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Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-529 - Washington alfalfa seed commission › Section 16-529-300 - Time, place, method for collection and remittance of assessments

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Effective with the 1975 crop, the following procedure is
				  established for the collection, reporting, and remittance of assessments levied
				  on alfalfa seed pursuant to
				  RCW
				  15.65.410 and WAC
				  16-529-140:
(1) All first buyers of alfalfa seed grown in
				the state of Washington, or the person acting on behalf of a first buyer, shall
				withhold the amount of assessment from their remittances to growers of such
				seed and transmit same to the commission not later than the last day of the
				calendar month following date of settlement.
(2) All producers selling alfalfa seed other
				than to first buyers for resale, whether selling directly or through brokers,
				and including all sales at retail, shall pay the amount of the assessment
				directly to the commission not later than the last day of the calendar month
				following date of settlement.
(3)
				To all assessments due and payable to the commission and not remitted on or
				before the date due, there shall be added a penalty fee of ten percent as
				provided in
				RCW
				15.65.440.
(4) All remittances to the commission shall
				be transmitted with an official reporting form to be furnished free of charge
				by the commission. Said reporting form shall call for the name and address of
				the affected producer, the number of pounds of seed sold, the amount of
				assessment collected from each producer, and the name and address of the person
				or firm filing the report and remittance.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.047 and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 05-08-010,
					 § 16-529-300, filed 3/25/05, effective 4/25/05; Order 2, § 16-529-110
					 (codified as WAC
					 16-529-300 ), filed
					 10/17/75.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-529 - Washington alfalfa seed commission › Section 16-529-305 - Description of commission, address and telephone number of the Washington alfalfa seed commission

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Headquartered in Kennewick at 6601 W. Deschutes Ave., Suite
				  C-2, Kennewick, WA 99336, the Washington alfalfa seed commission serves
				  Washington alfalfa seed producers by supporting the alfalfa seed industry in
				  the areas of research and marketing. The telephone number is
				  509-585-5460.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-529 - Washington alfalfa seed commission › Section 16-529-310 - Public records officer

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(1) The
				commission's public records shall be in the charge of the public records
				officer designated by the commission. The commission or its executive director
				may appoint a temporary public records officer to serve during the absence of
				the designated records officer. The public records officer shall be responsible
				for implementing the commission's rules regarding disclosure of public records,
				coordination of staff regarding disclosure of public records, and generally
				ensuring compliance by staff with public records disclosure
				requirements.
(2) The name of the
				commission's current public records officer is on file with the office of the
				code reviser in accordance with
				RCW
				42.56.580 and is published in the
Washington State Register.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-529 - Washington alfalfa seed commission › Section 16-529-315 - Request for public records

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(1)
				All requests for disclosure of public records must be submitted in writing
				directly to the commission's public records officer by mail to Washington
				Alfalfa Seed Commission, 6601 W. Deschutes Ave., Suite C-2, Kennewick, WA
				99336. The request may also be submitted by fax to 509-585-2671 or by email to:
				shanej@agmgt.com. The written request must include:
(a) The name, address and telephone number or
				other contact information of the person requesting the records;
(b) The calendar date on which the request is
				made; and
(c) Sufficient
				information to readily identify records being requested.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-529 - Washington alfalfa seed commission › Section 16-529-320 - Response to public records requests

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(1) The public records officer shall respond
				to public records requests within five business days by:
(a) Making the records available for
				inspection or copying;
(b)
				Providing a link or address for a record available on the internet under
				RCW
				42.56.520;
(c) Acknowledging receipt of the request and
				providing a reasonable estimate of the time the commission will require to
				respond to the request;
(d) Sending
				the copies to the requestor if copies are requested and payment of a deposit
				for the copies is made or terms of payment have been agreed upon; or
(e) Denying the public records request.
				Responses refusing in whole or in part the inspection of a public record shall
				include a statement of the specific exemption authorizing withholding of the
				record, or any part of the record, and a brief explanation of how the exemption
				applies to the record withheld or to any redactions in records
				produced.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-529 - Washington alfalfa seed commission › Section 16-529-325 - Fees-Inspection and copying

