Section 15103 Of Article 14. Complaints From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 14.
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. (a) If the secretary determines that the complaint is valid
and the hay is unsafe, the secretary may require the seller of the
hay to reimburse the filing fee to the person filing the complaint.
(b) The secretary also may collect from any seller of hay the
costs incurred by the secretary, not to exceed two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500), in conducting any investigation regarding
the safety of whole hay sold by that seller if the hay is ultimately
deemed to be unsafe.