Skip to main content

Food & Agr. Code, § 79121 · Article 6. Assessments and Records

Food & Agr. Code, § 79121

Verbatim from the official edition

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

(a) Every person or entity who handles sea urchin in any quantity shall keep a complete and accurate record of all transactions involving the purchase or sale of sea urchin. The records shall be in a simple form and contain such information as the commission shall prescribe. The records shall be preserved by the handler for a period of three years, and shall be offered and submitted for inspection at any reasonable time upon written demand of the commission or its duly authorized agent.

(b) The assessment imposed by this article shall be paid consistent with the applicable procedures required for the payment of landing fees pursuant to Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 8040) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 6 of the Fish and Game Code. The fees imposed shall be paid quarterly pursuant to Section 8053 of the Fish and Game Code. If fees are not paid as required, the commission shall collect amounts owed under the procedures prescribed for sales and use taxes provided in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6451) of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, insofar as they may be applicable, and for those purposes, “board” means the commission and “the date on which the tax became due and payable” means 30 days after the close of the quarter for which it is due.

(c) Sections 8058 to 8070, inclusive, of the Fish and Game Code, shall apply to claims for overpayment of assessments to the commission. For the purposes of this subdivision, “department” as used in those sections, means the commission, and “landing fee” means the assessment imposed under this article.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 26, Sec. 44. (SB 92) Effective June 27, 2017.

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=79121.
Text hash
sha256 c37bee0c8a38ca3447572554e6c9a8c8e5d0aca7c1b09d3ca1f26aca30ef29c2
Composed by
compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section

This section cites

Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.

Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.