Article 6. Assessments And Records of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 22. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 12.6. >> Article 6.

(a) The commission shall establish the assessment for the following marketing year not later than April 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as is possible.
  (b) The assessment shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50) per bearing acreage of grape rootstock and two cents ($0.02) per invoicable unit of grape rootstock and grafted grape rootstock used or distributed for commercial purposes. The commission may establish different invoicable unit assessment rates for rootstock cuttings, rooted rootstock cuttings, and grafted grape rootstocks, provided that the rates do not exceed the maximum assessment authorized by this subdivision.
  (c) A fee greater than the amount specified in subdivision (b) may not be charged unless approved pursuant to procedures specified in Section 74771.

Every nursery, including nurseries exempt from the payment of assessments, shall keep a complete and accurate record of its acreage of grape rootstock and its grape rootstock used or distributed for commercial purposes. The records shall be in simple form and contain information as the commission shall prescribe. The records shall be retained by the nursery for five years and shall be offered and submitted for inspection at any reasonable time upon written demand of the commission or its duly authorized agent.

Any assessment which is levied pursuant to this chapter is a personal debt of every nursery so assessed.

Any nursery that fails to file a return or pay any assessment within the time required by the commission shall pay the commission a penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the assessment determined to be due and, in addition, pay 1 1/2 percent interest per month on the unpaid balance.