Food & Agr. Code, § 77971 · Article 5. Implementation and Voting Procedures
Food & Agr. Code, § 77971
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
This chapter, except as necessary to conduct an implementation referendum vote, shall not become operative until the director finds, in a referendum vote conducted by the director that at least 40 percent of the total number of producers from the list established by the director pursuant to this article have participated and that either of the following has occurred:
(a) Sixty-five percent of the producers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of this chapter, and the producers so voting marketed a majority of the gross dollar value of flowers in the preceding marketing year by all of the producers who voted in the referendum.
(b) A majority of the producers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of this chapter, and the producers so voting marketed 65 percent or more of the total gross dollar value of flowers in the preceding marketing year by all of the producers who voted in the referendum.
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History
Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 495, Sec. 1. Effective August 10, 1990.
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