2005 California Food and Agricultural Code Sections 55050-55052 Article 5. Commercial Impact Rice

55050.  Except as provided for in Section 55052, no person may
plant, produce, harvest, transport, dry, store, or otherwise handle
rice identified as having characteristics of commercial impact,
except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and the
regulations adopted under it.  Regulations shall be adopted by the
secretary, in accordance with Section 55022, to accomplish all of the
following purposes:
   (a) Maintain the integrity and prevent contamination of rice which
has not been identified as having characteristics of commercial
impact.
   (b) Prevent the introduction of disease, weeds, or other pests.
   (c) Ensure that persons selling, offering for sale, or otherwise
distributing seed for the production of rice pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 55040 or bringing rice identified pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 55040 into the state for processing notify
the commission of the location of planting sites and of the dates
and procedures for planting, producing, harvesting, transporting,
drying, storing, or otherwise handling of the rice.
   (d) Ensure that persons receiving rice having been identified
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 55040 produced outside the
state for processing notify the commission of the location of the
receipt and of the procedures for processing, transporting, drying,
storing, or otherwise handling the rice to prevent commercial impact
to other rice and the spread of weeds, disease, or other pests.
   (e) Enforce the restrictions and conditions imposed on the
planting, producing, harvesting, transporting, drying, storing, or
otherwise handling of rice identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 55040.
   (f) Encourage research and development of new types of rice.
55051.  Except as specified in Section 55052, no rice may be sold,
offered for sale, or otherwise distributed, planted, harvested,
transported, dried, stored, or otherwise handled unless it has been
reviewed by the committee for the purposes of making the findings set
forth in Section 55040, and if necessary, the establishment of
regulations pursuant to Section 55047.
55052.  (a) Except as set forth in this section, this chapter shall
not apply to 50 acres or less of rice of any type planted for
research purposes.  No one type may be planted on more than 50 acres
in the state and be considered research within the meaning of this
section.  Any person conducting research on 50 acres or less shall
notify the committee of the location of the acreage involved, and the
proposed procedures for planting, producing, harvesting,
transporting, drying, storing, or otherwise handling the rice.  The
committee shall review and approve, modify, or reject the proposed
procedures to ensure that the research will not result in commercial
impacts to other rice.  The committee shall accept any procedures
that have been previously approved or accepted by an agency of state
or federal government unless the committee provides written
justification for modifying or rejecting the procedures.
   (b) In addition to the information required pursuant to
subdivision (a), the committee may require any person proposing to
conduct research using rice brought into the state from another state
or country to provide the committee with proposed procedures to
ensure that the introduced rice is free of disease, weeds, or other
pests.  The committee shall review and approve, modify, or reject the
proposed procedures.  The committee shall accept any procedures that
have been previously approved or accepted by an agency of state or
federal government unless the committee provides written
justification for modifying or rejecting the procedures.
   (c) The notice required pursuant to this section shall not require
specific information regarding the attributes of the rice that is
the subject of the research.
   (d) The notice required by this section shall be provided in the
time and manner specified by the committee.
   (e) This chapter shall not apply to research conducted by the
University of California except for rice produced directly from the
research that enters the channels of trade.