ARTICLE 3. The California Tomato Commission
Article 3 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 210, Sec. 1.
§§ 78640–78657 · 18 sections
- § 78640 There is in the state government the California Tomato Commission. The commission shall be composed of 10 producers, seven handlers, and may include one public…
- § 78641 (a) The secretary may require the commission to correct or cease any existing activity or function that is determined by the secretary not to be in the public…
- § 78642 The commission or the secretary may bring an action for judicial relief from the secretary’s written notice, or from noncompliance by the commission with the…
- § 78643 When the secretary is required to concur in a decision of the commission, the secretary shall give his or her response to the commission within 15 working days…
- § 78644 The commission shall reimburse the secretary for all expenditures incurred by the secretary in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities pursuant to…
- § 78645 Except for ex officio members, an alternate for each member shall be elected in the same manner as the member. An alternate shall, in the absence of the member…
- § 78646 Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure of any person elected to the commission as a member or alternate to continue in his or her position due…
- § 78647 Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure of the public member to continue in his or her position due to a change in status making him or her…
- § 78648 Any producer member and his or her alternate on the commission shall be an individual producer or an employee or representative of a producer who has a…
- § 78649 Any handler member and his or her alternate on the commission shall be an individual handler or an employee or representative of a handler who has a financial…
- § 78650 The public member and his or her alternate member on the commission shall have all the powers, rights, and privileges of any other member or alternate,…
- § 78651 The term of office of all members and alternates on the commission, except ex officio members, shall be two years from the beginning of the marketing season in…
- § 78652 The commission shall be, and is hereby declared and created, a corporate body. It shall have the power to sue and be sued, to contract and be contracted with,…
- § 78653 A quorum of the commission shall be six voting producer members and four voting handler members. Except as provided in Section 78723, the vote of a majority of…
- § 78654 The secretary or his or her representatives shall be notified and may attend each meeting of the commission and any committee meetings of the commission.…
- § 78655 No member or alternate of the commission or member of a committee established by the commission who is a nonmember of the commission shall receive a salary.…
- § 78656 All funds received by any person from the assessments levied under this chapter or otherwise received by the commission shall be deposited in banks that the…
- § 78657 The state is not liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts. Payments of all claims arising by reason of the administration of this chapter or acts…