Chapter 4. Assignment Of Dues of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 21. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 4.

If any grower or producer of any farm product within this state voluntarily executes and causes to be delivered to a dealer or processor of farm products, either as a clause in a sales contract or other instrument in writing, a notice of assignment of dues to a nonprofit agricultural commodity organization directly representing the specific product involved, by which the processor or dealer is directed to deduct a sum from the price to be paid for such product and to pay the same over to such association as dues for the grower or producer, the processor or dealer shall deduct from the price to be paid for any farm product being sold by any such grower or producer to any such processor or dealer, the amount authorized and pay it over to the organization as assignee.

No provision which is inserted in any contract that is prepared by a dealer or processor which makes an assignment of the dues described in Section 58451 ineffective is valid.

An assignment of dues may not exceed 2 percent of the total value of the product which is delivered by the grower or producer to the dealer or processor.

Payment need not be made under any assignment of dues pursuant to Section 58451 until the dealer or processor has available and under his control funds owing to the grower or producer that are sufficient in amount for making the payment of the dues involved. In the case of an annual product, such payment need not be made until the end of the product year.