California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 52891

FAC § 52891 Effective Jan 1, 1999Div. 18 · Ch. 4 · Art. 4

Statute text

The powers and duties of the board shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(a)Establish a separate Acala and Pima quality standard. When determining each standard, the board shall consider fiber length, strength, uniformity, micronaire, seed quality, productivity, resistance to disease, including verticillium wilt, and spinning characteristics.

(b)Annually review test data and approve for release and planting within the district, cotton varieties that meet the existing Acala or Pima quality standard but are superior in some meaningful respect, as determined by the board, and that have qualities generally recognized by the cotton industry to be essential factors in producing that cotton within the district, or significant area within the district.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 708, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.