CHAPTER 6. Foreign Marketing [58551. - 58583.]
Chapter 6 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1189, Sec. 2.
§§ 58551–58583 · 26 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 58551–58565 · 16 sections
- § 58551 This act shall be known and may be cited as the N. Waters-Nielsen-Vuich-Berryhill Foreign Market Development Export Incentive Program for California…
- § 58552 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy of this state to actively encourage and promote the sale of agricultural products of California in…
- § 58553 The definitions in this article apply to this chapter.
- § 58553.5 “Advisory committee” means the State Board of Food and Agriculture.
- § 58554 “Agricultural commodities” means the products of California farms and ranches and items processed from these products, and includes forest products,…
- § 58555 “Constraint” means a condition in a particular country or region which needs to be addressed in order to develop, expand, or maintain agricultural commodity…
- § 58556 “Cooperator” means a private or nonprofit agricultural marketing organization; a nonprofit trade association, whose members market agricultural commodities,…
- § 58557 “Marketing” means the advertising, sale, and distribution of agricultural commodities, including private brands and trade names, in foreign markets.
- § 58558 “Marketing plan” means the primary annual document prepared by cooperators and approved by the director which defines activities and budgets addressing…
- § 58559 “Project agreement” means a contract between the department and a cooperator under which the cooperator agrees to conduct activities that both address…
- § 58560 “State funds” means the funds made available by the department under a project agreement.
- § 58561 “Third party cooperator” means a foreign government or private organization which has entered into an agreement with a cooperator to join in the marketing of…
- § 58562 “Cooperator contributions” means contributions of money, personnel, materials, facilities, services, or supplies, expressed in terms of United States dollar…
- § 58563 The department shall adopt regulations, including criteria to establish what constitutes cooperator contributions, necessary to effectuate this chapter.…
- § 58564 The department shall, as one of its functions, provide assistance to persons from foreign countries who desire to purchase agricultural products produced in…
- § 58565 The department shall direct a portion of any additional funding, in excess of the original appropriation for purposes of this act, to be used for all of the…
ARTICLE 2. Project Agreements §§ 58571–58580 · 8 sections
- § 58571 (a) Project agreements may be entered into between the department and cooperators in order to address constraints and encourage the marketing of agricultural…
- § 58572 (a) The director may only approve a project agreement that appears to effectively contribute to the creation, expansion, or maintenance of markets abroad.…
- § 58573 Project agreements may promote either a single commodity or a group of related commodities. Activities shall be aimed at increasing both consumer and…
- § 58574 (a) State funds may be used to pay costs which are essential to, and clearly identifiable with, the carrying out of the activities specified in the marketing…
- § 58575 Activities undertaken pursuant to this chapter shall be supplemental to, and not a substitute for, any market development activities undertaken by the federal…
- § 58577 (a) (1) The director, the Director of General Services, and the advisory committee shall take necessary precautions to assure the confidentiality of the…
- § 58578 All project agreements entered into pursuant to this chapter, unless exempted in accordance with Section 10351 of the Public Contract Code, shall be submitted…
- § 58580 Nothing in this chapter precludes the director from separately funding project proposals coming from private or nonprofit agricultural marketing organizations,…
ARTICLE 3. Funding §§ 58582–58583 · 2 sections
- § 58582 (a) The California Agricultural Export Promotion Account is hereby created in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the…
- § 58583 The secretary may enter into goods and services contracts using funds from the California Agricultural Export Promotion Account for the activities described in…