2025 California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 20 - PROCESSORS, STORERS, DEALERS, AND DISTRIBUTORS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
CHAPTER 4 - California Rice Certification Act of 2000
ARTICLE 3 - Administration
Section 55022.

Universal Citation:
CA Food & Agri Code § 55022 (2025)
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55022. (a) Upon receipt of a recommendation from the committee for the promulgation, amendment, or repeal of regulations, the secretary shall within 30 working days do one of the following:

(1) Initiate the rulemaking process with the regulation as recommended by the committee.

(2) Decline to initiate the rulemaking process and provide the committee with a written statement of reasons for the decision.

(3) Request that the committee provide additional information regarding the recommended regulations.

(b) All regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be adopted in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code and may be subsequently repealed or amended as provided for in that chapter.

(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 414, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2009.)

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