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WA Rev Code § 15.100.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.060 - Vacancies—Compensation.

RCW 15.100.060 Vacancies—Compensation.(1) In the event a position becomes vacant due to resignation, disqualification, death, or for any other reason, the position until the next annual meeting shall be filled by vote of the remaining members of the commission. At the annual meeting a commissioner shall be elected to fill the balance of the unexpired term.(2) Each member of the commission shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.230 and shall be reimbursed for actual travel expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Employees of the commission may also be reimbursed for actual travel expenses when on official commission business.[ 2001 c 314 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 15.100.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.070 - Obligations of commission—Limitations on liabilities or claims—State—Individual capacity.

RCW 15.100.070 Obligations of commission—Limitations on liabilities or claims—State—Individual capacity.Obligations incurred by the commission and liabilities or claims against the commission may be enforced only against the assets of the commission in the same manner as if it were a corporation and no liability for the debts or actions of the commission exists against either the state of Washington or any subdivision or instrumentality thereof or against any member, officer, employee, or agent of the commission in his or her individual capacity. The members of the commission, including employees of the commission, may not be held responsible individually or any way whatsoever to any person for errors in judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as principal, agent, person, or employees, except for their own individual acts of dishonesty or crime. A person or employee may not be held responsible individually for any act or omission of any other members of the commission.[ 2001 c 314 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 15.100.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.090 - Research, promotional, and educational campaigns.

RCW 15.100.090 Research, promotional, and educational campaigns.The commission shall create, provide for, and conduct a research, promotional, and educational campaign as sales and market conditions reasonably require. It shall investigate and ascertain the needs of producers, conditions of markets, and degree of public awareness of products, and take into account the information obtained in the discharge of its duties under this chapter.[ 2001 c 314 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 15.100.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.100 - List of all Washington producers—Confidential—Reporting system for assessment purposes.

RCW 15.100.100 List of all Washington producers—Confidential—Reporting system for assessment purposes.(1) The commission shall cause a list to be prepared of all Washington producers of forest products from any information available from the commission, producers' association, or producers, including tax records from the department of revenue. This list shall contain the names and addresses of all persons who produce forest products within this state, the amount of forest products produced during the period designated by the commission, and the assessment amount for each member. The list is considered confidential and may be reviewed only by the employees of the commission, except for information that may be disclosed to the public and commission members under subsection (4) of this section. A qualified person may, at any time, have his or her name placed upon the list by delivering or mailing the information to the commission. This list shall be corrected and brought up-to-date in accordance with evidence and information available to the commission on or before December 31st of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible. For all purposes of giving notice and holding referendums, the list on hand, corrected up to the day next preceding the date for issuing notices or ballots as the case may be, is, for purposes of this chapter, the list of all producers entitled to notice or to assent or dissent or to vote.(2) The commission shall develop a reporting system to document that the producers of forest products in this state are reporting quantities of forest products produced and subject to the assessment as provided in RCW 15.100.110.(3) The department of revenue may charge the commission for the reasonable costs of providing reports of harvest activity on a quarterly basis.(4) Any taxpayer information received by the commission from the department of revenue may only be used for the limited purposes of establishing lists of producers necessary to determine eligibility for voting, eligibility for serving as a commission member, the amount of assessments owed, or other necessary purposes as established by law. Any return or tax information received from the department of revenue may be reviewed only by the employees of the commission. Employees may disclose to the public and commission members a list of commission members, groupings of at least three commission members by the amount of forest products harvested over any time period designated by the commission of at least one quarter, and the members who are eligible for the various positions on the commission.[ 2001 c 314 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 15.100.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.110 - Assessment for permanent funding of commission—Adjustments—Referendum.

RCW 15.100.110 Assessment for permanent funding of commission—Adjustments—Referendum.(1) To provide for permanent funding of the forest products commission, an assessment shall be levied by the commission on producers of each species of forest products. The initial rate of assessment that shall be submitted for approval by referendum pursuant to RCW 15.100.120 is fifty-seven cents per thousand board feet. The initial assessment is not effective until approved by a majority of producers as required by RCW 15.100.120.(2) After the initial assessment rate is approved, the commission may adjust the amount of the assessment within a range of forty-five cents up to ninety cents per thousand board feet. The commission shall submit any proposed increase in the assessment to producers pursuant to the referendum process established in this section, and shall supply all known producers with a ballot for the referendum. The commission shall establish the assessment for the marketing year by January 1st of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible. Assessments may only be used for the purposes and objects of this chapter.(3) The forest products commission may raise the assessment on forest products in excess of the fiscal growth factor under chapter 43.135 RCW. The assessment limits established by this section are solely to provide prior legislative authority for the purposes of RCW 43.135.055 and are not a limit on the authority of the forest products commission to alter assessments in any manner not limited by RCW 43.135.055. However, any alteration in assessments made under this section must be made with the procedural requirements established by this chapter for altering such assessments.(4) The requirement for approval of an assessment is met if: (a) At least fifty-one percent by numbers of producers replying in the referendum vote affirmatively, and these producers represent at least sixty-one percent of the volume of the producers replying in the referendum; or (b) sixty-five percent by numbers of producers replying in the referendum vote affirmatively, and these producers represent at least fifty-one percent of the volume of the producers replying in the referendum. An assessment shall only be approved if at least forty percent of the eligible producers participate in the vote.[ 2001 c 314 § 11.]
WA Rev Code § 15.100.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.120 - Establishment of commission and initial assessment—Statewide referendum among producers.

