The department shall seek to enhance, protect, and perpetuate the ability of the private sector to produce food and fiber. Additionally, the department shall seek, consistent with its regulatory responsibilities, to maintain the economic well-being of the agricultural industry and its dependent rural community in Washington state.
RCW 15.04.402
Department to advance private sector, economic well-being of agricultural industry.
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 115 Wash. App. 157 - Il Kim v. Pollution Control Hearings Board (2003)
Most recently applied in Kim v. Pollution Control Hearing Bd. (January 2003)
1994 c 46 s 10; 1991 c 280 s 2.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.