California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 71101

FAC § 71101 Effective Jan 1, 1999Div. 22 · Part 2 · Ch. 9.5 · Art. 5

Statute text

This chapter, except as necessary to conduct an implementation referendum vote, shall not become operative until the secretary finds the following in a referendum vote conducted by the secretary:

(a)At least 40 percent of the total number of handlers from the list established by the secretary pursuant to this article participate, and that either of the following occurs:

(1)Sixty-five percent of the handlers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of this chapter, and the handlers so voting handled a majority of the total quantity of rice handled in the preceding marketing season by all of the handlers voting in the referendum.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 567, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.