California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 485

FAC § 485 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 1 · Part 1 · Ch. 3 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)The secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with private entities, and with boards, bureaus, commissions, or departments of this state or of the United States, for the purpose of administering compensation, conservation, disaster assistance, economic assistance, education, environmental enhancement, indemnification, market promotion, research, and similar programs that promote and enhance agriculture.

(b)Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the secretary may receive and expend federal funds and any nonstate matching funds made available to the department for the purposes specified above via grant, interagency agreement, or otherwise, and these funds shall be administered in accordance with Section 221.

(c)(1) Grant awards shall be made by the department on a competitive basis established by the department wherever possible.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 414, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.