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WA Rev Code § 15.35.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.060 - Purposes.

RCW 15.35.060 Purposes.The purposes of this chapter are to:(1) Authorize and enable the director to prescribe marketing areas and to establish pricing and pooling arrangements which are necessary to prevent disorderly marketing of milk due to varying factors of costs of production, health regulations, transportation, and other factors in said marketing areas of this state;(2) Authorize and enable the director to formulate marketing plans subject to the provisions of this chapter, in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, which provide for pricing and pooling arrangements and declare such plans in effect for any marketing area;(3) Provide funds for administration and enforcement of this chapter by assessments to be paid by producers.[ 1993 c 345 § 3; 1991 c 239 § 2; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 6.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.070 - Powers conferred to be liberally construed—Monopoly—Price setting.

RCW 15.35.070 Powers conferred to be liberally construed—Monopoly—Price setting.It is the intent of the legislature that the powers conferred in this chapter shall be liberally construed. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as permitting or authorizing the development of conditions of monopoly in the production or distribution of milk, nor shall this chapter give the director authority to establish wholesale or retail prices for processed milk products.[ 1993 c 345 § 5; 1991 c 239 § 3; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.080 - Definitions.

RCW 15.35.080 Definitions.For the purposes of this chapter:(1) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington;(2) "Director" means the director of the department or the director's duly appointed representative;(3) "Person" means a natural person, individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, and association, and every officer, agent, or employee thereof. This term shall import either the singular or plural as the case may be;(4) "Market" or "marketing area" means any geographical area within the state or another state comprising one or more counties or parts thereof, where marketing conditions are substantially similar and which may be designated by the director as one marketing area;(5) "Milk" means all fluid milk from cows as defined in chapter 15.36 RCW and rules adopted under chapter 15.36 RCW;(6) "Milk products" includes any product manufactured from milk or any derivative or product of milk;(7) "Milk dealer" means any person engaged in the handling of milk in his or her capacity as the operator of a milk plant, as that term is defined in chapter 15.36 RCW and rules adopted under chapter 15.36 RCW:(a) Who receives milk in an unprocessed state from dairy farms, and who processes milk into milk or milk products; and(b) Whose milk plant is located within the state or from whose milk plant milk or milk products that are produced at least in part from milk from producers are disposed of to any place or establishment within a marketing area;(8) "Producer" means a person producing milk within this state for sale under a grade A milk permit issued by the department under the provisions of chapter 15.36 RCW or, if the director so provides by rule, a person who markets to a milk dealer milk produced under a grade A permit issued by another state;(9) "Classification" means the classification of milk into classes according to its utilization by the department;(10) The terms "plan," "market area and pooling arrangement," "market area pooling plan," "market area and pooling plan," "market pool," and "market plan" all have the same meaning;(11) "Producer-dealer" means a producer who engages in the production of milk and also operates a plant from which an average of more than three hundred pounds daily of milk products, except filled milk, is sold within the marketing area and who has been so designated by the director. A state institution which processes and distributes milk of its own production shall be considered a producer-dealer for purposes of this chapter, but the director may by rule exempt such state institutions from any of the requirements otherwise applicable to producer-dealers.[ 1994 c 143 § 509; 1993 c 345 § 4; 1992 c 58 § 1; 1991 c 239 § 4; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 8.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.090 - Milk control between states.

RCW 15.35.090 Milk control between states.(1) The director shall in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and any marketing plan thereunder confer with the legally constituted authorities of other states of the United States, and the United States department of agriculture, for the purpose of seeking uniformity of milk control with respect to milk coming in to the state and going out of the state in interstate commerce with a view to accomplishing the purposes of this chapter, and may enter into a compact or compacts which will insure a uniform system of milk control between this state and other states.(2) In order to facilitate carrying out the provisions and purposes of this chapter, the department may hold joint hearings with authorized officers or agencies of other states who have duties and powers similar to those of the department or with any authorized person designated by the United States department of agriculture, and may enter into joint agreements with such authorized state or federal agencies for exchange of information with regard to prices paid to producers for milk moving from one state to the other or any purpose to carry out and enforce this chapter.[ 1991 c 239 § 5; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 9.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.100 - Director's authority—Subpoena power—Rules.

