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Washington State Agricultural Commodity Boards.
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Revised Code of Washington
Agriculture and Marketing
Washington State Agricultural Commodity Boards.
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Section
15.65.010
Short title.
Section
15.65.020
Definitions.
Section
15.65.028
Regulating agricultural commodities—Existing comprehensive scheme.
Section
15.65.033
Regulating agricultural commodities—Laws applicable.
Section
15.65.040
Establishing a commodity board—Marketing order—Purposes.
Section
15.65.043
Board may establish foundation.
Section
15.65.047
Director's duties and responsibilities—Amendments to marketing orders or agreements without a referendum—Rules.
Section
15.65.050
Director to enforce and administer chapter—Marketing agreements, orders issued, amended, notice, grounds for amendments.
Section
15.65.060
Form, filing of marketing agreement, order, amendment, and other proceedings.
Section
15.65.070
Notice of hearing on proposal—Publication—Contents.
Section
15.65.090
Subpoenas—Compelling attendance of witnesses, fees—Immunity of witnesses.
Section
15.65.100
Director's findings and recommended decision, delivery of copies—Taking official notice of facts from other agencies.
Section
15.65.110
Filing objections to recommended decision—Final decision—Waiver.
Section
15.65.120
Contents and scope of recommended and final decision—Delivery of copies.
Section
15.65.130
Agreements binding only on those who assent in writing—Agreement not effective until sufficient signatories to effectuate chapter—When effective.
Section
15.65.140
Minimum assent requirements prerequisite to order or amendment affecting producers or producer marketing.
Section
15.65.150
Minimum requirements prerequisite to order or amendment assessing handlers—Assent by producers.
Section
15.65.160
Ascertainment of required assent percentages.
Section
15.65.170
Issuance or amendment of marketing order—Assent—Rules.
Section
15.65.175
Issuing, amending, or terminating a marketing order—Limitation on public hearings or referendums.
Section
15.65.180
Suspension of marketing agreement or order upon advice of commodity board—Certain prerequisites waived.
Section
15.65.183
Termination of marketing order or agreement—Petition—Procedure.
Section
15.65.185
Referendum prior to termination of a marketing order or agreement—Procedure—Exceptions.
Section
15.65.190
Termination of agreement or order on assent of producers—Procedure.
Section
15.65.193
When marketing order or agreement is terminated—Duties of affected commodity board.
Section
15.65.200
Lists of affected parties—Information used to establish lists—Purpose and use.
Section
15.65.203
Certain records exempt from public disclosure—Exceptions—Actions not prohibited by chapter.
Section
15.65.205
After any vote, referendum, nomination, or election—Affected parties provided results—Disputes.
Section
15.65.210
Powers and duties of director with respect to the administration and enforcement of agreements and orders—Administrator—Personnel.
Section
15.65.220
Commodity boards—Membership—Marketing agreement or order to establish and control—Director votes.
Section
15.65.230
Qualifications of members of commodity boards.
Section
15.65.235
Producer-handlers as producers for membership purposes—Exception.
Section
15.65.240
Terms of members of commodity boards—Elections or appointment.
Section
15.65.243
When director appoints majority of the board—Nominations—Advisory vote—Notice—Director selects either of two candidates receiving the most votes.
Section
15.65.250
Nominations for election to commodity board—When only one nominee.
Section
15.65.260
Election of members of commodity board—Procedure.
Section
15.65.270
Vacancies, quorum, compensation, travel expenses of commodity board members and employees.
Section
15.65.280
Powers and duties of commodity board—Reservation of power to director.
Section
15.65.283
Members may belong to association with same objectives—Contracts with other associations authorized.
Section
15.65.285
Restrictive provisions of chapter 43.19 RCW not applicable to promotional printing and literature of commodity boards.
Section
15.65.287
Commission's plans, programs, and projects—Director's approval required.
Section
15.65.289
Commission speaks for state—Director's oversight.
Section
15.65.290
Claims and liabilities, enforcement against organization—Personal liabilities of officials, employees, etc.
Section
15.65.295
Lists of all affected producers and handlers—Affected parties responsible for accuracy—Use of lists.
Section
15.65.300
Agreement or order to contain detailed statement of powers and purposes.
Section
15.65.305
Promotional hosting expenditures—Rules.
Section
15.65.310
Advertising, sale, trade barrier, claim, etc., provisions in agreement or order.
Section
15.65.320
Agreement and order provisions for research.
Section
15.65.330
Agreement and order provisions for uniform grades and standards—Enforcement—Rules.
Section
15.65.340
Agreement and order provisions prohibiting or regulating certain practices.
Section
15.65.350
Agreement and order to define applicable area—"Production area"—"Marketing area."
Section
15.65.360
Agreement and order provisions for marketing information, services, verification of grades, standards, sampling, etc.
Section
15.65.370
Agreement or order not to prohibit or discriminatorily burden marketing.
Section
15.65.375
Agreement and order provisions—Participation in proceedings concerning regulation of pesticides or agricultural chemicals.
Section
15.65.380
Additional agreement or order provisions.
Section
15.65.390
Annual assessment—Limitation generally.
Section
15.65.400
Rate of assessment.
Section
15.65.410
Time, place, method for payment and collection of assessments.
Section
15.65.420
Use of moneys collected—Departmental expenses.
Section
15.65.430
Refunds of moneys received or collected.
Section
15.65.440
Assessments personal debt—Additional percentage if not paid—Civil action to collect.
Section
15.65.450
Deposit to defray department's expenses—Circumstances requiring reimbursement.
Section
15.65.470
Depositaries for revolving fund—Deposits.
Section
15.65.480
Separate accounts for each agreement or order—Disbursements.
Section
15.65.490
Records of financial transactions to be kept by director—Audits.
Section
15.65.500
Bonds of administrator, board, employee.
Section
15.65.510
Information and inspections required—Hearings—Confidentiality and disclosures.
Section
15.65.520
Criminal acts and penalties.
Section
15.65.530
Civil liability—Use of moneys recovered.
Section
15.65.540
Jurisdiction of superior courts—Who may bring action.
Section
15.65.550
Duty of attorney general and prosecuting attorneys—Investigation and hearing by director.
Section
15.65.560
Remedies additional.
Section
15.65.570
Proceedings subject to administrative procedure act—Exemptions.
Section
15.65.580
Director may issue agreement or order similar to license or order issued by United States—Administrator, board.
Section
15.65.590
Cooperation, joint agreements or orders with other states and United States to achieve uniformity.
Section
15.65.600
Public interest to be protected—Establishment of prices prohibited.
Section
15.65.620
Chapter not to affect other laws—Agreements and orders under prior law may be made subject to chapter.
Section
15.65.630
Application of chapter to canners, freezers, pressers, dehydrators of fruit or vegetables.
Section
15.65.640
Chapter not to apply to green pea grower or processor.
Section
15.65.650
Hop commodity board—Powers.
Section
15.65.670
Costs of implementing RCW 15.65.287.
Section
15.65.680
Appointment of nonvoting advisory members.
Section
15.65.900
Savings—1961 c 256.