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Chapter 15.65 RCW

WASHINGTON STATE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY BOARDS

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

Notes:

Agricultural processing and marketing associations: Chapter 24.34 RCW.
Investment of agricultural commodity commission funds in savings or time deposits of banks, trust companies and mutual savings banks: RCW 15.66.185.