Domestic Dates Produced or Packed in Riverside County, CA; Decreased Assessment Rate

This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the California Date Administrative Committee (Committee) for the 2003-04 and subsequent crop years from $0.90 to $0.75 per hundredweight of dates handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order that regulates the handling of dates produced or packed in Riverside County, California. Authorization to assess date handlers enables the Committee to incur expenses that are reasonable and necessary to administer the program. The crop year begins October 1 and ends September 30. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.