Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-520 - Seed potatoes › Section 16-520-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Definitions for terms used in this chapter are also found in
				  chapter 15.66 RCW, Washington State Agricultural Commodity Commissions Act. For
				  the purposes of the seed potato marketing order, the following definitions
				  shall apply:
"Act" means the Washington State Agricultural Commodity
				  Commissions Act, chapter 15.66 RCW;
"Affected area" means and includes all of the state of
				  Washington;
"Affected producer" means any producer who is subject to this
				  marketing order;
"Commercial quantities" means five thousand hundredweight or
				  more;
"Director" means the director of agriculture of the state of
				  Washington or any qualified person or persons designated by the director of
				  agriculture to act for him or her concerning some matter under this marketing
				  order or chapter 15.66 RCW;
"Disclosure" means inspection or copying;
"Handler" means any person who acts, either as principal,
				  agent, or otherwise, in the processing, selling, marketing, or distributing of
				  seed potatoes that are not produced by the handler. "Handler" does not include
				  a common carrier used to transport an agricultural commodity. "To handle" means
				  to act as a handler;
"Hundredweight" and "affected unit" are synonymous and mean
				  and include each one hundred pound unit or any combination of packages making a
				  one hundred pound unit of seed potatoes;
"Marketing season" and "fiscal year" are synonymous and mean
				  the twelve-month period beginning July 1st of any year and ending upon the last
				  day of June, both dates inclusive;
"Person" includes any individual, firm, corporation, limited
				  liability company, trust, association, partnership, society or any other
				  organization of individuals or any unit or agency of local or state or federal
				  government;
"Producer" means any person engaged in the business of
				  producing or causing to be produced for market in the state of Washington seed
				  potatoes in commercial quantities. "To produce" means to act as a
				  producer;
"Public records" includes any writing containing information
				  relating to the conduct of government or the performance of any governmental or
				  proprietary function prepared, owned, used, or retained by the commission
				  regardless of physical form or characteristics;
"Sale" means a transaction wherein the property in or to seed
				  potatoes is transferred from the producer to a purchaser for consideration.
				  "Sale" shall also include an agreement to acquire such property for a
				  consideration;
"Seed potato commission" and "commission" are synonymous and
				  mean the commission established under WAC
				  16-520-020 consistent with chapter
				  15.66 RCW;
"Seed potatoes" means and includes all kinds and varieties of
				  Irish seed potatoes grown in the state of Washington and marketed, sold or
				  intended for use for seed purposes.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.66.030,
					 15.66.053,
					 15.66.055, and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 10-22-008,
					 § 16-520-010, filed 10/21/10, effective 11/21/10; Marketing Order, Article
					 I, effective 10/1/56.