The California Department of Food and Agriculture administers the Rice Straw Tax Credit Program established by SB 38 (Lockyer, Ch 954, 1996). The program was created to encourage the development of off-field uses of rice straw as alternatives to field burning or in-field disposal.
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/exec/aep/aes/rstc_program/index.htm
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