Bill Text: CA AB768 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Certified farmers’ markets: enforcement: civil penalties.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-07-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2017. [AB768 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB768-Chaptered.html
| Assembly Bill No. 768 |
| CHAPTER 83 |
An act to repeal Section 47026 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to certified farmers’ markets.
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Approved by
Governor
July 21, 2017.
Filed with
Secretary of State
July 21, 2017.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 768, Aguiar-Curry.
Certified farmers’ markets: enforcement: civil penalties.
Existing law regulates the direct marketing of agricultural products and generally provides that a violation of those provisions is an infraction. Existing law, until January 1, 2018, provides that in lieu of prosecution for a violation of the provisions regulating certified farmers’ markets, the Secretary of Food and Agriculture or a county agricultural commissioner may levy a civil penalty against a person who violates those provisions or any regulation implemented pursuant to those provisions, as specified.
This bill would delete the repeal provision, thereby indefinitely extending the operation of the provision authorizing the secretary and county agricultural commissioners to levy civil penalties in lieu of prosecution.
