Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-560 - Washington tree fruit research commission › Section 16-560-06001 - Assessment rates

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) There is
				hereby levied on all commercial tree fruit produced in this state or held out
				as being produced in this state for fresh or processing use, an assessment of
				one dollar per ton on all such tree fruit: Provided, That such assessment for
				cherries shall be four dollars per ton.
(2) There is hereby established pursuant to
				RCW
				15.26.155 an additional assessment for an
				industry services fund for programs related to sanitation, planting,
				production, harvesting, handling, processing and shipping. The assessment shall
				be set annually by the commission, upon approval of two-thirds of the voting
				members of the commission, to create and maintain this fund at or near one
				hundred thousand dollars. If this fund should inadvertently exceed one hundred
				thousand dollars due to larger crops than estimated or the addition of interest
				earned, the excess shall be credited to the following year's fund.
In consideration of maintaining this industry services fund,
				  the commission shall annually consult with the affected industry and grower
				  organizations.
(3) There is
				hereby established on all commercial tree fruit produced in this state or held
				out as being produced in the state for fresh or processing use, an additional
				assessment pursuant to
				RCW
				15.26.150 of four dollars per ton on cherries
				and one dollar per ton on all other such tree fruit as approved by referendum
				vote of affected producers, the results of which shall be retained on file in
				the board's administrative office. This additional assessment shall be expended
				on a specific crop in proportion to the assessment collected for the specific
				crop. The additional assessment shall be imposed beginning in the 2012 crop
				year and be in effect until the total collection for all crops reaches
				thirty-two million dollars but in no case will be in effect for more than eight
				crop years. If thirty-two million dollars in additional assessment is collected
				in less than eight crop years, this additional assessment will expire at the
				end of the crop year and no further additional assessment will be collected in
				the subsequent crop years.
(4) The
				referendum for additional assessment under subsection (3) of this section
				having failed with regard to cherries and stone fruit, there is hereby
				established on all commercial stone fruit and cherries produced in this state
				or held out as being produced in the state for fresh or processing use, an
				additional assessment pursuant to
				RCW
				15.26.150 to add to the fund established
				under subsection (3) of this section. This additional assessment shall be
				expended on a specific crop in proportion to the assessment collected for the
				specific crop. The additional assessment for stone fruit and cherries shall be
				one dollar per ton on stone fruit and four dollars per ton on cherries as
				approved by referendum vote of affected producers. If approved, the cherry and
				stone fruit assessment shall begin in the 2013 crop year. The cherry assessment
				shall continue in effect until the 2021 crop year or until the total collection
				for cherries reaches five million dollars or until the total collection for all
				crops reaches its maximum amount as defined under subsection (3) of this
				section, whichever comes first. The stone fruit assessment shall continue in
				effect until the 2021 crop year or until the total collection for stone fruit
				reaches two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars or until the total collection
				for all crops reaches its maximum amount under subsection (3) of this section,
				whichever comes first. The board shall retain the results of the referendum on
				file in the board's administrative office.
Statutory Authority: Chapters 15.26 and
					 34.05 RCW. 13-05-059, §
					 16-560-06001, filed 2/15/13, effective 3/18/13; 11-21-011, § 16-560-06001,
					 filed 10/7/11, effective 11/7/11. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.26.110(2). 96-07-054,
					 § 16-560-06001, filed 3/19/96, effective 4/19/96. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.26.140 and
					 15.26.150. 92-01-009, §
					 16-560-06001, filed 12/5/91, effective 1/5/92. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.26.155. 86-14-066 (Order 8, Resolution No.
					 8), § 16-560-06001, filed 6/30/86, effective 8/1/86; 85-10-005 (Order 7,
					 Resolution No. 7), § 16-560-06001, filed 4/19/85. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.26.140. 80-05-091 (Order 6, Resolution No.
					 6), § 16-560-06001, filed 5/1/80; Order 5, § 16-560-060 (codified as
					 WAC 16-560-06001 ), filed
					 3/8/74.