Section 25904 Of Article 1. Fairs From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 3. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 1.
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. (a) The board of supervisors may levy a special tax,
pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1
of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, and spend the proceeds to
encourage immigration, increase trade in the products of the state
and of the county, and promote the industrial, livestock,
agricultural, horticultural, viticultural, and pastoral pursuits of
the county.
(b) The proceeds may be used for the purposes of:
(1) Collecting, preparing, and maintaining an exhibition of the
products and industries of the county at any domestic or foreign
exposition.
(2) Making contribution to the support of any local fair or
exhibition of industrial, agricultural, horticultural, viticultural,
or pastoral products maintained by any public agency, county
agricultural association, county fair association, or chamber of
commerce in the county. If there is no such fair or exhibition in the
county, the contribution may be made to the support of a fair or
exhibition maintained by a group of counties of which the
contributing county is one.
(3) The contribution may be used by the agency for the general
conduct of the fair or exhibition, including the giving of premiums,
in the name of the county, for competitive excellence in industrial,
agricultural, livestock, horticultural, viticultural, and pastoral
products at the fair or exhibition.