RCW 15.35.100 Director's authority—Subpoena power—Rules.Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the director is hereby vested with the authority:(1) To investigate all matters pertaining to the production, processing, storage, transportation, and distribution of milk and milk products in the state, and shall have the authority to:(a) Establish classifications of processed milk and milk products, and a minimum price or a formula to determine a minimum price to be paid by milk dealers for milk used to produce each such class of products;(b) Require that payment be made by dealers to producers of fluid milk or their cooperative associations and prescribe the method and time of such payments by dealers to producers or their cooperative associations in accordance with a marketing plan for milk;(c) Determine what constitutes a natural milk market area;(d) Establish quota systems within marketing plans, and to determine by using uniform rules, what portion of the milk produced by each producer shall be assigned to each quota classification;(e) Provide for the pooling of minimum class values from the sales of each class of milk to milk dealers, and the equalization of returns to producers;(f) Provide and establish market pools for a designated market area with such rules as the director may adopt;(g) Employ an executive officer, who shall be known as the milk pooling administrator;(h) Employ such persons or contract with such entities as may be necessary and incur all expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;(i) Determine by rule, what portion of any increase in the available quotas shall be assigned to new producers or existing producers.(2) To issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and/or the production of books, documents, and records anywhere in the state in any hearing affecting the authority of privileges granted by a license issued under the provisions of this chapter. Witnesses shall be entitled to fees for attendance and travel as provided for in chapter 2.40 RCW.(3) To make, adopt, and enforce all rules necessary to carry out the purposes and policies of this chapter subject to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW concerning the adoption of rules. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to abrogate or affect the status, force, or operation of any provision of the public health laws enacted by the state or any municipal corporation or the public service laws of this state.[ 1993 c 345 § 6; 1991 c 239 § 6; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 10.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.105 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.105 - Minimum milk price—Competition from outside the marketing area.

RCW 15.35.105 Minimum milk price—Competition from outside the marketing area.(1) In establishing a minimum milk price or a formula to determine a minimum milk price, as provided under RCW 15.35.060 and 15.35.100, the director shall, in addition to other appropriate criteria, consider the:(a) Cost of producing fluid milk for human consumption;(b) Transportation costs;(c) Milk prices in states or regions outside of the state that influence prices within the marketing areas;(d) Demand for fluid milk for human consumption;(e) Alternative enterprises available to producers; and(f) Economic impact on milk dealers.(2) A milk dealer who believes that actual competition from outside the marketing area is having a significant economic impact on that milk dealer, may petition the director for a public hearing on an expedited basis to consider whether the minimum milk price in the market plan should be changed relative to the milk price to a competitor located outside the state plus transportation costs for that competitor to compete with the petitioning milk dealer.(a) To be considered, the petition must identify the specific action requested, and must be accompanied by a statement summarizing the facts and evidence that would be provided at a public hearing by or on behalf of the petitioner to support the need for the requested action, including an identification of circumstances that have changed since the last rule-making proceeding at which the minimum price was established.(b) Within twenty-one days of receiving the petition, the director shall either:(i) Adopt rules on an emergency basis, in accordance with RCW 34.05.350;(ii) File, and distribute to all milk dealers and other interested parties, notice that a hearing will be held within sixty days of receiving the petition;(iii) Advise the petitioner in writing that the request for rule making is denied, and explain the reasons for the denial; or(iv) Advise the petitioner in writing that the petition provides insufficient information from which to find that rule making should be initiated, and request that the petition be resubmitted with additional information.(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section, this petition must be handled in accordance with RCW 34.05.330, and the rule-making procedures of chapter 34.05 RCW.(3) The director may adopt rules of practice or procedure with respect to the proceedings.[ 1993 c 345 § 7; 1991 c 239 § 7.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.120 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.120 - Qualifications for producers to sign petitions or vote in referendums.

