Chapter 15.65. Washington state agricultural commodity boards.  


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