Earlier editions: 2020-112018-11
DIVISION 22. MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS 63901-79995›PART 2. MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS 64001-79995›CHAPTER 16. California Salmon Council 76501-76981›ARTICLE 9.5. Implementation and Voting Procedure for Handlers 76961-76967
§ 76963
California Food and Agricultural Code · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
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.
(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 307, Sec. 56. (AB 958) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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