2007 California Food and Agricultural Code Article 6. Assessments

CA Codes (fac:55060-55063)

55060.  (a) Any person engaged in the business of selling, offering
for sale, or otherwise distributing seed for the production of rice
identified as having characteristics of commercial impact, shall
annually pay to the commission an assessment in an amount not to
exceed five dollars () per hundredweight (cwt.).
   (b) The first in-state handler of paddy or brown rice identified
as having characteristics of commercial impact, or of seed for the
production of rice identified as having characteristics of commercial
impact, brought into the state from outside California, shall report
the receipt of the rice or seed and pay an assessment to the
commission in an amount not to exceed ten cents (.10) per
hundredweight (cwt).  The report and payment shall be made in the
time and manner specified by the commission.



55061.  The assessment shall be paid in the time and manner
specified by the commission.  No assessment shall be paid by any
person for any rice seed for which the assessment has been previously
paid.  Assessments not paid when due shall be subject to a penalty
of 10 percent of the assessment and interest at the rate of 1 percent
per month.



55062.  The commission shall use all funds received pursuant to this
chapter for the purposes of this chapter.



55063.  The commission shall publish an annual report of its
activities including an accounting of the use of assessments
collected pursuant to this chapter.  The report, in aggregate form,
shall be made available to any person upon request.