§ 24563 Poultry Inspection Overtime Costs

(a) If slaughtering or carcass preparation or processing of poultry meats and poultry meat products is conducted in an establishment where state inspection is maintained at hours considered overtime for state employees or on legal holidays, the owner or operator of the establishment shall, by contract or agreement with the department, make arrangement to defray the additional cost for salaries and expenses for persons employed by the department to conduct the necessary poultry meat inspection work during the overtime periods. (b) Moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 133, Sec. 31. (AB 120) Effective July 26, 2011.)