California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 58595

FAC § 58595 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 21 · Part 1 · Ch. 7

Statute text

(a)A California state-owned or state-run institution that purchases agricultural food products shall implement necessary practices to achieve a goal of ensuring that at least 60 percent of the agricultural food products that it purchases in a calendar year are grown or produced in the state by December 31, 2025.

(b)Subdivision (a) does not apply to segments of public postsecondary education or local educational agencies.

(c)A local educational agency that solicits bids for the purchase of an agricultural food product shall accept a bid or price for that agricultural food product when it is grown in California before accepting a bid or price for a domestic agricultural food product that is grown outside the state, when both of the following are met:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 576, Sec. 2. (AB 778) Effective January 1, 2023.