59021-59037
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 59021-59037
59021. In making effective major amendments to a marketing order, the director shall follow the same procedures which are prescribed in this chapter for the institution of a marketing order. 59022. For the purposes of this chapter, a major amendment to a marketing order shall include, but not be limited to, any amendment which is specified in Sections 59023 to 59035, inclusive. 59023. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority for any of the following: (a) Determining the existence and extent of the surplus of any commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it. (b) Providing for the control and disposition of such surplus and for equalizing the burden of such surplus elimination. (c) The establishment of a stabilization fund for equalizing surplus obligations. 59024. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority for limiting the total quantity of any commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which may be prepared for market or marketed within this state. 59025. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority for allotting the quantity of any commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which any handler may purchase or acquire from or handle on behalf of any and all producers of such commodity within this state. 59026. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority for allotting the quantity of any commodity, or of any grade, size, or quality of it, which any handler may process, distribute, or handle within this state. 59027. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority for regulating the period during which any commodity, or any grade, size, or quality of such commodity, may be processed, distributed, or otherwise marketed within this state. 59028. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority for the establishment of surplus, stabilization, or byproduct pools for any commodity, or of any grade, size, quality, or condition of it. 59029. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority for the establishment of uniform grading and inspection of any commodity and the establishment of grading standards of quality, condition, size, or pack of such commodity. 59030. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority for the establishment of plans for advertising and sales promotion of any commodity. 59031. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority to prohibit unfair trade practices. 59032. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority for the establishment of production adjustment requirements and benefit payments which relate to them. 59033. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority for carrying out research studies in the production, processing, or distribution of any commodity. 59034. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority to increase an assessment rate beyond the maximum rate which is authorized by the marketing order then in effect. 59035. An amendment is a major amendment if it adds to, or deletes from, a marketing order authority to extend the application of the provisions of any marketing order to portions or uses of a commodity not previously subject to such provisions or to restrict or extend the application of such provisions upon the producers or handlers of such portions or uses of any such commodity. 59036. Modification of any provision of any marketing order in effect for the purpose of clarifying the meaning or application of such provision or modifying administrative procedures for carrying out such provision is not a major amendment of such marketing order. 59037. The exercise by the director of any regulatory authority which is authorized in a marketing order or marketing agreement is not a major amendment, but is a seasonal marketing regulation.