ARTICLE 3. The California Iceberg Lettuce Commission
Article 3 added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 434.
§§ 66561–66585 · 28 sections
- § 66561 There is hereby created the California Iceberg Lettuce Commission to be thus known and designated. The commission is composed of 19 members, of which 14 are…
- § 66561.3 The director may require the commission to correct or cease any activity or function which is determined by the director not to be in the public interest or is…
- § 66561.4 Either party may bring an action for judicial relief in a court of competent jurisdiction, which may issue a temporary restraining order, permanent injunction,…
- § 66561.5 The public member is appointed to the commission by the director from nominees recommended by the commission.
- § 66562 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,…
- § 66563 The commission may appoint a president, a treasurer, a secretary, and any other necessary personnel to carry out this chapter. The compensation of each officer…
- § 66564 Except as provided in Section 66561, each member of the commission is required to be a citizen and a resident of this state. Additionally: (a) Each handler…
- § 66565 Each of the five districts is represented by the following number of handlers: (a) District 1 has one member. (b) District 2 has three members. (c) District 3…
- § 66566 The regular term of office for handler members of the commission is three years, commencing April 1 of any year in which they are appointed, and, except with…
- § 66567 Members-at-large and the public representative shall serve 3-year terms.
- § 66568 Each handler member for each district shall be elected by a plurality of votes cast by handlers in the district. Each handler who has handled iceberg lettuce…
- § 66569 Each member-at-large and the public member are persons nominated for appointment by the handler members of the commission and appointed by the director. Any…
- § 66571 Immediately after January 1, 1978, the director shall establish a list of handlers in each district. Such list of handlers may be established from lists of…
- § 66572 The commission or the director, in preparing a list of handlers to be used pursuant to this chapter, may omit from the list any person who functions as a…
- § 66573 Lists of handlers may be obtained whenever and in the manner that the director deems necessary or advisable, including for the purpose of checking, comparing,…
- § 66574 Any handler, whose name does not appear on the director’s list of handlers, but who is otherwise qualified to participate in the commission activities, may…
- § 66575 Upon establishment of lists of handlers, the director shall call meetings of handlers in each district for the purpose of nominating persons to be appointed to…
- § 66576 Upon expiration of the voting period the director shall tabulate all votes and shall announce the names of those persons nominated for appointment as handler…
- § 66577 Nonreceipt of notice of a meeting for the nomination of commissioners or of ballots shall not invalidate any such meeting, nomination, or election.
- § 66578 The commission shall compile and maintain a list of qualified handlers.
- § 66579 Subsequent to the first election after January 1, 1978, persons to be appointed to the office of commissioner by the director shall be selected pursuant to…
- § 66580 If the position of a handler member becomes vacant due to failure to qualify, resignation, disqualification, death, or for any other reason, the position shall…
- § 66581 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), nine members of the commission, of which at least eight are handler members, constitute a quorum at any meeting for…
- § 66581.5 The director or his or her representatives shall be notified and may attend each meeting of the commission and any committee meeting of the commission.
- § 66582 No commissioner shall receive a salary. Each commissioner shall be entitled to receive the sum of thirty-five dollars ($35) per day for each day spent in…
- § 66583 All moneys received by the commission or its designated agents from the assessments levied under the authority of this chapter or otherwise received by the…
- § 66584 The State of California shall not be liable for the acts of the commission or its contracts. Payment of all claims arising by reason of the administration of…
- § 66585 The powers and duties of the commission include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) To elect a chairman and, from time to time, any other…