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WASHINGTON STATE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY BOARDS

  • RCW 15.65.010— Short title.
  • RCW 15.65.020— Definitions.
  • RCW 15.65.028— Regulating agricultural commodities—Existing comprehensive scheme.
  • RCW 15.65.033— Regulating agricultural commodities—Laws applicable.
  • RCW 15.65.040— Establishing a commodity board—Marketing order—Purposes.
  • RCW 15.65.043— Board may establish foundation.
  • RCW 15.65.047— Director's duties and responsibilities—Amendments to marketing orders or agreements without a referendum—Rules.
  • RCW 15.65.050— Director to enforce and administer chapter—Marketing agreements, orders issued, amended, notice, grounds for amendments.
  • RCW 15.65.060— Form, filing of marketing agreement, order, amendment, and other proceedings.
  • RCW 15.65.070— Notice of hearing on proposal—Publication—Contents.
  • RCW 15.65.090— Subpoenas—Compelling attendance of witnesses, fees—Immunity of witnesses.
  • RCW 15.65.100— Director's findings and recommended decision, delivery of copies—Taking official notice of facts from other agencies.
  • RCW 15.65.110— Filing objections to recommended decision—Final decision—Waiver.
  • RCW 15.65.120— Contents and scope of recommended and final decision—Delivery of copies.
  • RCW 15.65.130— Agreements binding only on those who assent in writing—Agreement not effective until sufficient signatories to effectuate chapter—When effective.
  • RCW 15.65.140— Minimum assent requirements prerequisite to order or amendment affecting producers or producer marketing.
  • RCW 15.65.150— Minimum requirements prerequisite to order or amendment assessing handlers—Assent by producers.
  • RCW 15.65.160— Ascertainment of required assent percentages.
  • RCW 15.65.170— Issuance or amendment of marketing order—Assent—Rules.
  • RCW 15.65.175— Issuing, amending, or terminating a marketing order—Limitation on public hearings or referendums.
  • RCW 15.65.180— Suspension of marketing agreement or order upon advice of commodity board—Certain prerequisites waived.
  • RCW 15.65.183— Termination of marketing order or agreement—Petition—Procedure.
  • RCW 15.65.185— Referendum prior to termination of a marketing order or agreement—Procedure—Exceptions.
  • RCW 15.65.190— Termination of agreement or order on assent of producers—Procedure.
  • RCW 15.65.193— When marketing order or agreement is terminated—Duties of affected commodity board.
  • RCW 15.65.200— Lists of affected parties—Information used to establish lists—Purpose and use.
  • RCW 15.65.203— Certain records exempt from public disclosure—Exceptions—Actions not prohibited by chapter.
  • RCW 15.65.205— After any vote, referendum, nomination, or election—Affected parties provided results—Disputes.
  • RCW 15.65.210— Powers and duties of director with respect to the administration and enforcement of agreements and orders—Administrator—Personnel.
  • RCW 15.65.220— Commodity boards—Membership—Marketing agreement or order to establish and control—Director votes.
  • RCW 15.65.230— Qualifications of members of commodity boards.
  • RCW 15.65.235— Producer-handlers as producers for membership purposes—Exception.
  • RCW 15.65.240— Terms of members of commodity boards—Elections or appointment.
  • RCW 15.65.243— When director appoints majority of the board—Nominations—Advisory vote—Notice—Director selects either of two candidates receiving the most votes.
  • RCW 15.65.250— Nominations for election to commodity board—When only one nominee.
  • RCW 15.65.260— Election of members of commodity board—Procedure.
  • RCW 15.65.270— Vacancies, quorum, compensation, travel expenses of commodity board members and employees.
  • RCW 15.65.280— Powers and duties of commodity board—Reservation of power to director. (Effective until January 1, 2026.)
  • RCW 15.65.283— Members may belong to association with same objectives—Contracts with other associations authorized.
  • RCW 15.65.285— Restrictive provisions of chapter 43.19 RCW not applicable to promotional printing and literature of commodity boards.
  • RCW 15.65.287— Commission's plans, programs, and projects—Director's approval required.
  • RCW 15.65.289— Commission speaks for state—Director's oversight.
  • RCW 15.65.290— Claims and liabilities, enforcement against organization—Personal liabilities of officials, employees, etc.
  • RCW 15.65.295— Lists of all affected producers and handlers—Affected parties responsible for accuracy—Use of lists.
  • RCW 15.65.300— Agreement or order to contain detailed statement of powers and purposes.
  • RCW 15.65.305— Promotional hosting expenditures—Rules.
  • RCW 15.65.310— Advertising, sale, trade barrier, claim, etc., provisions in agreement or order.
  • RCW 15.65.320— Agreement and order provisions for research.
  • RCW 15.65.330— Agreement and order provisions for uniform grades and standards—Enforcement—Rules.
  • RCW 15.65.340— Agreement and order provisions prohibiting or regulating certain practices.
  • RCW 15.65.350— Agreement and order to define applicable area—"Production area"—"Marketing area."
  • RCW 15.65.360— Agreement and order provisions for marketing information, services, verification of grades, standards, sampling, etc.
  • RCW 15.65.370— Agreement or order not to prohibit or discriminatorily burden marketing.
  • RCW 15.65.375— Agreement and order provisions—Participation in proceedings concerning regulation of pesticides or agricultural chemicals.
  • RCW 15.65.380— Additional agreement or order provisions.
  • RCW 15.65.390— Annual assessment—Limitation generally.
  • RCW 15.65.400— Rate of assessment.
  • RCW 15.65.410— Time, place, method for payment and collection of assessments.
  • RCW 15.65.420— Use of moneys collected—Departmental expenses.
  • RCW 15.65.430— Refunds of moneys received or collected.
  • RCW 15.65.440— Assessments personal debt—Additional percentage if not paid—Civil action to collect.
  • RCW 15.65.450— Deposit to defray department's expenses—Circumstances requiring reimbursement.
  • RCW 15.65.470— Depositaries for revolving fund—Deposits.
  • RCW 15.65.480— Separate accounts for each agreement or order—Disbursements.
  • RCW 15.65.490— Records of financial transactions to be kept by director—Audits.
  • RCW 15.65.500— Bonds of administrator, board, employee.
  • RCW 15.65.510— Information and inspections required—Hearings—Confidentiality and disclosures.
  • RCW 15.65.520— Criminal acts and penalties.
  • RCW 15.65.530— Civil liability—Use of moneys recovered.
  • RCW 15.65.540— Jurisdiction of superior courts—Who may bring action.
  • RCW 15.65.550— Duty of attorney general and prosecuting attorneys—Investigation and hearing by director.
  • RCW 15.65.560— Remedies additional.
  • RCW 15.65.570— Proceedings subject to administrative procedure act—Exemptions.
  • RCW 15.65.580— Director may issue agreement or order similar to license or order issued by United States—Administrator, board.
  • RCW 15.65.590— Cooperation, joint agreements or orders with other states and United States to achieve uniformity.
  • RCW 15.65.600— Public interest to be protected—Establishment of prices prohibited.
  • RCW 15.65.620— Chapter not to affect other laws—Agreements and orders under prior law may be made subject to chapter.
  • RCW 15.65.630— Application of chapter to canners, freezers, pressers, dehydrators of fruit or vegetables.
  • RCW 15.65.640— Chapter not to apply to green pea grower or processor.
  • RCW 15.65.650— Hop commodity board—Powers.
  • RCW 15.65.670— Costs of implementing RCW 15.65.287.
  • RCW 15.65.680— Appointment of nonvoting advisory members.
  • RCW 15.65.900— Savings—1961 c 256.