Measure would raise seed‑program fees to shore up CDFA enforcement, author says
AB 1848 would modestly increase fees charged to seed manufacturers to restore funding for California’s seed-testing and enforcement program, which advocates say has been eroded by inflation since the $40 fee was set in 1973.
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Assemblymember Ransom told the Senate Agriculture subcommittee that AB 1848 is a modest fix to a funding problem for the Department of Food and Agriculture’s seed enforcement program, which has relied on a $40 fee set in 1973 and has not been adjusted for inflation.
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