DIVISION 22. MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS 63901-79902›PART 2. MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS 64001-79902›CHAPTER 25.5. California Spiny Lobster Commission 79150-79197.5›ARTICLE 6. Assessments and Records 79185-79190.5
§ 79186.5
California Food and Agricultural Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
The first handler of spiny lobster being assessed shall deduct the assessment from amounts paid by him or her to the fisherman, and shall be a trustee of these assessments until they are paid to the commission at the time and in the manner prescribed by the commission. The failure to collect the assessment from a fisherman shall not exempt the handler from liability. In addition, the failure of a handler to remit the collected fisherman assessments to the commission shall not relieve the fisherman of this obligation.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 503, Sec. 1. (AB 944) Effective January 1, 2018. Provisions operative or inoperative as prescribed in Sections 79180.5, 79181.5, and 79195 et. seq. Repealed conditionally pursuant to Section 79182.5.)
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