Bill Text: CA AB1647 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Bonds: school districts and community college districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-25 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). [AB1647 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1647	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bigelow

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2014

   An act to  amend Section 19620 of the Business and
Professions Code   repeal Sections 3029 and 4401.5 of
the Food and Agricultural Code  , relating to  the Fair
and Exposition Fund   fairs  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1647, as amended, Bigelow.  Fair and Exposition Fund.
  Fairs: Department of Food and Agriculture.  
   (1) Existing law requires that each state, district, county, or
citrus fruit fair that receives state funds make an annual report to
the Department of Food and Agriculture regarding the total number of
credential and courtesy pass admissions issued and honored at the
fair.  
   This bill would delete this requirement.  
   (2) Existing law requires the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to
expend up to $100,000 in any fiscal year for exhibits at a
state-supported fair that demonstrate the process of production and
use of food and fiber from the producer to the consumer in this
state. Existing law requires the secretary to annually provide for a
conference of fair judges to aid the department in prescribing
regulations for the judging of exhibits and for the premiums paid for
all classes, sections, and types of exhibits, and authorizes the
secretary to expend up to $15,000 in any fiscal year for these
purposes.  
   This bill would eliminate these provisions.  
   Under existing law, the Department of Food and Agriculture is
responsible for ensuring the integrity of the Fair and Exposition
Fund, administering allocations from the fund, and providing
oversight of activities at each California fair.  
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 3029 of the   Food and
Agricultural Code   is repealed.  
   3029.  Each fair shall make an annual report to the department, as
prescribed by the department, of the total number of credential and
courtesy pass admissions issued and honored at the fair. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 4401.5 of the   Food and
Agricultural Code   is repealed.  
   4401.5.  (a) The director shall expend an amount not to exceed a
total of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in any fiscal year
for any exhibit or exhibits located on any state-supported fair
demonstrating, in a creative and innovative manner, the process of
production and use of food and fiber from the producer to the
consumer in this state.
   (b) The director shall annually provide for a conference of fair
judges to aid the department in prescribing regulations adopted
pursuant to Section 4501. The director may expend up to fifteen
thousand dollars ($15,000) in any fiscal year for such purposes.
 
  SECTION 1.    Section 19620 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   19620.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department
of Food and Agriculture is responsible for ensuring the integrity of
the Fair and Exposition Fund, administering allocations from the
fund to the network of California fairs, as defined in Sections 19418
to 19418.3, inclusive, and providing oversight of activities carried
out by each California fair.
   (b) Oversight shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

   (1) Monitoring the solvency of the Fair and Exposition Fund.
   (2) Distributing available state resources to the network of
California fairs based on criteria for state allocations approved by
the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. The criteria for the
distribution of available state resources to the network of
California fairs shall not include a consideration of the structure
that governs the fair.
   (3) Creating a framework for the administration of the network of
California fairs allowing for maximum autonomy and local
decisionmaking authority, and conducting, or causing to be conducted,
annual fiscal audits and periodic compliance audits.
   (4) Conducting fiscal and performance audits of county fairs and
citrus fruit fairs that are requested by the fair that is the subject
of the audit, and that the Department of Food and Agriculture deems
to be necessary.
   (5) Guiding and providing incentives to fairs to seek matching
funds and generate new revenue from a variety of sources.
   (6) Supporting continuous improvement of fair programming to
ensure that California fairs remain highly relevant community
institutions.