Article 10. Proration Certificates of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 21. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 10.

After any marketing program has been formulated and has been approved as provided in this chapter, the agent for the proration zone shall assume the administration of the marketing program and any subsequent modification of it and the issuance of proration certificates pursuant to it. Such certificates shall be divided into primary and secondary certificates.

Each producer is entitled to one primary certificate which may indicate the quantities of the commodity for which the marketing program has been instituted which the producer that is named in the certificate is entitled to harvest or otherwise prepare for market and delivery into the primary channels of trade. The primary certificate may also indicate from time to time the number of secondary certificates which are issued under it.

Secondary certificates shall be numbered consecutively and shall be used to control the time and volume of harvesting or other preparation for disposal. Secondary certificates shall accompany all deliveries of the prorated commodity by producers into a primary trade channel.

In the case of any commodity which is normally concentrated for preparation for market, the marketing program committee may authorize the harvesting of the entire commodity for the purpose of delivery to a concentration point and subsequent marketing control.

Primary or secondary certificates are not negotiable between producers, except with the approval of the marketing program committee and the director.

In the operation of any marketing program, any cooperative or other market agency which is entitled to the possession of any commodity for marketing purposes may be authorized in writing by the marketing program committee to receive certificates for producers that are represented by it and to represent its respective producers if proration is applied to the commodity while it is in the possession of such agency.