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(1) No
				fee will be charged for the inspection of public records.
(2) Pursuant to
				RCW
				42.56.120(2), the commission
				declares for the following reasons that it would be unduly burdensome for it to
				calculate the actual costs it charges for providing copies of public records:
				Funds were not allocated for performing a study to calculate actual costs and
				the commission lacks the necessary funds to perform a study and calculations;
				staff resources are insufficient to perform a study and to calculate such
				actual costs; and a study would interfere with and disrupt other essential
				agency functions.
(3) The
				commission may charge fees for production of copies of public records
				consistent with the fee schedule established in
				RCW
				42.56.120. For all copying or duplicating
				service charges incurred, an invoice will be sent to the requestor.
				Reimbursement is payable within fifteen days of receipt of invoice payable to
				the Washington alfalfa seed commission. The commission may require that all
				charges be paid in advance of release of the copies of the records.
(4) The commission or its designee may waive
				any of the foregoing copying costs.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-529 - Washington alfalfa seed commission › Section 16-529-330 - Exemptions

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The commission's public records are available for disclosure
				  except as otherwise provided under chapter 42.56 RCW or any other law.
				  Requestors should be aware of the following exemptions to public disclosure
				  specific to commission records. This list is not exhaustive and other
				  exemptions may apply:
(1) Production or
				sales records required to determine assessment levels and actual assessment
				payments to the commission under chapter 15.65 RCW (reference
				RCW
				42.56.380(3) ).
(2) Financial and commercial information and
				records supplied by persons:
(a) To the
				commission for the purpose of conducting a referendum for the establishment of
				the commission; or
(b) To the
				commission under chapter 15.65 RCW with respect to domestic or export marketing
				activities or individual producer's production information (reference
				42.56.-380(5)).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-529 - Washington alfalfa seed commission › Section 16-529-335 - Review of denial of public records requests

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(1) Any person who objects to the initial
				denial of a request to copy or inspect public records may petition the
				commission for review of such decision by submitting a written request to the
				commission. The request shall specifically refer to statement which constituted
				or accompanied the denial.
(2) The
				commission's executive director or designee shall immediately consider the
				matter and either affirm or reverse the denial within ten business days
				following the commission's receipt of the written request for review of the
				original denial.
(3) Under
				RCW
				42.56.530, if the commission denies a
				requestor access to public records because it claims the record is exempt in
				whole or in part from disclosure, the requestor may request the attorney
				general's office to review the matter.
(4) Any person may obtain court review of a
				denial of a public records request under
				RCW
				42.56.550.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-529 - Washington alfalfa seed commission › Section 16-529-340 - Records index

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The commission shall establish a records index, which shall
				  be made available for public review. The index includes the following
				  records:
(1) Commission authorizing
				statute;
(2) Commission marketing
				order;
(3) Minutes of commission
				meetings;
(4) Commission board
				roster; and
(5) List of research
				projects.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-531 - Washington grain commission › Section 16-531-005 - Definitions

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"Commission" means the Washington grain commission.
"Disclosure" means inspection or copying.
"Person" means 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
				  government.
"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.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-531 - Washington grain commission › Section 16-531-010 - Rules for implementation of promotional hosting by the Washington grain commission

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RCW 15.04.200 provides that
				  agricultural commodity commissions shall adopt rules governing promotional
				  hosting expenditures by agricultural commodity commission employees, agents, or
				  commissioners. The rules governing promotional hosting expenditures for the
				  Washington grain commission shall be as follows:
(1) Budget approval. Commission expenditures
				for agricultural development or trade promotion and promotional hosting shall
				be pursuant to specific budget items as approved by the commission at annual
				public hearings on the commission budget.
(2) Officials and agents authorized to make
				expenditures. The following officials and agents are authorized to make
				expenditures for agricultural development or trade promotion and promotional
				hosting in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
(a) Commissioners;
(b) Chief executive officer;
(c) Vice-president;
(d) Program director;
(e) Director of communications.
Individual commissioners shall make promotional hosting
				  expenditures, or seek reimbursements for those expenditures, only in those
				  instances where the expenditures have been approved by the commission.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-531 - Washington grain commission › Section 16-531-020 - Public records officer