RCW 15.35.120 Qualifications for producers to sign petitions or vote in referendums.(1) The producers qualified to sign a petition, or to vote in any referendum concerning a market pool, shall be all those producers shipping milk to the market area on a regular supply basis and who would or do receive or pay equalization in an existing market pool in a market area, or in a market pool if established in such market area.(2) The milk dealers qualified to vote in any referendum establishing a market pool shall be all those milk dealers who operate a plant which is located within the state and who would receive milk priced under a market pool if established in such market area.(3) The director is authorized during business hours to review the books and records of milk dealers to obtain a list of the producers qualified to sign petitions or to vote in referendums and to verify that such milk dealers are qualified to vote in a referendum.[ 1991 c 239 § 9; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 12.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.130 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.130 - Form of producer petitions.

RCW 15.35.130 Form of producer petitions.Petitions filed with the director by producers shall:(1) Consist of one or more pages, each of which is dated at the bottom. The date shall be inserted on each sheet prior to, or at the time the first signature is obtained on each sheet. The director shall not accept a sheet on which such date is more than sixty days, prior to the time it is filed with the director. After a petition is filed, additional pages may be filed if time limits have not expired.(2) Contain wording at the top of each page which clearly explains to each person whose signature appears thereon the meaning and intent of the petition. Such wording shall also clearly indicate to the director if it is in reference to a request for public hearing, exactly what matters are to be studied and desired. Similar information must be directed to the director if the matter relates to a referendum. The director has the authority to clarify wording from a petition before making it a part of a referendum.No informalities or technicalities in the conduct of a referendum, or in any matters relating thereto, shall invalidate any referendum if it is fairly and reasonably conducted by the director.[ 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 13.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.140 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.140 - Director to establish systems within market areas.

RCW 15.35.140 Director to establish systems within market areas.(1) The director shall establish a system of classifying, pricing, and pooling of all milk used in each market area established under RCW 15.35.110.(2) Thereafter the director may establish a system in each market area for the equalization of returns for all quota milk and all surplus over quota milk whereby all producers selling milk to milk dealers or delivering milk in such market area, or their cooperative associations, will receive the same prices for all quota milk and all surplus over quota milk, except that any premium paid to a producer by a dealer above established prices shall not be considered in determining average pool prices. Such prices may reflect adjustments based on the value of component parts of each producer's milk.[ 1991 c 239 § 10; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.150 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.150 - Determination of quota.

RCW 15.35.150 Determination of quota.(1) Under a market pool and as used in this section, "quota" means a producer's or producer-dealer's portion of the total sales of milk in a market area in fluid form or, in the director's discretion, in other forms.(2) The director may in each market area subject to a market plan establish each producer's and each producer-dealer's initial quota in the market area. Such initial quotas shall be determined by the department after due notice and the opportunity for a hearing as provided in chapter 34.05 RCW. In making this determination, consideration shall be given to a history of the producer's production record. In no case shall a producer-dealer receive as a quota an amount which is less than his or her fluid milk sales for the reference period used by the director in determining quotas for other producers.In any system of establishing quotas, provision shall be made for new producers to qualify for allocation of quota in a reasonable proportion and for old and new producers to participate in any new increase in available quota in a reasonable proportion. The director may establish a method to proportionately decrease quota allocations in the event decreases in milk usage occur.All subsequent changes or new quotas issued shall be determined by the department after due notice and the opportunity for a hearing as provided in chapter 34.05 RCW.[ 1993 c 345 § 10; 1992 c 58 § 5; 1991 c 239 § 11; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.160 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.160 - Contracts, rights and powers of associations not affected.

RCW 15.35.160 Contracts, rights and powers of associations not affected.No provision of this chapter shall be deemed or construed to:(1) Affect or impair the contracts of any such cooperative association with its members or other producers marketing their milk through such corporation;(2) Impair or affect any contract which any such cooperative association has with milk dealers or others which are not in violation of this chapter;(3) Affect or abridge the rights and powers of any such cooperative association conferred by the laws of this state under which it is incorporated.[ 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.170 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.170 - Quotas—Transfer of—Limitations.

