{"code":"FAC","codeName":"Food and Agricultural Code","section":"52931","citation":"Food & Agr. Code, § 52931","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 8. Referendum [52931. - 52938.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/division-18/chapter-4/article-8"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 140, Sec. 79.   (AB 1164)   Effective January 1, 2010.   Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.","effective":"2010-01-01","html":"<p>A referendum of all cotton growers within the district shall be conducted if a petition, signed by not less than 5 percent of the cotton growers in the district, is submitted to the secretary, which calls for a referendum pertaining to the operation of this chapter.</p>","text":"A referendum of all cotton growers within the district shall be conducted if a petition, signed by not less than 5 percent of the cotton growers in the district, is submitted to the secretary, which calls for a referendum pertaining to the operation of this chapter.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/food-and-agricultural-code/referendum-52931","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}