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(1)
				The commission's public records shall be in the charge of the public records
				officer designated by the commission. The commission or its executive director
				may appoint a temporary public records officer to serve during the absence of
				the designated records officer. The public records officer shall be responsible
				for implementing the commission's rules regarding disclosure of public records,
				coordination of staff regarding disclosure of public records, and generally
				ensuring compliance by staff with public records disclosure
				requirements.
(2) The name of the
				commission's current public records officer is on file with the office of the
				code reviser in accordance with
				RCW
				42.56.580 and is published in the
Washington State Register.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-531 - Washington grain commission › Section 16-531-030 - Request for public records

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(1)
				Requests for disclosure of public records should be directed to the
				commission's public records officer by mail at 2702 W. Sunset Blvd., Suite A,
				Spokane, WA 99224; by email to wgc@wagrains.org; or by fax at 509-456-2812. The
				written request should include:
(a) The name
				of the person requesting the records and the person's contact information,
				i.e., address, telephone number or email address;
(b) The calendar date on which the request is
				made; and
(c) Sufficient
				information to readily identify records being requested.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-531 - Washington grain commission › Section 16-531-040 - Response to public records requests

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(1) The commission will respond promptly to
				requests for disclosure. Email requests will be handled in the same manner as
				other types of mail received by the commission. Public records requests
				received by email after regular business hours will be considered received on
				the next business day. Within five business days of receiving a public records
				request, the public records officer will respond by doing one or more of the
				following:
(a) Providing the
				record;
(b) Providing an internet
				address and link on the commission's web site to the specific records requested
				(reference
				RCW
				42.56.520 );
(c) Acknowledging receipt of the request and
				providing a reasonable estimate of the time the commission will require to
				respond to the request; or
(d)
				Denying the public records request. Responses refusing in whole or in part the
				inspection of a public record shall include a statement of the specific
				exemption authorizing withholding of the record (or any part of the record) and
				a brief explanation of how the exemption applies to the record withheld or to
				any redactions in records produced.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-531 - Washington grain commission › Section 16-531-050 - Fees-Inspection and copying

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(1) No
				fee will be charged for the inspection of public records.
(2) The commission reserves the right to
				charge a fee of fifteen cents per page of black and white photocopy plus
				postage to reimburse itself for the costs of providing copies of public
				records.
(3) Requests for records
				in special formatting, including color copies, will be charged at the amount
				necessary to reimburse the commission for its actual production costs. If the
				public records officer deems it more efficient to have copying or duplicating
				done outside the commission, the charges will be based on the actual cost of
				such outside copying or duplicating services. For all copying or duplicating
				service charges incurred, an invoice will be sent to the requestor.
				Reimbursement is payable within fifteen days of receipt of the invoice and is
				payable to the Washington grain commission. The commission may require that all
				charges be paid in advance of release of the copies of the records.
(4) The public records officer may waive the
				fee when the expense of processing payment exceeds the cost of providing
				copies.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-531 - Washington grain commission › Section 16-531-060 - Exemptions

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The commission's public records are available for disclosure
				  except as otherwise provided under chapter 42.56 RCW or any other law.
				  Requestors should be aware of the following exemptions to public disclosure
				  specific to commission records. This list is not exhaustive and other
				  exemptions may apply:
(1) Production
				or sales records required to determine assessment levels and actual assessment
				payments to the commission under chapter 15.115 RCW (reference
				RCW
				42.56.380(3) ).
(2) Financial and commercial information and
				records supplied by persons:
(a) To the
				commission for the purpose of conducting a referendum for the establishment of
				the commission; or
(b) To the
				commission under chapter 15.115 RCW with respect to domestic or export
				marketing activities or individual producer's production information (reference
				RCW
				42.56.380(5) ).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-531 - Washington grain commission › Section 16-531-070 - Review of denial of public records requests

