CA Food & Agric Code Section 77940

(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 banks that the commission may designate and shall be disbursed by order of the commission through an agent or agents designated by the commission for that purpose. 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 an amount of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).

(b)

The commission may maintain a separate bank account in order to create a permanent research fund. The account shall be named the Kee Kitayama Memorial Research Foundation Account.