2011 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code
DIVISION 17. FRUIT, NUT, AND VEGETABLE STANDARDS [42501 - 48003]
ARTICLE 3. Certificates
Section 47021

(a) Every operator of a certified farmers market shall remit to the department, within 30 days after the end of each quarter, a fee equal to the number of certified producer certificates and other agricultural producers participating on each market day for the entire previous quarter. The fee shall be established by January 1 of each year by the department upon the receipt of a budget recommendation from the advisory committee. The fee shall not exceed sixty cents ($0.60) for each certified producer certificate and other agricultural producers participating on each market day. A certified farmers market may directly recover all or part of the fee from the participating certified and other agricultural producers.

(b) Any operator of a certified farmers market who fails to pay the required fee within 30 days after the end of the quarter in which it is due, shall pay to the department a monthly interest charge on the unpaid balance and a late penalty charge, to be determined by the department and not to exceed the maximum amount permitted by law.

(c) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. The money generated by the imposition of the fees shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the department, to cover the reasonable costs to carry out this chapter, including all of the following actions undertaken by the department:

(1) The coordination of the advisory committee.

(2) The evaluation of county enforcement actions and assistance with regard to multiple county enforcement problems.

(3) The adoption of regulations to carry out this chapter.

(4) Hearing appeals from actions taken by county agricultural commissioners to enforce this chapter.

(5) The review of rules or procedures established by a certified farmers market and the issuance of advisory opinions and the provision of informal hearings pursuant to Section 47004.1 as to whether the rules or procedures are consistent with this chapter and implementing regulations.

(6) The maintenance of a current statewide listing of certified farmers markets with schedules of operations and locations.

(7) The maintenance of a current statewide listing of certified producers.

(8) The dissemination to all certified farmers markets information regarding the suspension or revocation of any producer s certificate and the imposition of administrative penalties.

(9) Other actions, including the maintenance of special fund reserves, that are recommended by the advisory committee and approved by the department for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.

(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 337, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2012. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)