CHAPTER 4. Foreign Trade Zones [6300 - 6304]
( Chapter 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. )
As used in this chapter:
(a) “Act of Congress” means the act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, titled “An act to provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for other purposes” (48 U. S. Stats. at L. Ch. 590.).
(b) “Public corporation” means the
state, any political subdivision thereof, any incorporated municipality therein, any public agency of the state, of any political subdivision thereof, or of any municipality therein, or any corporate municipal instrumentality of this state, or of this state and one or more other
states.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 13, Sec. 1. (AB 1727) Effective January 1, 2018.)
(a) A public corporation may apply for the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone in accordance with the act of Congress.
(b) Any private corporation organized under the laws of the state subsequent to September 15, 1935, for the purpose of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone in accordance with the act of Congress may apply for the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone in accordance with the act of Congress.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 13, Sec. 3. (AB 1727) Effective January 1, 2018.)
Any public or private corporation authorized by this chapter to apply and whose application is granted pursuant to the terms of the act of Congress may establish, operate, and maintain the foreign-trade zone:
(a) Subject to the conditions and restrictions of the act of Congress, and any amendments thereto.
(b) Under such rules and regulations and for the period of time that may be prescribed by the board established by the act of Congress to carry out the
act.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 13, Sec. 5. (AB 1727) Effective January 1, 2018.)