Bill Text: CA AB2648 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Food and agriculture: production forecasts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-24 - Read first time. [AB2648 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2648-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2648	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Salas

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 411 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to food and agriculture.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2648, as introduced, Salas. Food and agriculture: production
forecasts.
   Existing law establishes the Department of Food and Agriculture
and vests with the department various duties and obligations related
to regulation of the agricultural industry of the state. Existing law
requires the department to supply the Department of Water Resources
with a specified forecast that estimates the amount of production of
food, fiber, livestock, and other farm products, as specified.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in the provisions
relating to that forecast.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 411 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   411.  (a) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall supply the
Department of Water Resources with a forecast that estimates the
amount of production of food, fiber, livestock, and other farm
products.
   (b) As part of the forecast, the Department of Food and
Agriculture's assumptions shall be based upon 20-year estimates that
include, but are not limited to, the following data:
   (1) Land use conversion rates and the amount of land  that is
 available for agricultural production.
   (2) The growing need for food, fiber, livestock and other farm
products as the state's and the nation's populations grow.
   (3) Implementation of irrigation technology and other on-farm
water conservation measures.
   (4) Advances in crop yields and production techniques.
   (5) Alternate uses of crops.
   (c) The department shall include an additional table in the
forecast that estimates the agricultural water needs based upon food
security considerations that include, at a minimum,  all of 
the following:
   (1) Population growth estimates.
   (2) Production of farm products sufficient to feed the state's
population, as well as continue to provide at least 25 percent of the
nation's table food.
   (3) Production necessary to meet the growth in export markets.
   (d) To the extent feasible, the Department of Food and Agriculture
may cooperate with the Department of Finance, the University of
California, and other institutions and organizations in obtaining
information for the forecasts.
   (e) The Department of Food and Agriculture shall furnish the
forecast to the Department of Water Resources for estimating related
water usage, as well as to the Chairs of the Assembly Committee on
Agriculture, the Assembly Committee on Water, Parks, and Wildlife,
and the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources. The
Department of Water Resources shall include this information in
Bulletin 160.