California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 2240 — Agriculture: processors of farm products: dealers: licensing: fees.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 382, Statutes of 2010.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2010. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires processors and cash buying processors of farm products to be licensed and to pay to the Department of Food and Agriculture an annual license application fee in accordance with a specified schedule determined by the annual dollar volume of business based on farm product volumes. The department is required to reevaluate that fee structure based on operating costs in fiscal years 1998–99 and 1999–2000 and to submit a report, with specified information, to the Legislature within 60 days subsequent to June 30, 2000. This bill, instead, would authorize the department to reevaluate the fee structure based on operating costs. The bill would also raise certain fees and delete the outdated fee structure and reporting provisions. Existing law authorizes an aggrieved grower or licensee, with a complaint not subject to certain federal laws, to seek resolution of the complaint by filing a complaint, as provided, and paying a $60 filing fee. This bill would raise the filing fee to $100. Existing law provides that the application fees are maximum fees and that the Secretary of Food and Agriculture may fix the fees at a lesser amount or adjust the fees whenever the secretary finds that the cost of administration can be defrayed with the below-maximum fees. This bill would authorize the secretary to appoint an advisory committee of producers and licensees to provide guidance in establishing those fees or to rely on input from any similar advisory committee already assembled by the secretary. Existing law requires that a person engaged in the business of buying, receiving on consignment, soliciting for sale on commission, or negotiating the sale of farm products from a licensee or producer for resale be licensed and pay to the department an annual application fee under similar terms as processors and cash buying processors of food products as described above. This bill would make analogous changes to those described above for processors and cash buying processors of farm products with respect to these licensees, including authorizing the department to reevaluate the fee structure based on operating costs, raising certain fees, deleting outdated fee structure and reporting provisions, raising the complaint filing fees, and authorizing the appointing of an advisory committee to provide guidance in establishing fees. This bill would make other technical, nonsubstantive changes.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 382, Statutes of 2010.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 7. Page 6262.)

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 6. Page 4460.)

  7. Read second time. To third reading.

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 2).

  9. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 15).

  11. Referred to Com. on F. & A.

  12. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  13. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 11. Page 5034.)

  14. Read second time. To third reading.

  15. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  16. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 28).

  17. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14).

  18. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  19. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.

  20. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  21. Referred to Com. on AGRI.

  22. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  23. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Ma · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Ma

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 2240 MA Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 76 Yea · 7 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71707
Democratic 2001
Republican 3000
Total 76708
% of votes cast 84%8%0%9%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Charles — Not Voting
Hagman — Not Voting
Harkey — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Norby — Nay
Bass — Not Voting
Silva — Not Voting
Torrico — Yea
Villines — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Huber — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Miller — Not Voting
Nielsen — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Tran — Yea
Eng — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Not Voting
DeVore — Nay
Furutani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Assembly 3rd Reading AB2240 Ma By Emmerson

Passed 26 Yea · 6 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 25506
Republican 0100
Democratic 1001
Total 26607
% of votes cast 67%15%0%18%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Not Voting
Wyland — Nay
Cedillo — Yea
Florez — Yea
Hollingsworth — Nay
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Huff — Yea
Runner — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Leno — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Dutton — Not Voting
McLeod — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Romero — Yea
Wiggins — Not Voting
Aanestad — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Harman — Yea
Liu — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Price — Not Voting
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8003
Total 8003
% of votes cast 73%0%0%27%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Price — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Leno — Not Voting
Walters — Not Voting
Emmerson — Yea

Official roll call →

AB 2240 MA Assembly Third Reading

Passed 70 Yea · 11 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6411010
Republican 3000
Democratic 3000
Total 7011010
% of votes cast 77%12%0%11%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Bass — Not Voting
Chesbro — Nay
Evans — Not Voting
Feuer — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Gilmore — Not Voting
Hagman — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Not Voting
Miller — Not Voting
Monning — Not Voting
Nestande — Nay
Norby — Nay
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Carter — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Yea
Block — Not Voting
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Not Voting
Nielsen — Yea
Silva — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Coto — Yea
Eng — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 13 Yea · 1 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13104
Democratic 0001
Total 13105
% of votes cast 68%5%0%26%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Charles — Not Voting
Conway — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Norby — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Coto — Yea
Bradford — Not Voting
Miller — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Davis — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting

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Subjects

agriculture
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2240 do?
Existing law requires processors and cash buying processors of farm products to be licensed and to pay to the Department of Food and Agriculture an annual license application fee in accordance with a specified schedule determined by the annual dollar volume of business based on farm product volumes. The department is required to reevaluate that fee structure based on operating costs in fiscal years 1998–99 and 1999–2000 and to submit a report, with specified information, to the Legislature within 60 days subsequent to June 30, 2000. This bill, instead, would authorize the department to reevaluate the fee structure based on operating costs. The bill would also raise certain fees and delete the outdated fee structure and reporting provisions. Existing law authorizes an aggrieved grower or licensee, with a complaint not subject to certain federal laws, to seek resolution of the complaint by filing a complaint, as provided, and paying a $60 filing fee. This bill would raise the filing fee to $100. Existing law provides that the application fees are maximum fees and that the Secretary of Food and Agriculture may fix the fees at a lesser amount or adjust the fees whenever the secretary finds that the cost of administration can be defrayed with the below-maximum fees. This bill would authorize the secretary to appoint an advisory committee of producers and licensees to provide guidance in establishing those fees or to rely on input from any similar advisory committee already assembled by the secretary. Existing law requires that a person engaged in the business of buying, receiving on consignment, soliciting for sale on commission, or negotiating the sale of farm products from a licensee or producer for resale be licensed and pay to the department an annual application fee under similar terms as processors and cash buying processors of food products as described above. This bill would make analogous changes to those described above for processors and cash buying processors of farm products with respect to these licensees, including authorizing the department to reevaluate the fee structure based on operating costs, raising certain fees, deleting outdated fee structure and reporting provisions, raising the complaint filing fees, and authorizing the appointing of an advisory committee to provide guidance in establishing fees. This bill would make other technical, nonsubstantive changes.
Who sponsors AB 2240?
AB 2240 is sponsored by Ma.
What is the current status of AB 2240?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2010. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 2240?
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