Fruit and vegetable wholesalers: registration fees.
Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county with a population of 6,000,000 or more to require registration, and establish a schedule of annual registration fees, not to exceed $250, to be paid by any person who acts as a wholesaler of fresh fruit and vegetables under certain required licenses and who maintains an office or salesroom or conducts that business in the county. Existing law requires that the schedule be designed to pay not more than 13 of the costs of the county for its administration and enforcement of specified laws and regulations pertaining generally to fruit, nut, and vegetable standards.
California SB 701 (20232024) — Fruit and vegetable wholesalers: registration fees.
Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county with a population of 6,000,000 or more to require registration, and establish a schedule of annual registration fees, not to exceed $250, to be paid by any person who acts as a wholesaler of fresh fruit and vegetables under certain required licenses and who maintains an office or salesroom or conducts that business in the county. Existing law requires that the schedule be designed to pay not more than 13 of the costs of the county for its administration and enforcement of specified laws and regulations pertaining generally to fruit, nut, and vegetable standards.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 701 Hurtado Senate Third Reading By Irwin — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 37–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hurtado — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2023-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2023-04-10 Set for hearing April 19.
2023-04-10 April 19 hearing postponed by committee.
2023-04-20 Set for hearing May 3.
2023-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 994.) (May 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 2. Page 1222.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-01 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2023-06-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2860.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-31 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2023-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 409, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23f9ebcc-fc1b-42f4-9d5d-515c8bcdaef9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).