California Military and Veterans Code

§ 1008

MVC § 1008 Effective Jan 1, 2018Div. 4 · Ch. 8

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(a)Agriculture is a major industry in California, with 81,700 farms and ranches. California agriculture is nearly a thirty-seven-billion-five-hundred-million-dollar ($37,500,000,000) industry that generates one hundred billion dollars ($100,000,000,000) in related economic activity.

(b)In 2010, the United States Department of Agriculture Secretary cited that the aging of principal farm operators across the nation is rising. The USDA Census of Agriculture, 2012 Census Highlights, finds that the average age of America’s principal farm operators is 58.3 years of age and one-third are 65 years or older.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 188, Sec. 1. (AB 376) Effective January 1, 2018.