Food & Agr. Code, § 52953 · Article 9.5. Promotion and Research Funding

Food & Agr. Code, § 52953

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The board shall develop a procedure for collecting assessments under this article.

(a) Collection of the assessment may be required of cotton growers or cotton handlers.

(b) A penalty of 10 percent of the unpaid assessment fee due and payable may be imposed.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAC&sectionNum=52953.
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