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(1) Any person who objects to the initial
				denial of a records request may petition in writing to the commission for
				review of that decision. The petition shall include a copy of, or reasonably
				identify, the written statement by the commission denying the
				request.
(2) The commission's
				executive director or designee will immediately consider the petition and
				either affirm or reverse the denial. In any case, the request shall be returned
				with a final decision within ten business days following the commission's
				receipt of the written request for review of the original denial.
(3) Under
				RCW
				42.56.530, if the commission denies a
				requestor access to public records because it claims the record is exempt in
				whole or in part from disclosure, the requestor may request the attorney
				general's office to review the matter. The attorney general has adopted rules
				on such requests in WAC
				44-06-160.
(4) Any person may obtain court review of a
				denial of a public records request under
				RCW
				42.56.550.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-531 - Washington grain commission › Section 16-531-080 - Records index

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The commission shall establish a records index, which shall
				  be made available for public review. The records index may be accessed on the
				  commission's web site at
www.wagrains.org
.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › Section 16-532-020 - Hop board

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(1)
Administration.
The provisions of this order and the applicable
				provisions of the act shall be administered and enforced by the board as the
				designee of the director.
(2)
Board membership.
(a) The board
				shall consist of eight members. Seven members shall be affected producers
				elected as provided in this section. The director shall appoint one member of
				the board who is neither an affected producer nor a handler to represent the
				department and the public.
(b) For
				the purpose of nomination and election of producer members of the board, the
				affected area shall be the entire state of Washington.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › Section 16-532-035 - Inspection required

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(1) Before
				marketing or processing, all varieties of hops produced in the state of
				Washington must be inspected and certified by the Federal/State Hop Inspection
				Service for quality and condition of seed, leaf and stem according to the
				standards established by the Federal Grain Inspection Service of the United
				States Department of Agriculture. Hops that are sold in fresh green (undried)
				form are exempted from this requirement. Experimental hop selections that are
				harvested and dried for testing and evaluation, but are not sold, are exempted
				from this requirement.
(2) Any hops
				that are baled on a producer's farm must be officially sampled by a Washington
				state department of agriculture inspector. If a lot of hops totals less than
				one thousand two hundred pounds, the grower may utilize a submitted sample in
				lieu of official sampling for determination of seed, leaf, and stem. Submitted
				samples must be collected in a random fashion and provide a minimum of 0.5 kg
				for evaluation.
Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 15.65 and
					 34.05 RCW. 06-15-105, §
					 16-532-035, filed 7/17/06, effective 8/17/06. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.050. 95-17-118 (Order 5077), §
					 16-532-035, filed 8/23/95, effective 9/23/95. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter
					 15.65 RCW. 88-24-028
					 (Order 1992), § 16-532-035, filed
					 12/2/88.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › Section 16-532-040 - Assessments and collections

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(1)
Assessments.
(a) The annual
				assessment on all varieties of hops shall be $0.015 per affected unit, as
				approved by referendum vote of affected producers.
(b) For the purpose of collecting assessments
				the board may:
(i) Require handlers to collect
				producer assessments from producers whose production they handle, and remit the
				same to the board; or
(ii) Require
				the person subject to the assessment to give adequate assurance or security for
				its payment; or
(iii) Require the
				person subject to the assessment to remit assessments for any hops which are
				processed prior to the first sale; or
(iv) Require the person subject to the
				assessment to remit an inventory report for any hops which are not processed or
				sold prior to December 31 of the year in which they are produced.
(c) Subsequent to the first sale
				or processing, no affected units shall be transported, carried, shipped, sold,
				marketed, or otherwise handled or disposed of until every due and payable
				assessment herein provided for has been paid and the receipt issued. The
				foregoing shall include all affected units shipped or sold, both inside and
				outside the state.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › Section 16-532-050 - Obligations of the board

