Food & Agr. Code, § 79982 · Article 7. Actions and Penalties
Food & Agr. Code, § 79982
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A civil penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) may be levied by the commission on any person who does any of the following:
(a) Willfully render or furnish a false report, statement, or record required by the commission, or in any way avoids the payment of an assessment.
(b) Fail to render or furnish a report, statement, or record required by the commission.
(c) When engaged in cultivating agave for processing into agave products, fails or refuses to furnish to the commission or its duly authorized agents, upon request, information concerning the name and address of the persons from whom agave was received and the quantity received.
(d) Secrete, destroy, or alter records required to be kept by this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. (AB 2606) Effective January 1, 2025.
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