§ 78290 Handler Assessment Liability

Food and Agricultural Code·California

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•If you're a handler, you must pay the money you collect to the commission.
•Even if you forget to collect the money, you still have to pay it.
•You can't get out of paying just because you didn't collect it.

Example

A farmer sells fruit and is supposed to collect a small fee from buyers to give to the government.

If the farmer doesn’t collect the fee from buyers, they still have to pay the government out of their own pocket.

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§ 78290 Handler Assessment Liability

Every handler shall be personally liable for the payment of collected assessments to the commission. A failure by a handler to collect the assessment shall not exempt the handler from liability and shall not relieve any person subject to this chapter from the obligation to pay the assessment. (Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1058, Sec. 1. Effective September 19, 1990.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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handler obligation liability commission assessment effective september

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Food and Agricultural Code. Section 78290.

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