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HomeFood and Agricultural CodeDiv. 21Pt. 2Ch. 1Art. 13§ 59023 Major Marketing Order Amendments

§ 59023 Major Marketing Order Amendments

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§ 59023 Major Marketing Order Amendments

Key Takeaways

  • •A major amendment changes what a marketing order can do.
  • •It can add or remove rules about checking if there's too much of a product.
  • •It can change how extra product is handled or how costs are shared.
  • •It can create a fund to help manage extra product costs.

Example

Farmers grow too many apples, and there are more apples than people can buy.

A major amendment could add new rules to check how many extra apples there are and decide what to do with them, like selling them cheaper or storing them. It could also create a fund to help pay for storing the extra apples.

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§ 59023 Major Marketing Order Amendments

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. (Enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

major amendmentobligationhandling extraauthorityexistencecommodityqualitydisposition

Related Statutes

  • § 59024 Major Marketing Order Amendments
  • § 59025 Major Marketing Order Amendments
  • § 59026 Major Marketing Order Amendments
  • § 59028 Major Marketing Order Amendments
  • § 59029 Major Marketing Order Amendments

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 59023.
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