{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fac-77331","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAC § 77331","heading":"","body":"(a) The commission shall establish the assessment for the following marketing year not later than March 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as is possible.\n(b) The assessment for the 1989–90 marketing year shall not exceed twenty-five cents ($0.25) per ton for producers and twenty-five cents ($0.25) per ton for handlers on all peppers grown and shipped on a wet pound or ton basis by producers and handled by handlers. Thereafter, the assessment shall not exceed one dollar ($1) per ton for producers and one dollar ($1) per ton for handlers.\n(c) The assessment for the 1989–90 marketing year shall not exceed $0.00065 per pound for producers and $0.00065 per pound for handlers on all peppers grown and shipped on a dry pound basis by producers and handled by handlers. Thereafter, the assessment shall not exceed a maximum of $0.0026 per pound for producers and $0.0026 per pound for handlers.\n(d) The assessment for the 1989–90 marketing year shall not exceed two cents ($0.02) per pound for producers and two cents ($0.02) per pound for handlers on all planting seed grown by producers and handled by handlers. Thereafter, the assessment shall not exceed a maximum of eight cents ($0.08) per pound for producers and eight cents ($0.08) per pound for handlers.\n(e) The handler shall deduct the producer assessment from amounts paid by him or her to the producer and shall be a trustee of these funds and the assessment owed by the handler until they are paid to the commission at the time and in the manner prescribed by the commission.\n(f) A fee greater than the amount provided in this section may not be charged unless and until a greater fee is approved pursuant to the procedures specified in Section 77312.","path":["Food and Agricultural Code - FAC","DIVISION 22. MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCY LAWS [63901. - 79995.]","PART 2. MARKETING ADVISORY AND PROMOTIONAL COUNCILS AND COMMISSIONS [64001. - 79995.]","CHAPTER 17. California Pepper Commission [77201. - 77376.]","ARTICLE 6. Assessments and Records [77331. - 77338.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"7558ce78602aec76ea44ac2567f79ba40fe6b4290680c93b086e856ebe24f2b3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fac-77320","next":"us-ca/fac-77332"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}