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California AB 388 passed out of the Senate Agriculture and Water Resources Committee on a 6-2 vote on June 4, 2002. Next stop is the Senate Appropriations Committee. Chairman Jim Costa asked for an author's amendment to include in the bill a request that the study also consider law enforcement considerations. Assemblymember Virginia Strom-Martin agreed.
California Assembly Bill No. 388
Introduced by Assembly Member Strom-Martin February 20, 2001
An act to add Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 590) to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to specialty fiber crops.
Legislative Councel's Digest AB 388, as amended, Strom-Martin. Specialty fiber crops. Existing law provides for the University of California to conduct various studies, pilot demonstration projects, and programs designed to provide information and support to the Department of Food and Agriculture and California's agricultural community.
This bill would request that the University of California would conduct an assessment of economic opportunities available through the production of specialty or alternative fiber crops. This bill would provide that the assessment be funded by moneys currently in the budget of the University of California, if available, and that request the University of California to report its finding to the Legislature by January 1, 2004.
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. Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 590) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:
590. (a) The University of California is requested to conduct an assessment of economic opportunities available through the production of specialty or alternative fiber crops including industrial hemp, kenaf, and flax by extrapolating data on productivity and production costs available from trials conducted in other states and countries to California's conditions.
The assessment shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) An estimation of market demand and likely crop prices.
(2) Identification of potential barriers to profitability.
(3) Identification of production, processing, and marketing issues that would be need to be addressed in future demonstration research or pilot commercial trials.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2004, the University of California is requested to report its findings to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources.
For more information, contact:
Sieglinde (Missy) Johnson
Office of Assemblymember Strom-Martin
Tel: (916) 319-2521
Copyright © 2002, Office of Assemblymember Strom-Martin. All rights reserved.
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Sieglinde (Missy) Johnson, Office of Assemblymember Strom-Martin
California Assembly Bill No. 388
Introduced by Assembly Member Strom-Martin February 20, 2001
An act to add Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 590) to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Food and Agricultural Code, relating to specialty fiber crops.
Legislative Councel's Digest AB 388, as amended, Strom-Martin. Specialty fiber crops. Existing law provides for the University of California to conduct various studies, pilot demonstration projects, and programs designed to provide information and support to the Department of Food and Agriculture and California's agricultural community.
This bill would request that the University of California would conduct an assessment of economic opportunities available through the production of specialty or alternative fiber crops. This bill would provide that the assessment be funded by moneys currently in the budget of the University of California, if available, and that request the University of California to report its finding to the Legislature by January 1, 2004.
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. Article 9.5 (commencing with Section 590) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:
590. (a) The University of California is requested to conduct an assessment of economic opportunities available through the production of specialty or alternative fiber crops including industrial hemp, kenaf, and flax by extrapolating data on productivity and production costs available from trials conducted in other states and countries to California's conditions.
The assessment shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) An estimation of market demand and likely crop prices.
(2) Identification of potential barriers to profitability.
(3) Identification of production, processing, and marketing issues that would be need to be addressed in future demonstration research or pilot commercial trials.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2004, the University of California is requested to report its findings to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture, and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources.
For more information, contact:
Sieglinde (Missy) Johnson
Office of Assemblymember Strom-Martin
Tel: (916) 319-2521
Copyright © 2002, Office of Assemblymember Strom-Martin. All rights reserved.
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Sieglinde (Missy) Johnson, Office of Assemblymember Strom-Martin