Food and Agricultural Code section 240

The moneys in the trust fund shall be disbursed only to pay for costs arising from unanticipated occurrences associated with administering self-funded programs. These costs shall include, but are not limited to: attorney costs related to litigation; workers’ compensation costs; unemployment costs; phaseout costs of existing programs; and temporary funding for programs that are implementing a fee increase. Any program using the moneys from the trust fund shall repay the trust fund based on a schedule approved by the director.
In addition to the costs specified above, the director may impose a charge in the amount necessary to cover the department’s costs in administering this article.

Source: Section 240, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAC§ionNum=240.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1995; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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