15.65.010 – Short title.
RCW 15.65.010 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Washington state agricultural enabling act. [ 1961 c 256 § 1.]
15.65.020 – Definitions.
RCW 15.65.020 Definitions. The following terms are hereby defined: (1) “Affected commodity” means that part or portion of any agricultural commodity which is covered by or forms the subject matter of any marketing agreement or order or proposal, and includes all affected units thereof as herein defined and no others. (2) “Affected parties” means any […]
15.65.028 – Regulating agricultural commodities—Existing comprehensive scheme.
RCW 15.65.028 Regulating agricultural commodities—Existing comprehensive scheme. The history, economy, culture, and the future of Washington state to a large degree all involve agriculture. In order to develop and promote Washington’s agricultural products as part of the existing comprehensive scheme to regulate agricultural commodities, the legislature declares: (1) That the marketing of agricultural products within […]
15.65.033 – Regulating agricultural commodities—Laws applicable.
RCW 15.65.033 Regulating agricultural commodities—Laws applicable. This chapter and the rules adopted under it are only one aspect of the comprehensively regulated agricultural industry. (1) Other laws applicable to agricultural commodities include the following chapters and the rules adopted thereunder: Chapter 15.08 RCW Horticultural pests and diseases; Chapter 15.13 RCW Horticultural plants, Christmas trees, and […]
15.65.040 – Establishing a commodity board—Marketing order—Purposes.
RCW 15.65.040 Establishing a commodity board—Marketing order—Purposes. The director may adopt a marketing order that establishes a commodity board under this chapter for any of the following purposes: (1) To aid agricultural producers in preventing economic waste in the marketing of their agricultural commodities and in developing more efficient methods of marketing agricultural products. (2) […]
15.65.043 – Board may establish foundation.
RCW 15.65.043 Board may establish foundation. A commodity board may establish a foundation using commission funds as grant money when the foundation benefits the commodity for which the board was established. Commission funds may be used for the purposes authorized in the marketing order. [ 2001 c 315 § 7.]
15.65.047 – Director’s duties and responsibilities—Amendments to marketing orders or agreements without a referendum—Rules.
RCW 15.65.047 Director’s duties and responsibilities—Amendments to marketing orders or agreements without a referendum—Rules. (1) The director may adopt rules necessary to carry out the director’s duties and responsibilities under this chapter including: (a) The issuance, amendment, or termination of marketing orders or agreements; (b) Procedural, technical, or administrative rules which may address and include, […]
15.65.050 – Director to enforce and administer chapter—Marketing agreements, orders issued, amended, notice, grounds for amendments.
RCW 15.65.050 Director to enforce and administer chapter—Marketing agreements, orders issued, amended, notice, grounds for amendments. The director shall administer and enforce this chapter and it shall be his or her duty to carry out its provisions and put them into force in accordance with its terms, but issuance, amendment, modification, and/or suspension of marketing […]
15.65.060 – Form, filing of marketing agreement, order, amendment, and other proceedings.
RCW 15.65.060 Form, filing of marketing agreement, order, amendment, and other proceedings. The director shall cause any marketing agreement, order proposed for issuance, or amendment to be set out in detailed form and reduced to writing, which writing is herein designated “proposal.” The director shall make and maintain on file in the office of the […]
15.65.070 – Notice of hearing on proposal—Publication—Contents.
RCW 15.65.070 Notice of hearing on proposal—Publication—Contents. The director shall publish notice of any hearing called for the purpose of considering and acting upon any proposal for a period of not less than two days in one or more newspapers of general circulation as the director may prescribe. No such public hearing shall be held […]
15.65.090 – Subpoenas—Compelling attendance of witnesses, fees—Immunity of witnesses.
RCW 15.65.090 Subpoenas—Compelling attendance of witnesses, fees—Immunity of witnesses. The director shall have the power to issue subpoenas for the production of any books, records, or documents of any kind and to subpoena witnesses to be produced or to appear (as the case may be) in the county wherein the principal party involved in such […]
15.65.100 – Director’s findings and recommended decision, delivery of copies—Taking official notice of facts from other agencies.
RCW 15.65.100 Director’s findings and recommended decision, delivery of copies—Taking official notice of facts from other agencies. The director shall make and publish findings based upon the facts, testimony, and evidence received at the public hearings together with any other relevant facts available to him or her from official publications of the United States or […]
15.65.110 – Filing objections to recommended decision—Final decision—Waiver.
RCW 15.65.110 Filing objections to recommended decision—Final decision—Waiver. After the issuance of a recommended decision all interested parties shall have a period of not less than ten days to file objections or exceptions with the director. Thereafter the director shall take such objections and exceptions as are filed into consideration and shall issue and publish […]
15.65.120 – Contents and scope of recommended and final decision—Delivery of copies.
RCW 15.65.120 Contents and scope of recommended and final decision—Delivery of copies. The recommended decision shall contain the text in full of any recommended agreement, order, or amendment, and may deny or approve the proposal in its entirety, or it may recommend a marketing agreement, order, or amendment containing other or different terms or conditions […]
15.65.130 – Agreements binding only on those who assent in writing—Agreement not effective until sufficient signatories to effectuate chapter—When effective.
RCW 15.65.130 Agreements binding only on those who assent in writing—Agreement not effective until sufficient signatories to effectuate chapter—When effective. With respect to marketing agreements, the director shall after publication of his or her final decision, invite all producers and handlers affected thereby to assent or agree to the agreement or amendment set out in […]
15.65.140 – Minimum assent requirements prerequisite to order or amendment affecting producers or producer marketing.
RCW 15.65.140 Minimum assent requirements prerequisite to order or amendment affecting producers or producer marketing. No marketing order or amendment thereto directly affecting producers or producer marketing shall be issued unless the director determines (in accordance with any of the procedures described at RCW 15.65.160) that the issuance of such order or amendment is assented […]
15.65.150 – Minimum requirements prerequisite to order or amendment assessing handlers—Assent by producers.
RCW 15.65.150 Minimum requirements prerequisite to order or amendment assessing handlers—Assent by producers. Any marketing order or amendment thereto directly assessing handlers shall be issued either (1) when the director determines that the issuance of such order or amendment is assented to or favored by handlers who during a representative period determined by the director […]
15.65.160 – Ascertainment of required assent percentages.
RCW 15.65.160 Ascertainment of required assent percentages. After publication of his or her final decision, the director shall ascertain (either by written agreement in accordance with subsection (1) of this section or by referendum in accordance with subsection (2) of this section) whether the above specified percentages of producers and/or handlers assent to or approve […]
15.65.170 – Issuance or amendment of marketing order—Assent—Rules.
RCW 15.65.170 Issuance or amendment of marketing order—Assent—Rules. If the director determines that the requisite assent has been given to issue or amend a marketing order, the issuance or amendment shall be adopted by rule by the director within thirty days of the validation of the vote. If the director determines that the requisite assent […]
15.65.175 – Issuing, amending, or terminating a marketing order—Limitation on public hearings or referendums.
RCW 15.65.175 Issuing, amending, or terminating a marketing order—Limitation on public hearings or referendums. The director shall not be required to hold a public hearing or a referendum more than once in any twelve-month period on petitions to issue, amend, or terminate a commodity marketing order if any of the following circumstances are present: (1) […]