California Food and Agricultural Code

§ 76963

FAC § 76963 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 22 · Part 2 · Ch. 16 · Art. 9.5

Statute text

This chapter shall not apply to handlers until the secretary finds in a referendum conducted by the secretary under this article that at least 40 percent of the total number of handlers from the list established by the secretary have participated by voting in the referendum, and the secretary finds either of the following:

(a)Sixty-five percent or more of the handlers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of being subject to this chapter, and the handlers who voted in the referendum handled 51 percent or more of the total quantity of salmon landed in the preceding fiscal year by all the handlers who voted in the referendum.

(b)Fifty-one percent of the handlers who voted in the referendum voted in favor of being subject to this chapter, and the handlers who voted in the referendum marketed 65 percent or more of the total quantity of salmon landed in the preceding fiscal year by all of the handlers who voted in the referendum.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 307, Sec. 56. (AB 958) Effective January 1, 2016.