Section 55052 Of Article 5. Commercial Impact Rice From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 20. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 5.
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. (a) Except as set forth in this section, this chapter shall
not apply to 50 acres or less of rice of any type planted for
research purposes. No one type may be planted on more than 50 acres
in the state and be considered research within the meaning of this
section. Any person conducting research on 50 acres or less shall
notify the committee of the location of the acreage involved, and the
proposed procedures for planting, producing, processing, or handling
the rice. The committee shall review and approve, modify, or reject
the proposed procedures to ensure that the research will not result
in commercial impacts to other rice. The committee shall accept any
procedures that have been previously approved or accepted by an
agency of state or federal government unless the committee provides
written justification for modifying or rejecting the procedures.
(b) In addition to the information required pursuant to
subdivision (a), the committee may require any person proposing to
conduct research using rice brought into the state from another state
or country to provide the committee with proposed procedures to
ensure that the introduced rice is free of diseases, weeds, or other
pests. The committee shall review and approve, modify, or reject the
proposed procedures. The committee shall accept any procedures that
have been previously approved or accepted by an agency of state or
federal government unless the committee provides written
justification for modifying or rejecting the procedures.
(c) The notice required pursuant to this section shall not require
specific information regarding the attributes of the rice that is
the subject of the research.
(d) The notice required by this section shall be provided in the
time and manner specified by the committee.
(e) This chapter shall not apply to research conducted by the
University of California except for rice produced directly from the
research that enters the channels of trade.