RCW 15.62.050
Commission compositions—Eleven positions.
The commission shall consist of the following members:
(1) Apiarist position one shall represent area one, which includes the counties of Whatcom, San Juan[,] Island, Skagit, Snohomish, and King; and
(2) Apiarist position two shall represent area two, which includes the counties of Pierce, Kitsap, Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor, Mason, Thurston, Pacific, Lewis, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, [and] Skamania; and
(3) Apiarist positions three and four shall represent area three, which includes the counties of Kittitas, Yakima, Klickitat, and Benton; and
(4) Apiarist position five shall represent area four, which includes the counties of Okanogan, Chelan, and Douglas; and
(5) Apiarist position six shall represent area five, which includes the counties of Grant, Adams, Franklin, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, Asotin, and Whitman; and
(6) Apiarist position seven shall represent area six, which includes the counties of Spokane, Lincoln, Ferry, Stevens, and Pend Oreille; [and]
(7) Position eight, appointed by the director, shall be a manufacturer or broker of industry products representing Washington residents engaged in the apiculture industry; and
(8) Position nine, appointed by the director, shall be a processor or first handler representing residents engaged in Washington's honey bee industry; and
(9) Position ten shall be the director of the Washington state department of agriculture, who shall be a nonvoting ex officio member; and
(10) Position eleven, appointed by the director, may be an affected person representing out-of-state interests who are not Washington residents but are active as affected persons in Washington.
[ 1989 c 5 § 4.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing
Chapter 15.62 - Honey Bee Commission.
15.62.010 - Purpose and findings.
15.62.030 - Commission established by referendum.
15.62.040 - Powers and duties of commission.
15.62.050 - Commission compositions—Eleven positions.
15.62.060 - Position qualifications.
15.62.070 - Terms of office—Vacancies.
15.62.080 - Apiarist members—Election.
15.62.100 - Costs of elections and referendums—Reimbursement.
15.62.110 - Quorum—Travel expenses.
15.62.120 - Certified copies of commission's proceedings, records, and acts—Admissible in court.
15.62.130 - Commission officers—Members' fidelity bonds.
15.62.140 - Assessments—Minimum—Increase.
15.62.160 - Assessment error—Refund.
15.62.200 - Audit of records of affected persons.
15.62.210 - Nonliability of state—Salaries, expenses, and liabilities.
15.62.220 - Violations—Misdemeanor.
15.62.230 - Prosecutions—Superior court jurisdiction—Equitable remedies.
15.62.300 - Termination, suspension, or continuance of commission.