The director may enter into an agreement with one or more organizations representing growers and manufacturers of cling peaches whereby research will be conducted by public or private agencies to determine methods of increasing the natural fructose content in cling peaches.
The agreement shall specify that the state will provide 50 percent of the funds necessary for the research and the other parties to the agreement will provide the remaining 50 percent.
(Added by renumbering Section 71000 by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 49.)