DIVISION 18. FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS 52001-53564›CHAPTER 4. San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District 52851-52993›ARTICLE 11. Violations and Penalties 52971-52976

§ 52972

California Food and Agricultural Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Except as otherwise provided in Article 5 (commencing with Section 52901), and Article 12 (commencing with Section 52981), in the district established by this chapter, it is unlawful for any person to plant, possess for planting, pick, harvest, gin, or delint any cotton except those seeds or plants that are approved by the board for planting within the district.

(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 189, Sec. 27. Effective January 1, 2009. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)

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