RCW 15.100.120 Establishment of commission and initial assessment—Statewide referendum among producers.(1) For purposes of determining producer participation in the commission, the initial election of commissioners, and for imposition of the original assessment specified in RCW 15.100.110, the director shall conduct a referendum among all producers of forest products within the state.(2) The requirement for approval of the assessment and creation of the commission is met if: (a) At least fifty-one percent by numbers of producers replying in the referendum vote affirmatively, and these producers represent at least sixty-one percent of the volume of the producers replying in the referendum; or (b) sixty-five percent by numbers of producers replying in the referendum vote affirmatively, and these producers represent at least fifty-one percent of the volume of the producers replying in the referendum. The referendum shall only be approved if at least forty percent of the eligible producers participate in the vote.(3) If the director determines that the requisite approval has been given, the director shall declare the establishment of the commission and direct it to put into force the assessment authorized in RCW 15.100.110. If the director finds that the requisite approval has not been given, then this chapter is not operative.[ 2001 c 314 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 15.100.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.130 - Deposit of moneys collected—Appropriation not required.

RCW 15.100.130 Deposit of moneys collected—Appropriation not required.The commission shall deposit moneys collected under RCW 15.100.110 in a separate account in the name of the commission in any bank that is a state depositary. All expenditures and disbursements made from this account under this chapter may be made without the necessity of a specific legislative appropriation. RCW 43.01.050 does not apply to this account or to the moneys received, collected, or expended under this chapter.[ 2001 c 314 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 15.100.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.140 - Assessment—Personal debt—Payable when called—Failure to pay—Civil action.

RCW 15.100.140 Assessment—Personal debt—Payable when called—Failure to pay—Civil action.A due and payable assessment levied in the amount determined by the commission under RCW 15.100.110 constitutes a personal debt of every person so assessed, or who otherwise owes the assessment, and the assessment is due and payable to the commission when payment is called for by the commission. If a person fails to pay the commission the full amount of the assessment by the date due, the commission may add to the unpaid assessment an amount not exceeding ten percent of the assessment to defray the cost of enforcing its collection. If the person fails to pay any due and payable assessment or other such sum, the commission may bring a civil action for collection against the person or persons in a court of competent jurisdiction. The action shall be tried and judgment rendered as in any other cause of action for a debt due and payable.[ 2001 c 314 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 15.100.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.150 - Enforcement of chapter.

RCW 15.100.150 Enforcement of chapter.All county and state law enforcement officers shall assist in the enforcement of this chapter.[ 2001 c 314 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 15.100.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.160 - Superior courts—Jurisdiction.

RCW 15.100.160 Superior courts—Jurisdiction.The superior courts are hereby vested with jurisdiction to enforce this chapter and the rules of the commission, and to prevent and restrain violations thereof.[ 2001 c 314 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 15.100.900 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.100 - Forest Products Commission.|15.100.900 - Construction.

RCW 15.100.900 Construction.This chapter shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.[ 2001 c 314 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 15.105.005 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.105 - From the Heart of Washington Program.|15.105.005 - Findings.

RCW 15.105.005 Findings.The legislature finds that the support of Washington's agriculture industry and its family farms by the citizens of the state of Washington is beneficial to the economy of the state. The legislature also finds that Washington farmers produce a variety of wholesome, quality products and are good stewards of the land.The legislature also finds that the from the heart of Washington program, developed by the Washington state department of agriculture with one-time federal grant moneys, is a valuable tool to convey important messages about Washington agriculture and to encourage Washington citizens to buy Washington-grown and Washington-processed food and agricultural products. With the exhaustion of the one-time federal grant funding, the legislature finds that the program would benefit from a new governance structure that will allow the necessary operational flexibility to enable the program to expand and to encourage private investment in the program, and that the continuance of the program as a private, nonprofit corporation is the best method to achieve these goals.The legislature further finds that the continuation of the from the heart of Washington program will provide both direct and indirect economic benefits to the people of the state of Washington.[ 2004 c 26 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 15.105.010 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.105 - From the Heart of Washington Program.|15.105.010 - Definitions.

RCW 15.105.010 Definitions.The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "From the heart of Washington" or "program" means that program created by the department to encourage Washington citizens to purchase Washington food and agricultural products and to promote the value of agriculture and family farms to Washington state.(2) "Successor organization" means a private, nonprofit corporation created specifically to assume responsibility for carrying out the from the heart of Washington program that is now part of the department. The private, nonprofit corporation must qualify as a tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation under section 501(c) of the federal internal revenue code; the majority of members on its board of directors must be from Washington commodity commissions, nonprofit associations organized for the promotion of Washington agricultural products, and other agricultural industry groups; and the corporation must carry forward with the work of the current program.(3) "Department" means the Washington state department of agriculture.(4) "Director" means the director of the Washington state department of agriculture.(5) "Fiscal agent" means the Washington state fruit commission, as a contractor of the department.[ 2004 c 26 § 2.]
WA Rev Code § 15.105.020 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.105 - From the Heart of Washington Program.|15.105.020 - Establishing a private, nonprofit corporation—Duties of successor organization—Debts and other liabilities.

