Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 75631

This chapter shall not apply to producers who produce no more than 40,000 pounds of apples per year and to production on a noncommercial basis for the producer’s home use, or where the trees are used only for ornamental purposes. Producers from whom assessments are collected may apply for the refund of the payments following the close of any marketing season in which the payments have been made, and the commission shall refund the payments if the producer can demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the commission, that he or she is not subject to this chapter.