2009 California Food and Agricultural Code - Section 59881-59886 :: Article 10. Proration Certificates

59881.  After any marketing program has been formulated and has been
approved as provided in this chapter, the agent for the proration
zone shall assume the administration of the marketing program and any
subsequent modification of it and the issuance of proration
certificates pursuant to it. Such certificates shall be divided into
primary and secondary certificates.

59882.  Each producer is entitled to one primary certificate which
may indicate the quantities of the commodity for which the marketing
program has been instituted which the producer that is named in the
certificate is entitled to harvest or otherwise prepare for market
and delivery into the primary channels of trade. The primary
certificate may also indicate from time to time the number of
secondary certificates which are issued under it.

59883.  Secondary certificates shall be numbered consecutively and
shall be used to control the time and volume of harvesting or other
preparation for disposal. Secondary certificates shall accompany all
deliveries of the prorated commodity by producers into a primary
trade channel.

59884.  In the case of any commodity which is normally concentrated
for preparation for market, the marketing program committee may
authorize the harvesting of the entire commodity for the purpose of
delivery to a concentration point and subsequent marketing control.

59885.  Primary or secondary certificates are not negotiable between
producers, except with the approval of the marketing program
committee and the director.

59886.  In the operation of any marketing program, any cooperative
or other market agency which is entitled to the possession of any
commodity for marketing purposes may be authorized in writing by the
marketing program committee to receive certificates for producers
that are represented by it and to represent its respective producers
if proration is applied to the commodity while it is in the
possession of such agency.