{"code":"FAC","codeName":"Food and Agricultural Code","section":"52852","citation":"Food & Agr. Code, § 52852","status":"not-in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 18. FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS [52001. - 53564.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-18"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4. San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District [52851. - 52993.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-18/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [52851. - 52856.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-18/chapter-4/article-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 2009.   Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.","effective":"2009-01-01","html":"<p>The Legislature also declares that the restriction of the use to which cotton lands and cotton gins may be used, as provided in this chapter, is essential to the highest development of the cotton-growing industry; otherwise the different types of seed will be mixed, crossing will take place in the field, the varieties will be mongrelized and cease to be uniform, the fiber will deteriorate in quality, and the seed will be rendered unfit for planting.</p>","text":"The Legislature also declares that the restriction of the use to which cotton lands and cotton gins may be used, as provided in this chapter, is essential to the highest development of the cotton-growing industry; otherwise the different types of seed will be mixed, crossing will take place in the field, the varieties will be mongrelized and cease to be uniform, the fiber will deteriorate in quality, and the seed will be rendered unfit for planting.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/general-provisions-52852","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}