Bill Text: CA AB1038 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1038 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Milk products: California Dairy Future Task Force.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-09-12 - Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Gray. [AB1038 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1038-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1038	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 13, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 10, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member  Pan   Gray

    (   Principal   coauthors:  
Senators   Berryhill,   Cannella,   and
Galgiani   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Article 10 (commencing with Section 590) to Chapter
3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating
to milk products.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1038, as amended,  Pan   Gray  . Milk
products: California Dairy Future Task Force.
   Existing law authorizes the Secretary of Food and Agriculture to
formulate stabilization and marketing plans that establish the prices
to be paid by milk handlers for specified classes of market milk and
requires a handler subject to a stabilization and marketing plan to
pay an assessment to the secretary, as specified. Existing law
requires that all moneys received by the secretary pursuant to these
provisions be deposited into the Department of Food and Agriculture
Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, and be used to defray
expenses in connection with the administration of these provisions.
   This bill would make specified legislative findings and
declarations regarding challenges faced by the dairy industry and
would state specified intents of the Legislature  relating to the
development of recommendations to assist the dairy industry to
achieve long-term success and sustainability  . The bill would
require the California Dairy Future Task Force, previously
established by the secretary, to be continued in existence in order
to evaluate and make recommendations on various issues relating to
the specific purpose of developing a stable economic environment for
all California dairy producers and processors. The bill would require
that funding for the task force, not to exceed  an
unspecified amount   $500,000  , be made available
from assessment revenues paid to the secretary by handlers subject to
a stabilization and marketing plan, subject to appropriation by the
Legislature.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) The California dairy industry has been confronted with
numerous significant challenges in the past several years that have
resulted in dairy producers losing equity, with many forced to exit
the industry, while dairy processors have faced heightened
competition and transportation costs, and other economic challenges.

   (2) The challenges include dramatic increases in the cost of corn
and other produce used to feed livestock, increasing environmental
and regulatory costs, and decreasing water availability. 

   (3) 
    (2)  A concentrated focus on these challenges is
essential so that the California dairy industry may participate
successfully in domestic and international markets to the benefit of
dairy producers and processors alike.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Secretary of Food
and Agriculture actively engage the California Dairy Future Task
Force to develop recommendations intended to best position the
California dairy industry to achieve the goals of long-term success
and sustainability in a market that continues to evolve beyond the
scope of the current regulatory system with the addition of new
products and markets. 
   (c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that these
recommendations address current statutory and regulatory impediments
to achieve these goals. 
  SEC. 2.  Article 10 (commencing with Section 590) is added to
Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
to read:

      Article 10.  California Dairy Future Task Force


   590.  (a) The California Dairy Future Task Force, previously
established by the secretary and consisting of dairy producers,
processors, and cooperatives, shall be continued in existence for the
specific purpose of developing a stable economic environment for
California dairy producers and processors.
   (b) The California Dairy Future Task Force shall do all of the
following:
   (1) Evaluate all of the following issues and any other issues it
determines to be relevant:
   (A) Market-based and other alternative pricing models.
   (B) Pricing mechanisms that appropriately share risk and value
between dairy producers and processors, promote competition, and
encourage innovation.
   (C) Whether California's regulated milk pricing system has kept
pace with the rapidly changing global marketplace.
   (D) Adequacy of relevant statutes and regulations.
   (2) Solicit input from the dairy industry and related businesses.
   (3) Make recommendations to the secretary and the Legislature no
later than July 1, 2014, regarding the addition, modification, or
repeal of existing statutes and regulations for all classes of milk.
   (c) Funding for the California Dairy Future Task Force, in an
amount not to exceed  ____   five hundred
thousand  dollars  ($____)   ($500,000)
 , shall be made available from the funds deposited into the
Department of Food and Agriculture Fund pursuant to Article 14
(commencing with Section 62211) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division
21, subject to appropriation by the Legislature.