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15.65 - Washington state agricultural commodity boards.

• 15.65.010 - Short title.
• 15.65.020 - Definitions.
• 15.65.028 - Regulating agricultural commodities -- Existing comprehensive scheme.
• 15.65.033 - Regulating agricultural commodities -- Laws applicable.
• 15.65.040 - Establishing a commodity board -- Marketing order -- Purposes.
• 15.65.043 - Board may establish foundation.
• 15.65.047 - Director's duties and responsibilities -- Amendments to marketing orders or agreements without a referendum -- Rules.
• 15.65.050 - Director to enforce and administer chapter -- Marketing agreements, orders issued, amended, notice, grounds for amendments.
• 15.65.060 - Form, filing of marketing agreement, order, amendment, and other proceedings.
• 15.65.070 - Notice of hearing on proposal -- Publication -- Contents.
• 15.65.090 - Subpoenas -- Compelling attendance of witnesses, fees -- Immunity of witnesses.
• 15.65.100 - Director's findings and recommended decision, delivery of copies -- Taking official notice of facts from other agencies.
• 15.65.110 - Filing objections to recommended decision -- Final decision -- Waiver.
• 15.65.120 - Contents and scope of recommended and final decision -- Delivery of copies.
• 15.65.130 - Agreements binding only on those who assent in writing -- Agreement not effective until sufficient signatories to effectuate chapter -- When effective.
• 15.65.140 - Minimum assent requirements prerequisite to order or amendment affecting producers or producer marketing.
• 15.65.150 - Minimum requirements prerequisite to order or amendment assessing handlers -- Assent by producers.
• 15.65.160 - Ascertainment of required assent percentages.
• 15.65.170 - Issuance or amendment of marketing order -- Assent -- Rules.
• 15.65.175 - Issuing, amending, or terminating a marketing order -- Limitation on public hearings or referendums.
• 15.65.180 - Suspension of marketing agreement or order upon advice of commodity board -- Certain prerequisites waived.
• 15.65.183 - Termination of marketing order or agreement -- Petition -- Procedure.
• 15.65.185 - Referendum prior to termination of a marketing order or agreement -- Procedure -- Exceptions.
• 15.65.190 - Termination of agreement or order on assent of producers -- Procedure.
• 15.65.193 - When marketing order or agreement is terminated -- Duties of affected commodity board.
• 15.65.200 - Lists of affected parties -- Information used to establish lists -- Purpose and use.
• 15.65.203 - Certain records exempt from public disclosure -- Exceptions -- Actions not prohibited by chapter.
• 15.65.205 - After any vote, referendum, nomination, or election -- Affected parties provided results -- Disputes.
• 15.65.210 - Powers and duties of director with respect to the administration and enforcement of agreements and orders -- Administrator -- Personnel.
• 15.65.220 - Commodity boards -- Membership -- Marketing agreement or order to establish and control -- Director votes.
• 15.65.230 - Qualifications of members of commodity boards.
• 15.65.235 - Producer-handlers as producers for membership purposes -- Exception.
• 15.65.240 - Terms of members of commodity boards -- Elections or appointment.
• 15.65.243 - When director appoints majority of the board -- Nominations -- Advisory vote -- Notice -- Director selects either of two candidates receiving the most votes.
• 15.65.250 - Nominations for election to commodity board -- When only one nominee.
• 15.65.260 - Election of members of commodity board -- Procedure.
• 15.65.270 - Vacancies, quorum, compensation, travel expenses of commodity board members and employees.
• 15.65.280 - Powers and duties of commodity board -- Reservation of power to director.
• 15.65.283 - Members may belong to association with same objectives -- Contracts with other associations authorized.
• 15.65.285 - Restrictive provisions of chapter 43.78 RCW not applicable to promotional printing and literature of commodity boards.
• 15.65.287 - Commission's plans, programs, and projects -- Director's approval required.
• 15.65.289 - Commission speaks for state -- Director's oversight.
• 15.65.290 - Claims and liabilities, enforcement against organization -- Personal liabilities of officials, employees, etc.
• 15.65.295 - Lists of all affected producers and handlers -- Affected parties responsible for accuracy -- Use of lists.
• 15.65.300 - Agreement or order to contain detailed statement of powers and purposes.
• 15.65.305 - Promotional hosting expenditures -- Rules.
• 15.65.310 - Advertising, sale, trade barrier, claim, etc., provisions in agreement or order.
• 15.65.320 - Agreement and order provisions for research.
• 15.65.330 - Agreement and order provisions for uniform grades and standards -- Enforcement -- Rules.
• 15.65.340 - Agreement and order provisions prohibiting or regulating certain practices.
• 15.65.350 - Agreement and order to define applicable area -- "Production area" -- "Marketing area."
• 15.65.360 - Agreement and order provisions for marketing information, services, verification of grades, standards, sampling, etc.
• 15.65.370 - Agreement or order not to prohibit or discriminatorily burden marketing.
• 15.65.375 - Agreement and order provisions -- Participation in proceedings concerning regulation of pesticides or agricultural chemicals.
• 15.65.380 - Additional agreement or order provisions.
• 15.65.390 - Annual assessment -- Limitation generally.
• 15.65.400 - Rate of assessment.
• 15.65.410 - Time, place, method for payment and collection of assessments.
• 15.65.420 - Use of moneys collected -- Departmental expenses.
• 15.65.430 - Refunds of moneys received or collected.
• 15.65.440 - Assessments personal debt -- Additional percentage if not paid -- Civil action to collect.
• 15.65.450 - Deposit to defray department's expenses -- Circumstances requiring reimbursement.
• 15.65.470 - Depositaries for revolving fund -- Deposits.
• 15.65.480 - Separate accounts for each agreement or order -- Disbursements.
• 15.65.490 - Records of financial transactions to be kept by director -- Audits.
• 15.65.500 - Bonds of administrator, board, employee.
• 15.65.510 - Information and inspections required -- Hearings -- Confidentiality and disclosures.
• 15.65.520 - Criminal acts and penalties.
• 15.65.530 - Civil liability -- Use of moneys recovered.
• 15.65.540 - Jurisdiction of superior courts -- Who may bring action.
• 15.65.550 - Duty of attorney general and prosecuting attorneys -- Investigation and hearing by director.
• 15.65.560 - Remedies additional.
• 15.65.570 - Proceedings subject to administrative procedure act -- Exemptions.
• 15.65.580 - Director may issue agreement or order similar to license or order issued by United States -- Administrator, board.
• 15.65.590 - Cooperation, joint agreements or orders with other states and United States to achieve uniformity.
• 15.65.600 - Public interest to be protected -- Establishment of prices prohibited.
• 15.65.620 - Chapter not to affect other laws -- Agreements and orders under prior law may be made subject to chapter.
• 15.65.630 - Application of chapter to canners, freezers, pressers, dehydrators of fruit or vegetables.
• 15.65.640 - Chapter not to apply to green pea grower or processor.
• 15.65.650 - Hop commodity board -- Powers.
• 15.65.670 - Costs of implementing RCW 15.65.287.
• 15.65.900 - Savings -- 1961 c 256.
• 15.65.910 - Severability -- 1961 c 256.