accordance with standards which that are established pursuant to this chapter, or any other standards which that may be fixed by trade or contract and which do not conflict with official standards.(f) Adopt regulations for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification for the purposes of carrying out this chapter.(g) Fix fees for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification of field crop products, which fees in the aggregate shall pay the cost of services necessary to perform such that sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification. The director secretary may collect such those fees in advance of performing the services, but is not required to do so if in his or her opinion the benefits of such those services would be lessened by such those advance payments.
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5050 52002. The director secretary shall do all of the following:(a) Establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products which that shall conform as closely as possible to those which that are established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture.(b) Establish inspection districts within the state. If such a district is established, inspection service may be rendered in it in accordance with regulations which that are adopted by the director. secretary.(c) Establish, upon request, inspection stations at warehouses, docks, or industrial plants, which are within or without an established inspection district. The director secretary may make special regulations which that are applicable to each specific inspection station and the conditions under which it shall be established and maintained.(d) Provide through the regularly established inspection district and stations, sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification service for field crop products within the state or which that are shipped into or through the state.(e) Issue certificates as to quality, condition, and quantity of field crop or other agricultural products in accordance with standards which that are established pursuant to this chapter, or any other standards which that may be fixed by trade or contract and which do not conflict with official standards.(f) Adopt regulations for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification for the purposes of carrying out this chapter.(g) Fix fees for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification of field crop products, which fees in the aggregate shall pay the cost of services necessary to perform such that sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification. The director secretary may collect such those fees in advance of performing the services, but is not required to do so if in his or her opinion the benefits of such those services would be lessened by such those advance payments.
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5252 52002. The director secretary shall do all of the following:(a) Establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products which that shall conform as closely as possible to those which that are established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture.(b) Establish inspection districts within the state. If such a district is established, inspection service may be rendered in it in accordance with regulations which that are adopted by the director. secretary.(c) Establish, upon request, inspection stations at warehouses, docks, or industrial plants, which are within or without an established inspection district. The director secretary may make special regulations which that are applicable to each specific inspection station and the conditions under which it shall be established and maintained.(d) Provide through the regularly established inspection district and stations, sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification service for field crop products within the state or which that are shipped into or through the state.(e) Issue certificates as to quality, condition, and quantity of field crop or other agricultural products in accordance with standards which that are established pursuant to this chapter, or any other standards which that may be fixed by trade or contract and which do not conflict with official standards.(f) Adopt regulations for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification for the purposes of carrying out this chapter.(g) Fix fees for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification of field crop products, which fees in the aggregate shall pay the cost of services necessary to perform such that sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification. The director secretary may collect such those fees in advance of performing the services, but is not required to do so if in his or her opinion the benefits of such those services would be lessened by such those advance payments.
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5858 (a) Establish, by regulation, uniform standards for field crop products which that shall conform as closely as possible to those which that are established by the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture.
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6060 (b) Establish inspection districts within the state. If such a district is established, inspection service may be rendered in it in accordance with regulations which that are adopted by the director. secretary.
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6262 (c) Establish, upon request, inspection stations at warehouses, docks, or industrial plants, which are within or without an established inspection district. The director secretary may make special regulations which that are applicable to each specific inspection station and the conditions under which it shall be established and maintained.
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6464 (d) Provide through the regularly established inspection district and stations, sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification service for field crop products within the state or which that are shipped into or through the state.
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7070 (g) Fix fees for sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification of field crop products, which fees in the aggregate shall pay the cost of services necessary to perform such that sampling, grading, inspection, weighing, and certification. The director secretary may collect such those fees in advance of performing the services, but is not required to do so if in his or her opinion the benefits of such those services would be lessened by such those advance payments.