DATE: April 28, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Melissa Cregan, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures
SUBJECT: Retroactive Cooperative Agreement for the Industrial Hemp Cultivation Program with Registration
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute First Amendment to State Agreement No. 18-0683-000-SA-1 with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for the Industrial Hemp Cultivation Program with Registration, effective upon execution with no change to the term of April 30, 2019, through June 30, 2020, and increasing the maximum reimbursement by $252,577 to a total of $254,577.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the County to enter into an agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to reimburse the Department's costs for the Industrial Hemp Cultivation Program with Registration.
This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the department will not receive funding from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for the Industrial Hemp Cultivation Program.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
This revenue agreement is retroactive to April 30, 2019. The Department received the amended agreement from the CDFA on March 13, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in net County cost associated with this recommended action. Fresno County will receive approximately $254,577 in revenues from the CDFA to fund this mandated program. The estimated revenues and appropriations to fund the full cost of the program are included in the FY 2019-20 Adopted Budget for the Department of Agriculture Fund 0001/ Org.40101018/Subclass/10000/Account 3545.
DISCUSSION:
The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act (Senate Bill 566, Chapter 398, Statutes of 2013) was signed into law to authorize the commercial production of industrial hemp in California effective on January 1, 2017. As directed by this Act, the ...
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