§ 15.65.010 Short title
§ 15.65.020 Definitions
§ 15.65.028 Regulating agricultural commodities — Existing comprehensive scheme
§ 15.65.033 Regulating agricultural commodities — Laws applicable
§ 15.65.040 Establishing a commodity board — Marketing order — Purposes
§ 15.65.043 Board may establish foundation
§ 15.65.047 Director’s duties and responsibilities — Amendments to marketing orders or agreements without a referendum — Rules
§ 15.65.050 Director to enforce and administer chapter — Marketing agreements, orders issued, amended, notice, grounds for amendments
§ 15.65.060 Form, filing of marketing agreement, order, amendment, and other proceedings
§ 15.65.070 Notice of hearing on proposal — Publication — Contents
§ 15.65.090 Subpoenas — Compelling attendance of witnesses, fees — Immunity of witnesses
§ 15.65.100 Director’s findings and recommended decision, delivery of copies — Taking official notice of facts from other agencies
§ 15.65.110 Filing objections to recommended decision — Final decision — Waiver
§ 15.65.120 Contents and scope of recommended and final decision — Delivery of copies
§ 15.65.130 Agreements binding only on those who assent in writing — Agreement not effective until sufficient signatories to effectuate chapter — When effective
§ 15.65.140 Minimum assent requirements prerequisite to order or amendment affecting producers or producer marketing
§ 15.65.150 Minimum requirements prerequisite to order or amendment assessing handlers — Assent by producers
§ 15.65.160 Ascertainment of required assent percentages
§ 15.65.170 Issuance or amendment of marketing order — Assent — Rules
§ 15.65.175 Issuing, amending, or terminating a marketing order — Limitation on public hearings or referendums
§ 15.65.180 Suspension of marketing agreement or order upon advice of commodity board — Certain prerequisites waived
§ 15.65.183 Termination of marketing order or agreement — Petition — Procedure
§ 15.65.185 Referendum prior to termination of a marketing order or agreement — Procedure — Exceptions
§ 15.65.190 Termination of agreement or order on assent of producers — Procedure
§ 15.65.193 When marketing order or agreement is terminated — Duties of affected commodity board
§ 15.65.200 Lists of affected parties — Information used to establish lists — Purpose and use
§ 15.65.203 Certain records exempt from public disclosure — Exceptions — Actions not prohibited by chapter
§ 15.65.205 After any vote, referendum, nomination, or election — Affected parties provided results — Disputes
§ 15.65.210 Powers and duties of director with respect to the administration and enforcement of agreements and orders — Administrator — Personnel
§ 15.65.220 Commodity boards — Membership — Marketing agreement or order to establish and control — Director votes
§ 15.65.230 Qualifications of members of commodity boards
§ 15.65.235 Producer-handlers as producers for membership purposes — Exception
§ 15.65.240 Terms of members of commodity boards — Elections or appointment
§ 15.65.243 When director appoints majority of the board — Nominations — Advisory vote — Notice — Director selects either of two candidates receiving the most votes
§ 15.65.250 Nominations for election to commodity board — When only one nominee
§ 15.65.260 Election of members of commodity board — Procedure
§ 15.65.270 Vacancies, quorum, compensation, travel expenses of commodity board members and employees
§ 15.65.280 Powers and duties of commodity board — Reservation of power to director
§ 15.65.283 Members may belong to association with same objectives — Contracts with other associations authorized
§ 15.65.285 Restrictive provisions of chapter 43.19 RCW not applicable to promotional printing and literature of commodity boards
§ 15.65.287 Commission’s plans, programs, and projects — Director’s approval required
§ 15.65.289 Commission speaks for state — Director’s oversight
§ 15.65.290 Claims and liabilities, enforcement against organization — Personal liabilities of officials, employees, etc
§ 15.65.295 Lists of all affected producers and handlers — Affected parties responsible for accuracy — Use of lists
§ 15.65.300 Agreement or order to contain detailed statement of powers and purposes
§ 15.65.305 Promotional hosting expenditures — Rules
§ 15.65.310 Advertising, sale, trade barrier, claim, etc., provisions in agreement or order
§ 15.65.320 Agreement and order provisions for research
§ 15.65.330 Agreement and order provisions for uniform grades and standards — Enforcement — Rules
§ 15.65.340 Agreement and order provisions prohibiting or regulating certain practices
§ 15.65.350 Agreement and order to define applicable area — “Production area” — “Marketing area.”
§ 15.65.360 Agreement and order provisions for marketing information, services, verification of grades, standards, sampling, etc
§ 15.65.370 Agreement or order not to prohibit or discriminatorily burden marketing
§ 15.65.375 Agreement and order provisions — Participation in proceedings concerning regulation of pesticides or agricultural chemicals
§ 15.65.380 Additional agreement or order provisions
§ 15.65.390 Annual assessment — Limitation generally
§ 15.65.400 Rate of assessment
§ 15.65.410 Time, place, method for payment and collection of assessments
§ 15.65.420 Use of moneys collected — Departmental expenses
§ 15.65.430 Refunds of moneys received or collected
§ 15.65.440 Assessments personal debt — Additional percentage if not paid — Civil action to collect
§ 15.65.450 Deposit to defray department’s expenses — Circumstances requiring reimbursement
§ 15.65.470 Depositaries for revolving fund — Deposits
§ 15.65.480 Separate accounts for each agreement or order — Disbursements
§ 15.65.490 Records of financial transactions to be kept by director — Audits
§ 15.65.500 Bonds of administrator, board, employee
§ 15.65.510 Information and inspections required — Hearings — Confidentiality and disclosures
§ 15.65.520 Criminal acts and penalties
§ 15.65.530 Civil liability — Use of moneys recovered
§ 15.65.540 Jurisdiction of superior courts — Who may bring action
§ 15.65.550 Duty of attorney general and prosecuting attorneys — Investigation and hearing by director
§ 15.65.560 Remedies additional
§ 15.65.570 Proceedings subject to administrative procedure act — Exemptions
§ 15.65.580 Director may issue agreement or order similar to license or order issued by United States — Administrator, board
§ 15.65.590 Cooperation, joint agreements or orders with other states and United States to achieve uniformity
§ 15.65.600 Public interest to be protected — Establishment of prices prohibited
§ 15.65.620 Chapter not to affect other laws — Agreements and orders under prior law may be made subject to chapter
§ 15.65.630 Application of chapter to canners, freezers, pressers, dehydrators of fruit or vegetables
§ 15.65.640 Chapter not to apply to green pea grower or processor
§ 15.65.650 Hop commodity board — Powers
§ 15.65.670 Costs of implementing RCW 15.65.287
§ 15.65.680 Appointment of nonvoting advisory members
§ 15.65.900 Savings — 1961 c 256
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Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 15.65 - Washington state agricultural commodity boards

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of agriculture. See Washington Code 15.04.010
  • Director: means the director of agriculture. See Washington Code 15.04.010
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  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Markup: The process by which congressional committees and subcommittees debate, amend, and rewrite proposed legislation.
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  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.