Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 15.28 - Soft Tree Fruits.
15.28.030 - Qualifications of voting members.

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

Revised Code of Washington

Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing

Chapter 15.28 - Soft Tree Fruits.

15.28.010 - Definitions.

15.28.015 - Regulating soft tree fruits—Commission created—Existing comprehensive scheme—Applicable laws.

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.

15.28.050 - Terms of office.

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.

15.28.130 - State, personal, nonliability—Obligations limited by collections—Defense to certain civil or criminal actions.

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.

15.28.290 - Duty to enforce.

15.28.300 - Rules and regulations—Filing—Publication.

15.28.305 - Rule making—Exemptions.

15.28.310 - Authority to agents of commission to inspect.

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

15.28.320 - Funding staff support—Rules.

15.28.325 - Costs of implementing RCW 15.28.103.

15.28.910 - Liberal construction.