RCW 15.35.170 Quotas—Transfer of—Limitations.Quotas provided for in this chapter may not in any way be transferred without the consent of the director. Regulations regarding transfer of quotas shall be determined by the department after due notice and the opportunity for a hearing as provided in chapter 34.05 RCW. Any contract for the transfer of quotas, unless the transfer has previously been approved by the director, shall be null and void. The director shall make rules and regulations to preclude any person from using a corporation as a device to evade the provisions of this section. The quotas assigned to any producer shall become null and void as of any time the producer does not own the means of production to which the quotas pertain. Quotas shall in no event be considered as property and may be taken or abolished by the state without compensation.[ 1991 c 239 § 12; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 17.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.180 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.180 - Records of milk dealers and cooperatives, inspection and audit of.

RCW 15.35.180 Records of milk dealers and cooperatives, inspection and audit of.The director shall examine and audit not less than one time each year or at any other such time the director considers necessary, the books and records, and may photostat such books, records, and accounts of milk dealers and cooperatives licensed or believed subject to license under this chapter for the purpose of determining:(1) How payments to producers for the milk handled are computed and whether the amount of such payments are in accordance with the applicable marketing plan;(2) If any provisions of this chapter affecting such payments directly or indirectly have been or are being violated.No person shall in any way hinder or delay the director in conducting such examination.The director may accept and use for the purposes of this section any audit made for or by a federal milk market order administrator which provides the information necessary for such purposes.[ 1991 c 239 § 13; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 18.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.190 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.190 - Records necessary for milk dealers.

RCW 15.35.190 Records necessary for milk dealers.All milk dealers subject to the provisions of this chapter shall keep the records as deemed necessary by the director.[ 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 19.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.200 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.200 - Verified reports of milk dealers.

RCW 15.35.200 Verified reports of milk dealers.Each milk dealer subject to the provisions of this chapter shall from time to time, as required by rule of the director, make and file a verified report, on forms prescribed by the director, of all matters on account for which a record is required to be kept, together with such other information or facts as may be pertinent and material within the scope of the purpose of this chapter. Such reports shall cover a period specified in the order, and shall be filed within a time fixed by the director.[ 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 20.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.210 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.210 - Milk dealer license—Required.

RCW 15.35.210 Milk dealer license—Required.It shall be unlawful for any milk dealer subject to the provisions of a marketing plan to handle milk subject to the provisions of such marketing plan without first obtaining an annual license from the director for each separate place of business where such milk is received or sold. Such license shall be in addition to any other license required by the laws of this state: PROVIDED, That the provisions of this section shall not become effective for a period of sixty days subsequent to the inception of a marketing plan in any marketing area prescribed by the director.[ 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 21.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.220 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.220 - Milk dealer license—Application for—Contents.

RCW 15.35.220 Milk dealer license—Application for—Contents.Application for a license to act as a milk dealer shall be on a form prescribed by the director and shall contain, but not be limited to, the following:(1) The nature of the business to be conducted;(2) The full name and address of the person applying for the license if an individual; and if a partnership, the full name and address of each member thereof; and if a corporation, the full name and address of each officer and director;(3) The complete address at which the business is to be conducted;(4) Facts showing that the applicant has adequate personnel and facilities to properly conduct the business of a milk dealer;(5) Facts showing that the applicant has complied with all the rules prescribed by the director under the provisions of this chapter;(6) Any other reasonable information the director may require.[ 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 22.]
WA Rev Code § 15.35.230 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 15 - Agriculture and Marketing|Chapter 15.35 - Washington State Milk Pooling Act.|15.35.230 - Milk dealer license—Fees—Additional assessment for late renewal.

RCW 15.35.230 Milk dealer license—Fees—Additional assessment for late renewal.(1) Application for each milk dealer's license shall be accompanied by an annual license fee to be established by the director by rule.(2) If an application for the renewal of a milk dealer's license is not filed on or before the first day of an annual licensing period a late fee of up to one-half of the license fee shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before the renewal license shall be issued: PROVIDED, That such additional assessment shall not apply if the applicant furnishes an affidavit that the applicant has not acted as a milk dealer subsequent to the expiration of his or her prior license.[ 1991 c 239 § 14; 1971 ex.s. c 230 § 23.]