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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Food and Agricultural Code - FAC |
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Division 22. MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS |
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Part 2. MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS |
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Chapter 12.7. California Winegrape Growers Commission |
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ARTICLE 5. Implementation and Voting Procedures |
Section 74923.1.
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In determining whether this chapter is applicable to growers in a producer region, the secretary shall find that at least 40 percent of the total number of growers from the list established by the secretary for the producer region participated in the referendum, and that either one of the following has occurred:
(a) Sixty-five percent or more of the growers in the producer region who voted in the referendum voted in favor of the local commission, and the growers so voting marketed a majority of the volume of winegrapes in the producer region in the preceding marketing season, or in the current marketing season if the harvest is completed prior to the vote, by all the producers who voted in the referendum.
(b) A majority of the growers in the producer region who voted in the referendum voted in favor of the local commission, and the growers so voting marketed 65 percent or more of the volume of winegrapes in the producer region in the preceding marketing season, or in the current marketing season if the harvest is completed prior to the vote, by all the producers who voted in the referendum.