Section 78925 Of Article 6. Assessments From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 22. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 24.5. >> Article 6.
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. (a) All proprietary and trade secret information obtained by
the commission from producers and vintners shall be confidential and
shall not be disclosed except when required by a court order after a
hearing in a judicial proceeding involving this chapter. The
Legislature finds and declares that this provision is required to
ensure that producer and vintner proprietary and trade secret
information shall not be disclosed.
(b) In addition, and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
all proprietary or trade secret information developed or gathered
pursuant to this chapter by the commission, or by the department on
behalf of the commission, from any source is confidential, shall not
be considered a public record as that term is defined in Section 6252
of the Government Code, and shall not be disclosed by the commission
or the secretary except when required by a court order after a
hearing in a judicial proceeding involving this chapter.
(c) Information on volume shipments, crop value, and any other
related information that is required for reports to governmental
agencies, financial reports to the commission, or aggregate sales and
inventory information, and other information that give only totals,
but excludes individual information, may be disclosed by the
commission.
(d) The commission shall determine whether information is
proprietary or trade secret and not subject to disclosure. If the
commission denies a request for disclosure of this information, the
commission shall provide written justification for its decision to
the person requesting the information who may appeal the decision of
the commission to the secretary.