SB 1084 (Hurtado) Agricultural land: foreign ownership and interests: foreign governments. This bill would prohibit a foreign government from purchasing, acquiring, leasing, or holding an interest, as defined, in agricultural land within the State of California. Status: Vetoed. Budget Updates The Governor and legislative leadership put together the final Budget Bill Jr. (AB 179) and the long-awaited Resources Budget Trailer Bill (AB 211) agreements. Both bills were passed in the final hours of the legislative session. Below are the details of the completed budget bills that are of importance to the agriculture community:
specifies procedures for implementation and enforcement by the Air Resources Board and the Secretary of State. Status: Died on the Assembly Floor. SB 490 (Caballero) The Buy American Food Act: public institutions: purchase of nondomestic agricultural food products. This bill requires a public institution that receives federal meal reimbursement funding to provide prepared meals to include in their solicitation for bids and contracts that only the purchase of agricultural food products grown, packed, or processed domestically is authorized, unless, among other things, the bid or price of the nondomestic agricultural product is more than 25% lower than the bid or price of the domestic agricultural product. Status: Signed and Chaptered.
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