RCW 15.105.020 Establishing a private, nonprofit corporation—Duties of successor organization—Debts and other liabilities. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)(1) The department may cooperate with other agencies, boards, commissions, and associations in the state of Washington to establish a private, nonprofit corporation for the purpose of carrying out the program. The nonprofit corporation must be organized under chapter 24.03 RCW and has the powers granted under that chapter. However, this chapter does not prohibit the department or other agencies, boards, commissions, and associations from separately continuing to promote Washington products under their existing authorities.(2) The department may contract with the successor organization to carry out the program. The contract must require the successor organization to aggressively seek to fund its continued operation from nonstate funding sources.(3) The successor organization must report to the department each January 1st on the amounts it has secured from both nonstate and state funding sources, its operations, and its programs.(4) Debts and other liabilities of the successor organization are successor organization debts and liabilities only and may be satisfied only from the resources of the successor organization. The state of Washington is not liable for the debts or liabilities of the successor organization.[ 2004 c 26 § 3.]RCW 15.105.020Establishing a private, nonprofit corporation—Duties of successor organization—Debts and other liabilities. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) The department may cooperate with other agencies, boards, commissions, and associations in the state of Washington to establish a private, nonprofit corporation for the purpose of carrying out the program. The nonprofit corporation must be organized under chapter 24.03A RCW and has the powers granted under that chapter. However, this chapter does not prohibit the department or other agencies, boards, commissions, and associations from separately continuing to promote Washington products under their existing authorities.(2) The department may contract with the successor organization to carry out the program. The contract must require the successor organization to aggressively seek to fund its continued operation from nonstate funding sources.(3) The successor organization must report to the department each January 1st on the amounts it has secured from both nonstate and state funding sources, its operations, and its programs.(4) Debts and other liabilities of the successor organization are successor organization debts and liabilities only and may be satisfied only from the resources of the successor organization. The state of Washington is not liable for the debts or liabilities of the successor organization.[ 2021 c 176 § 5203; 2004 c 26 § 3.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 15.105.030 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.105 - From the Heart of Washington Program.|15.105.030 - Actions by department to establish a successor organization.

RCW 15.105.030 Actions by department to establish a successor organization.In order to accomplish the establishment of a successor organization, the department and its fiscal agent may take all necessary and proper steps, including:(1) Transferring any equipment, software, database, other assets except the logo of the program, or contracts for services to the successor organization under appropriate terms and conditions, including reasonable compensation deemed appropriate by the department. The department shall retain the right to repossess any property transferred to the successor organization in the event that the successor organization dissolves, becomes bankrupt, insolvent, or is otherwise unable to carry out the program, or if the successor organization fails to comply with any contract with the department. In the event that the department exercises its right to repossess under this section, any property returned to the department becomes the property of the state and is administered by the department;(2) Unless otherwise provided by agreement, assigning any contracts and other duties and responsibilities to the successor organization related to the program; and(3) Providing necessary support services to the successor organization under contract for up to a two-year period after the effective date of a contract between a successor organization and the department for the delivery of program services. The successor organization shall provide full reimbursement for all costs of services contracted for under this subsection.[ 2004 c 26 § 4.]
WA Rev Code § 15.105.040 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.105 - From the Heart of Washington Program.|15.105.040 - Board of directors of the successor organization—State membership.

RCW 15.105.040 Board of directors of the successor organization—State membership.(1) The department shall designate one or more persons to serve in the capacity of a member of the board of directors of the successor organization. The state is not liable under any circumstances for the acts of the successor organization, any member of its board of directors, or its employees.(2) The department may pay an annual membership fee to the successor organization not to exceed the value of services received.[ 2004 c 26 § 5.]
WA Rev Code § 15.105.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.105 - From the Heart of Washington Program.|15.105.050 - Program logo.

RCW 15.105.050 Program logo.The logo of the program is the property of the department. The department may license the use of the logo to the successor organization and others, as it deems appropriate. The department retains the right to cancel any license to use the logo.[ 2004 c 26 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 15.105.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.105 - From the Heart of Washington Program.|15.105.060 - Gifts, grants, or endowments.

RCW 15.105.060 Gifts, grants, or endowments.The department may receive gifts, grants, or endowments from private or public sources that are made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the purposes of the program. The department may spend or contract with the successor organization to spend the gifts, grants, or endowments or income from the private or public sources according to their terms.[ 2004 c 26 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 15.105.901 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.105 - From the Heart of Washington Program.|15.105.901 - Effective date—2004 c 26.

RCW 15.105.901 Effective date—2004 c 26.This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [March 19, 2004].[ 2004 c 26 § 10.]