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DIVISION 18. FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS 52001-53564›CHAPTER 2. California Seed Law 52251-52515›ARTICLE 3.5. Funding 52321-52325

§ 52325

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

(a) Commissioners of counties that choose to participate in the subvention program shall enter into a cooperative agreement with the secretary, whereby the commissioner agrees to maintain a statewide compliance level, determined by the secretary, on all seed within the county. The cooperative agreement shall be in effect for a five-year period. The amount of the subvention designated to each individual participating county shall be established in a memorandum of understanding between the commissioner and the secretary, in consultation with the board.

(b) The secretary, upon recommendation of the board or upon the secretary’s own initiative, may withhold a portion of the funds designated to a county if that county fails to meet the performance standards established by the secretary and set forth in the cooperative agreement with that county.

(c) The secretary shall provide a written justification to the board for any action taken by the secretary that does not fully implement a recommendation made by the board pursuant to subdivision (b).

(d) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2027, and, as of January 1, 2031, is repealed.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 128, Sec. 3. (AB 1583) Effective January 1, 2024. Inoperative July 1, 2027. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provisions.)

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