CA Food & Agric Code Section 75069

(a)

All funds received by any person from the assessments levied under the authority of this chapter, or otherwise received by the commission, shall be deposited in the banks or other appropriate financial institutions designated by the commission and shall be disbursed by order of the commission through the agent or agents that it designated for that purpose.

(b)

The agent or agents shall be bonded by a fidelity bond, executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in this state, in favor of the commission, in the amount of not less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).