Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 15.26 - Tree Fruit Research Act.
15.26.110 - Powers of commission.

RCW 15.26.110
Powers of commission.

The powers of the commission shall include the following:
(1) To elect a chair, treasurer, and such other officers as it deems advisable;
(2) To adopt any rules necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, in conformance with the provisions of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, as enacted or hereafter amended;
(3) To administer and carry out the provisions of this chapter and do all those things necessary to carry out its purposes;
(4) To employ and at its pleasure discharge a manager, secretary, agents, and employees as it deems necessary, and prescribe their duties and fix their compensation;
(5) To own, lease, or contract for any real or personal property necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and transfer and convey the same;
(6) To establish offices and incur expenses and enter into contracts and to create such liabilities as may be reasonable for administration and enforcement of this chapter;
(7) Make necessary disbursements for the operation of the commission in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter;
(8) To employ, subject to the approval of the attorney general, attorneys necessary, and to maintain in its own name any and all legal actions, including actions for injunction, mandatory injunctions, or civil recovery, or proceedings before administrative tribunals or other government authorities necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter;
(9) To carry on any research which will or may benefit the planting, production, harvesting, handling, processing, or shipment of any tree fruit subject to the provisions of this chapter. To contract with any person, private or public, public agency, federal, state, or local, or enter into agreements with other states or federal agencies, to carry on such research jointly or enter into joint contracts with such states or federal agencies or other recognized private or public agencies, to carry on desired research provided for in this chapter;
(10) To appoint annually, ex officio commission members without a vote who are experts in research whether public or private in any area concerning or related to tree fruit to serve at the pleasure of the commission;
(11) To establish a foundation using commission funds as grant money for the benefit of the tree fruit industry. The foundation may use commission funds for the purposes authorized by this chapter;
(12) To enter into contracts or interagency agreements with any private or public agency, whether federal, state, or local, to carry out the purposes provided in this chapter. Personal service contracts must comply with *chapter 39.29 RCW;
(13) To acquire or own intellectual property rights, licenses, or patents and to collect royalties resulting from commission-funded research;
(14) To engage in appropriate fund-raising activities for the purpose of supporting activities of the commission authorized by this chapter;
(15) To accept and expend or retain any gift, bequest, contribution, or grant from private persons or private and public agencies to carry out the purposes provided in this chapter; and
(16) Such other powers and duties that are necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.

[ 2010 c 78 § 1; 2010 c 8 § 6030; 1969 c 129 § 11.]
NOTES:

Reviser's note: *(1) Chapter 39.29 RCW was repealed by 2012 c 224 § 29, effective January 1, 2013. See chapter 39.26 RCW.
(2) This section was amended by 2010 c 8 § 6030 and by 2010 c 78 § 1, each without reference to the other. Both amendments are incorporated in the publication of this section under RCW 1.12.025(2). For rule of construction, see RCW 1.12.025(1).

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing

Chapter 15.26 - Tree Fruit Research Act.

15.26.010 - Short title.

15.26.020 - Purpose.

15.26.030 - Definitions.

15.26.040 - Tree fruit research commission created—Membership.

15.26.050 - Qualifications of members.

15.26.060 - Appointment of members.

15.26.070 - Terms of members.

15.26.080 - Vacancies.

15.26.090 - Quorum.

15.26.100 - Compensation—Travel expenses.

15.26.110 - Powers of commission.

15.26.120 - Assessments levied—Referendum.

15.26.125 - Assessment on cherries in excess of the fiscal growth factor under chapter 43.135 RCW—Washington tree fruit research commission.

15.26.130 - List of producers.

15.26.140 - Increase in assessments by referendum.

15.26.150 - Additional assessments for special projects.

15.26.155 - Additional assessment.

15.26.160 - Suspension of assessments.

15.26.170 - Payment of assessments required before purchase, receipt or shipment of fruit.

15.26.180 - Records of persons receiving fruit.

15.26.190 - Return of dealers, handlers, and processors—Filing—Contents.

15.26.200 - Assessments—When due and payable—Collection.

15.26.210 - Assessments—Constitute personal debt.

15.26.220 - Assessments—Failure to pay—Collection.

15.26.230 - Disposition of moneys collected—Treasurer's bond.

15.26.235 - Collection, administration, and disbursal of funds for industry service programs.

15.26.240 - Nonliability of state, members, employees.

15.26.250 - Collection of assessments for commission by apple commission and state fruit commission.

15.26.260 - Legal costs and expenses to be borne by commission.

15.26.265 - Funding staff support—Rules.

15.26.270 - Copies of commission's proceedings, records, acts as evidence.

15.26.280 - Moneys collected retained by commission.

15.26.290 - Contracts with public or private agencies to carry out chapter.

15.26.295 - Certain records exempt from public disclosure—Exceptions—Actions not prohibited by chapter.

15.26.300 - Violations—Penalty.

15.26.900 - Chapter cumulative.