2221-2224

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 2221-2224




2221.  For the purpose of this article the base salary of a
commissioner is the salary, or if a salary range is established, the
lowest step in such range, which was established for the position for
the month of January, 1959.


2222.  For the purpose of securing more uniform and adequate
enforcement of this code throughout the state, the director may enter
into cooperative agreements with the board of supervisors of any
county which relate to the compensation of the county agricultural
commissioner of the county, or which relate to compensation of the
county for services which are performed for the department.



2223.  In the agreement the board of supervisors shall agree not to
reduce the salary of the commissioner to less than the base salary.
The director may agree to pay to the county a sum not to exceed six
thousand six hundred dollars ($6,600) per year to be used for the
salary of the commissioner, or to compensate the county for services
which are performed for the department. The amount which is paid to a
county shall not, however, exceed two-thirds of the amount of the
salary which is paid to its commissioner.



2224.  The director may agree with the board of supervisors of any
county in which no salary was established for the position of
commissioner for January, 1959, that the state will pay not to exceed
six thousand six hundred dollars ($6,600) per year of the amount to
be used for payment of the salary of a commissioner for such county,
or of a commissioner who is employed pursuant to Section 2124. The
amount which is paid the county shall not, however, exceed two-thirds
of the amount of the salary which is paid to the commissioner.