Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 18. FIELD CROPS, SEEDS, SEED POTATOES, ONE-VARIETY COTTON DISTRICTS, AND NURSERY STOCK GRADES AND STANDARDS [52001 - 53564]
( Division 18 enacted by Stats. 1967, Ch. 15. ) CHAPTER 4. San Joaquin Valley Quality Cotton District [52851 - 52993]
( Heading of Chapter 4 amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 730, Sec. 1. ) ARTICLE 5. Nonapproved Variety Research [52901 - 52903]
( Article 5 added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 592. ) 52902.
Before any nonapproved cotton is approved by the board for release and planting in the district, it shall be submitted to the board for production and quality evaluation and tests. The secretary, in consultation with the board and the University of California, shall adopt procedures for testing nonapproved cotton varieties. Variety tests shall be conducted for a minimum of three years prior to approval and release of the variety.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 136, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1996. Conditionally inoperative on January 1, 2014, as prescribed in Section 52991.)