ARTICLE 3. The California Navel Orange Commission

Article 3 added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 494, Sec. 1.

§§ 73101–73124 · 24 sections

§ 73101 There is in the state government the California Navel Orange Commission. The commission shall be composed of 12 producers who are not handlers, four handlers,…
§ 73102 Six producers, one from each district shall be nominated and elected by and from independent producers. Six producers, one from each district shall be…
§ 73103 Except as provided in Section 73104, two cooperative handler members shall be nominated and elected by and from cooperative handlers. Two independent handler…
§ 73104 If a handler markets 50 percent or more of the volume of the navel oranges in the preceding marketing season, as annually determined by the director, the…
§ 73105 The public member shall be appointed to the commission by the director from the nominees recommended by the commission.
§ 73106 The director, citrus grower trade organizations primarily involved in issues affecting the orange industry, and other appropriate individuals and…
§ 73107 (a) The director may require the commission to correct or cease any existing activity or function which is determined by the director not to be in the public…
§ 73108 (a) Actions of the commission in violation of a written notice have no legal force or effect. The director, to the extent feasible, shall issue the written…
§ 73109 The commission may bring an action for judicial relief from the director’s written notice, and the director may bring an action for judicial relief from…
§ 73110 The commission shall reimburse the director for all expenditures incurred by the director in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities under this…
§ 73111 Each member of the commission, except the ex officio members, shall have an alternate member elected in the same manner as the member. An alternate member, in…
§ 73112 Any vacancy on the commission occurring by the failure of any elected member or elected alternate member to continue in his or her position due to a change in…
§ 73113 Any producer member or his or her alternate shall be an individual, partner, or employee of a producer who has a financial interest in producing, or causing to…
§ 73114 Any handler member or his or her alternate shall be an individual, partner, or employee of a handler who has a financial interest in handling navel oranges for…
§ 73115 The public member or his or her alternate shall have all the powers, rights, responsibilities, and privileges of any other member on the commission. The public…
§ 73116 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the term of office of the elected commissioners is three years from the date of their election and until their…
§ 73117 The public member shall serve a term of three years and shall remain on the commission after the expiration of three years until his or her successor is…
§ 73118 The commission shall be and is hereby declared and created as a corporate body. It may sue and be sued, may contract and be contracted with, and has all of the…
§ 73119 A quorum of the commission is 12 voting commissioners. Except as provided in Sections 73061 and 73353, the commission may act by a vote of a majority of the…
§ 73120 The director or his or her representatives shall be notified of, and may attend, each meeting of the commission and any committee meeting of the commission.…
§ 73121 When a decision of the commission requires the concurrence of the director, he or she shall indicate his or her response, in writing, to the commission within…
§ 73122 No commissioner, including alternates, or a member of a committee established by the commission who is a nonmember of the commission, shall receive a salary.…
§ 73123 All funds received by any person from the assessments levied under the authority of this chapter, or otherwise received by the commission, shall be deposited…
§ 73124 The state shall not be liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts. Payments of all claims arising by reason of the administration of this chapter…