Article 9. Board And Enforcement Funding of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 18. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 9.

(a) Any person who has cottonseed delinted for planting purposes under this chapter, shall annually pay to the secretary an assessment in an amount not to exceed six dollars ($6) per hundredweight on the undelinted weight of the cottonseed.
  (b) Cottonseed delinters, by June 15th of each year, shall provide the secretary with the name and address of each person having cottonseed delinted and the undelinted weight of their cottonseed.

The assessment shall be used exclusively for enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, and the board functions including cotton variety testing and related administrative expenses.

The secretary, after investigation and due notice, may fix the annual assessment provided under Section 52941 at a lesser amount that would provide sufficient funds to defray the board and enforcement costs incurred in administering this chapter.

The assessment shall be paid to the secretary within one calendar month after July 1 of each year, for cottonseed delinted in the preceding fiscal year or portion of a fiscal year beginning July 1, except that no assessment shall be paid by any person or organization for any cottonseed for which the assessment has been previously paid. If not paid within that period, a penalty of 10 percent of the assessment owed shall be due and payable to the secretary.

All moneys that are received by the secretary pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the Department of Food and Agriculture Fund and shall be expended only for the purposes of this chapter.