CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 965Introduced by Senator McGuireJanuary 31, 2018 An act to amend Section 284 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to food and agriculture. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 965, 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 food and Agricultures 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe 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.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 965Introduced by Senator McGuireJanuary 31, 2018 An act to amend Section 284 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to food and agriculture. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 965, 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 food and Agricultures 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill No. 965
Introduced by Senator McGuireJanuary 31, 2018
Introduced by Senator McGuire
January 31, 2018
An act to amend Section 284 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to food and agriculture.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 965, 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 food and Agricultures 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.
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 food and Agricultures 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.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
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.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## 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.
SECTION 1. Section 284 of the Food and Agricultural Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
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.
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.
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.
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.