California Cut Flower Commission: membership: reconvening commission.

Existing law establishes the California Cut Flower Commission, composed of 13 members, with specified powers and duties relating to the cut flowers and cut greens industry, including, but not limited to, conducting, and contracting with others to conduct, production research and market and shipping research, analysis, and development, as defined, including the study, analysis, accumulation, and dissemination of information obtained from those research activities. Under existing law, the commission may be suspended or terminated upon a vote or petition of the industry members it represents, as specified. This bill would reduce the number of commission members from 13 to 9 and the number of producers on the commission from 12 to 8, as specified, but would authorize an elected commission member serving on the commission on January 1, 2021, to serve until the expiration of their term. The bill would also repeal a provision limiting a member to serving 3 consecutive terms. The bill would also make other conforming changes to these provisions and would delete obsolete provisions. The bill would authorize the Secretary of Food and Agriculture, on and after one year after the commission is suspended or terminated, to conduct a vote to reconvene the commission, as specified.