Article 3. Administration of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 22. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 16. >> Article 3.

The secretary shall administer and enforce this chapter, and may exercise any of the administrative powers that are conferred by Sections 11180 to 11191, inclusive, of the Government Code upon a head of a department. In order to effectuate the declared purposes of this chapter, the secretary may contract to carry out the declared intent and purposes of this chapter.

Upon recommendation by the council, the secretary may adopt, consistent with this chapter, any regulations that cover the administration and enforcement of this chapter that may be necessary to carry out the purposes and attain the objectives of this chapter, except the secretary shall not engage in any salmon promotion activity or pursue the purchase of allocation rights to harvest salmon without the approval of a majority of the voting members of the council.

Upon the adoption of any regulations under this chapter, a copy of the regulations shall be displayed on the department's Internet Web site. No regulation shall become effective until five days after the date of display on the Internet Web site and mailing to every marketing association and every receiver that is directly affected by the regulations whose name and address may be on file in the office of the secretary and to every person who files in the office of the secretary a written request for a copy of the regulations.