RCW 15.28.030
Qualifications of voting members.
All voting members must be citizens and residents of this state. Each producer member must be over the age of twenty-five years, and be, and for five years have been, actively engaged in growing soft tree fruits in this state, and deriving a substantial portion of his or her income therefrom, or have a substantial amount of orchard acreage devoted to soft tree fruit production as an owner, lessee, partner, or a stockholder owning at least ten percent of the voting stock in a corporation engaged in the production of soft tree fruit. He or she cannot be engaged directly in business as a dealer. Each dealer member must be actively engaged, either individually or as an executive officer, employee or sales manager on a management level, or managing agent of an organization, as a dealer. Each processor member must be engaged, either individually or as an executive officer, employee on a management level, sales manager, or managing agent of an organization, as a processor. Only one dealer member may be in the employ of any one person or organization engaged in business as a dealer. Only one processor member may be in the employ of any one person or organization engaged in business as a processor. Said qualifications must continue throughout each member's term of office.
[ 2010 c 8 § 6037; 1967 c 191 § 2; 1961 c 11 § 15.28.030. Prior: 1947 c 73 § 3; Rem. Supp. 1947 § 2909-12.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing
Chapter 15.28 - Soft Tree Fruits.
15.28.020 - Commission composition—Voting—Quorum.
15.28.023 - Director appoints members—Nominations—Advisory vote.
15.28.024 - Transition to director appointed commission.
15.28.030 - Qualifications of voting members.
15.28.040 - Appointment of voting members—Positions.
15.28.055 - Terms of present members.
15.28.060 - Nominating meetings—Notice—Appointment—Ballots—Advisory vote—Eligible voters.
15.28.070 - Establishment of subdistricts—Rules and regulations.
15.28.080 - Vacancies on commission—How filled.
15.28.090 - Compensation of members—Travel expenses.
15.28.100 - Powers of commission.
15.28.103 - Commission's plans, programs, and projects—Director's approval required.
15.28.105 - Commission speaks for state—Director's oversight.
15.28.110 - Duties of commission.
15.28.120 - Copies of records as evidence.
15.28.140 - District advisory and state commodity committees.
15.28.150 - Committee organization—Duties.
15.28.160 - Annual assessment—Exemption—Brined sweet cherries assessable.
15.28.170 - Research and advertising—Power to increase assessment.
15.28.180 - Increase of assessment for specific fruit or classification—Procedure.
15.28.190 - Deposit of funds—Treasurer's bond.
15.28.200 - Use of funds—Contributions.
15.28.210 - Records kept—Preservation—Inspection of.
15.28.220 - Returns to commission.
15.28.230 - Due date of assessments—Delinquent penalty.
15.28.240 - Collection rules—Use of "stamps."
15.28.250 - Responsibility for payment of assessments—Due upon receipt—Delinquencies—Civil action.
15.28.260 - Publications by commission—Subscriptions.
15.28.270 - Violations—Penalty.
15.28.280 - Venue of actions—Jurisdiction of courts.
15.28.300 - Rules and regulations—Filing—Publication.
15.28.305 - Rule making—Exemptions.
15.28.310 - Authority to agents of commission to inspect.
15.28.320 - Funding staff support—Rules.