Chapter 2. Restrictions of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 3. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, on or after January 1, 1943, apportionments shall be made only to counties or district agricultural associations which received apportionments on the basis of the premiums which were paid at fairs held by them during the calendar year 1941.

Merced, Madera, Santa Cruz, and Solano Counties may each receive an apportionment although they held no fairs in the calendar year 1941 and the agricultural associations of the agricultural districts which comprise such counties each received an apportionment during the calendar year 1941.

Marin County may receive an apportionment although that county held no fair in the calendar year 1941 and the agricultural association of the agricultural district of which Marin County is a part received an apportionment during the calendar year 1941.

A district agricultural association of a district created subsequent to January 1, 1943, may receive an apportionment.

A district agricultural association which did not receive an apportionment on the basis of the premiums which were paid at a fair that was held during the calendar year 1941 may receive an apportionment unless a county whose area lies in whole or in part within the boundaries of the agricultural district received an apportionment on the basis of the premiums which were paid at a fair that was held during the calendar year 1941.

A district agricultural association which did not receive an apportionment on the basis of the premiums which were paid at a fair that was held by it during the calendar year 1941, may receive an apportionment if the board of supervisors of each county which is in whole or in part within the boundaries of the agricultural district in which the association is formed and which received an apportionment on the basis of the premiums which were paid at a fair that was held during the calendar year 1941, by resolution, announces its intention to discontinue permanently the holding of fairs for which the county would be eligible to receive an apportionment.

A certified copy of the resolution shall be filed with the department.

After the board of supervisors adopts and files the resolution, the county is no longer eligible to receive any apportionment and the district agricultural association which thereby becomes eligible to receive an apportionment shall, for the purpose of determining its maximum base of apportionment, be entitled to receive credit for the fairs which were previously held by the county. They shall be considered as fairs which were held by the association in calculating the maximum apportionment base for the association.

Within one year from and after the date the resolution is adopted, the county shall pay to the district agricultural association the unexpended balance of any money which was previously apportioned to the county.

No apportionment shall be made for more than one fair in any one year in any county or district. The fair may be operated in one or more seasonal divisions with the approval of the department. The department may approve such method of operation if it finds that savings will accrue from not providing additional facilities or that an increase in revenue will result or both.

A county or district agricultural association may contract with each other or with a county fair association to hold an agricultural fair without loss of any apportionment to which it otherwise is entitled separately. However, no county or district agricultural association may receive an apportionment for a joint or combined fair which is held by them.

No fair for which a separate appropriation is made by the state shall participate in the apportionment of any money appropriated for the encouragement of county and district agricultural association fairs.

If a district agricultural association fair is conducted in any county of the state, no county fair, except a county fair which received apportionments prior to September 9, 1953, shall be paid any apportionment.

No apportionment shall be made to any fair held in Sacramento County after January 1, 1948, other than a fair conducted by the California State Fair and Exposition, the California State Exposition and Fair Executive Committee or by a district agricultural association in Agricultural District 52.