ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [58551. - 58565.]

Article 1 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1189, Sec. 2.

§§ 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…