Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71020. Section 71020.
Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
ARTICLE 2. Definitions [71020. - 71037.]
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC 2.
in effectCal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71021. Section 71021.
“Books and records” means books, records, contracts, documents, memoranda, papers, correspondence, or other written data pertaining to matters relating to the activities subject to this chapter.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71022. Section 71022.
“Commission” means the California Rice Commission.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71023. Section 71023.
(a)
“Districts” consist of the following:
(1)
District 1 consists of Butte County.
(2)
District 2 consists of Colusa County.
(3)
District 3 consists of Glenn County and Tehama County, and any county north of those counties where rice is produced.
(4)
District 4 consists of Yuba and Sutter Counties.
(5)
District 5 consists of Sacramento, San Joaquin, Placer, and Yolo Counties and any county south of those counties where rice is produced.
(b)
The commission, upon a two-thirds vote of the membership of the commission, may change the districts.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71024. Section 71024.
“Ex officio member” means a nonvoting member of the commission.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71025. Section 71025.
“Handle” means to engage in the business of being a handler. It does not include the drying of rice.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71026. Section 71026.
“Handler” means any person who is engaged in this state in the business of marketing rice who handles 100,000 hundredweight or more of rough or “paddy” rice, or the equivalent amount of milled rice during a marketing season. It is the Legislature’s intent that this provision be construed so that every person engaged in the handling of 100,000 hundredweight or more of rice produced in California is subject to assessment pursuant to this chapter.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71027. Section 71027.
“Hundredweight” or “Cwt.” are synonymous and mean 100 pounds avoirdupois, excluding tare.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71028. Section 71028.
“Market” or “marketing” means to sell rice to a person other than a handler.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71029. Section 71029.
“Marketing research” means any research relating to the sale of rice.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71030. Section 71030.
“Marketing season” or “fiscal year” are synonymous terms and mean the period beginning September 1 of any year and extending through the last day of August of the following year.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71031. Section 71031.
“Person” means any individual, partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, firm, company, or other entity doing business in California.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71032. Section 71032.
“Producer” means any person who produces, or causes to be produced, rice.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71033. Section 71033.
“Production research” means any research relating to the production, harvest, and postharvest handling of rice.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71034. Section 71034.
“Public member” means the person appointed by the commission pursuant to Section 71050. The public member and his or her alternate shall not have any financial interest in the production or handling of rice.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71035. Section 71035.
“Rice” means all rough or “paddy” rice or milled rice (Oryza sativa L.) from any source handled within the state of California, including mochi rice (sweet rice). It does not include rice produced for seed or wild rice (Zinzania aquatica; Zinzania palustris).
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71036. Section 71036.
“Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture.
Cal. Food and Agricultural Code - FAC § 71037. Section 71037.
“Sell” means to transfer or cause the transfer of title to rice for valuable consideration.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026