15.09.010 – Purpose.
RCW 15.09.010 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to enable counties to more effectively control and prevent the spread of horticultural pests and diseases. [ 1969 c 113 § 1.]
15.09.020 – Creation of board.
RCW 15.09.020 Creation of board. Either upon receiving a petition filed by twenty-five landowners within the county or on its own motion, the board of county commissioners in order to achieve the purposes of this chapter may, following a hearing, create a horticultural pest and disease board. [ 1969 c 113 § 2.]
15.09.030 – Members—Appointment—Terms.
RCW 15.09.030 Members—Appointment—Terms. Each horticultural pest and disease board shall be comprised of five voting members, four of whom shall be appointed by the board of county commissioners and one of whom shall be appointed by the director. In addition, the chief county extension agent, or a county extension agent appointed by the chief agent, […]
15.09.040 – Meeting—Quorum—Officers.
RCW 15.09.040 Meeting—Quorum—Officers. Within thirty days after the appointed seats on the horticultural pest and disease board have been filled, the board shall conduct its first meeting. A majority of the voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and shall be necessary for any action taken by the […]
15.09.050 – Powers and duties.
RCW 15.09.050 Powers and duties. Each horticultural pest and disease board shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To receive complaints concerning the infection of horticultural pests and diseases on any parcel of land within the county; (2) To inspect or cause to be inspected any parcel of land within the county for the […]
15.09.055 – Contracts and agreements.
RCW 15.09.055 Contracts and agreements. The horticultural pest and disease board may enter into contracts and agreements with federal, state, and local government agencies, Indian tribes, and any other organization to perform any duties pursuant to the identification, detection, control, or eradication of horticultural pests and diseases. [ 2000 c 144 § 35.]
15.09.060 – Owner’s duty to control pests and diseases.
RCW 15.09.060 Owner’s duty to control pests and diseases. Each owner of land containing any plant or plants shall perform or cause to be performed such acts as may be necessary to control and to prevent the spread of horticultural pests and diseases, as such pests and diseases are defined under RCW 15.08.010, as now […]
15.09.070 – Right of entry—Search warrant.
RCW 15.09.070 Right of entry—Search warrant. Any authorized agent or employee of the county horticultural pest and disease board may enter upon any property for the purpose of administering this chapter and any power exercisable pursuant thereto, including the taking of specimens, general inspection, and the performance of such acts as are necessary for controlling […]
15.09.080 – Failure to control horticultural pests and diseases—Remedies.
RCW 15.09.080 Failure to control horticultural pests and diseases—Remedies. (1) Whenever the horticultural pest and disease control board finds that an owner of land has failed to control and prevent the spread of horticultural pests and diseases on his or her land, as is his or her duty under RCW 15.09.060, it shall provide such […]
15.09.090 – Hearing on liability of owner for costs or charges—Review.
RCW 15.09.090 Hearing on liability of owner for costs or charges—Review. Any person upon request and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the horticultural pest and disease board shall be entitled to a hearing before the board on any charge or cost for which such person is alleged to be liable under subsection (2) […]
15.09.100 – Payment of expenses and costs—Penalty—Collection.
RCW 15.09.100 Payment of expenses and costs—Penalty—Collection. Any amount charged to the owner of land in accordance with the provisions of RCW 15.09.080 and 15.09.090 shall be paid by such owner within sixty days of the date in which he or she was billed for such amount. If payment is not made within such sixty […]
15.09.110 – Refund of charges paid.
RCW 15.09.110 Refund of charges paid. In regard to any charge made pursuant to RCW 15.09.080, if either the horticultural pest and disease board or the superior court on judicial review disallows such charge, then any amount paid on such charge, together with any interest or penalty, shall be promptly refunded by the county from […]
15.09.120 – Disposition of moneys collected.
RCW 15.09.120 Disposition of moneys collected. Any moneys collected under this chapter shall be placed in the county current expense fund together with any taxes collected pursuant to the provisions of RCW 15.08.260, as now or hereafter amended. [ 1969 c 113 § 12.]
15.09.131 – Operating budget—Source of funds.
RCW 15.09.131 Operating budget—Source of funds. Funding of the operating budget of a horticultural pest and disease board may be derived from any or all of the following: (1) Moneys from the county general fund or other general revenues, as appropriated by the board of county commissioners or other county legislative authority; (2) A horticultural […]
15.09.135 – Assessment—Public hearing—Rate—County review—Lien.
RCW 15.09.135 Assessment—Public hearing—Rate—County review—Lien. (1) Prior to the levying of an assessment authorized in RCW 15.09.131, the horticultural pest and disease board shall hold a public hearing at which it will gather information to serve as a basis for classification and then classify the lands into suitable classification, including but not limited to orchard […]
15.09.140 – Abolishment of board.
RCW 15.09.140 Abolishment of board. Upon receipt of a petition signed by twenty-five landowners within the county or on its own motion, the board of county commissioners may abolish the pest and disease board following a hearing and a finding that the purposes of this chapter would not be sufficiently served by the continued existence […]
15.09.900 – Chapter cumulative.
RCW 15.09.900 Chapter cumulative. The effects of the provisions of this chapter on the provisions of chapter 15.08 RCW shall be cumulative. [ 1969 c 113 § 15.]