California Code, Food and Agricultural Code (Formerly Agricultural Code) - FAC § 73253

Identified commission administrative expenses in an amount not to exceed 10 percent of the assessment owed by any producer prior to deducting the brand credit, and commission institutional expenses in an amount not to exceed 5 percent of the assessment owed by any producer prior to deducting the brand credit, are not entitled to brand credit. In no case shall the brand credit result in any producer paying an assessment to the commission of less than two cents ($0.02) per carton.

For purposes of this section, institutional expenses are defined as those expenses incurred in informing food editors for newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, and informing consumer departments for schools, retailers and other related businesses, regarding produce supply, usage suggestions, and nutritional facts about navel oranges.