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Obligations incurred by the board or employee or agent
				  thereof pertaining to their performance or nonperformance or misperformance of
				  any matters or things authorized, required or permitted them by the act or this
				  order, and any other liabilities or claims against them or any of them shall be
				  enforced in the same manner as if the whole organization under the order were a
				  corporation. No liability for the debts or actions of the board, employee or
				  agent incurred in their official capacity under this order shall exist either
				  against the board, officers, employees and/or agents in their individual
				  capacity, nor against the state of Washington or any subdivision or
				  instrumentality thereof nor against any other organization, administrator or
				  board (or employee or agent thereof) established pursuant to this act or the
				  assets thereof. The board, and its agents and employees, shall not be held
				  responsible individually in any way whatsoever to any person for errors in
				  judgment, mistakes, or other acts, either of commission or omission, as
				  principal, agent, person or employee, except for their own individual acts of
				  dishonesty or crime. No such person or employee shall be held responsible
				  individually for any act or omission of any other board, member of the board,
				  or other person. The liability of the members of the board shall be several and
				  not joint and no member shall be liable for the default of any other
				  member.
Marketing Order Article V, § A, filed
					 7/1/64.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › Section 16-532-060 - Termination of the order

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The order shall be terminated if the director finds that
				  fifty-one percent by numbers and fifty-one percent by volume of production of
				  the affected producers favor or assent such dissolution. The director may
				  ascertain without compliance with
				  RCW
				  15.65.050 through
				  15.65.130 of the act whether such
				  termination is so assented to or favored whenever twenty percent by numbers or
				  twenty percent by volume of production of the affected producers file written
				  application with him for such termination. The termination shall not, however,
				  become effective until the expiration of the marketing
				  season.
Marketing Order Article VI, § A, filed
					 7/1/64.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › Section 16-532-070 - Effective time

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This marketing order for hops shall become effective on and
				  after August 15, 1964.
Marketing Order Article VII, § A, filed
					 7/1/64.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › Section 16-532-080 - Separability

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If any provisions hereof are declared invalid, or the
				  applicability thereof to any person, circumstances or thing is held invalid,
				  the validity of the remainder hereof or of the applicability thereof to any
				  other person, circumstances or thing shall not be affected
				  thereby.
Marketing Order Article VIII, § A, filed
					 7/1/64.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-103 - Rules for implementation of promotional hosting by the Washington state hop commodity board (commission) - Definitions

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For the purposes of WAC
					 16-532-105, the following
					 definitions shall apply:
(1)
"Promotional hosting"
as used in these rules means the hosting of
				  individuals and groups of individuals at meetings, meals, and gatherings for
				  the purpose of cultivating trade relations and promoting sales of
				  Washington-grown hops.
(2)
"Hosting"
may include providing meals, refreshments, lodging,
				  transportation, gifts of nominal value, reasonable and customary entertainment,
				  and normal incidental expenses at meetings or gatherings.
Statutory Authority:
						Chapter
						15.65 RCW, specifically
						RCW
						15.65.305,
						chapter
						34.05 RCW. 05-12-052,
						§ 16-532-103, filed 5/26/05, effective
						6/26/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-105 - Rules for implementation of promotional hosting by the Washington state hop board

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RCW 15.65.305 and
					 15.04.200 provide that
					 agricultural commodity boards or commissions shall adopt rules governing
					 promotional hosting expenditures by agricultural commodity board or commission
					 employees, agents, or commissioners. The rules governing promotional hosting
					 expenditures for the Washington state hop board (commission) shall be as
					 follows:
(1) Budget approval.
				  Commission expenditures for agricultural development or trade promotion and
				  promotional hosting shall be pursuant to specific budget items as approved by
				  the commission at annual public hearings on the commission budget.
(2) Officials and agents authorized to make
				  expenditures. The following officials and agents are authorized to make
				  expenditures for agricultural development or trade promotion and promotional
				  hosting in accordance with the provisions of these rules:
(a) Hop board members.
(b) Administrators. Individual commissioners
				  shall make promotional hosting expenditures, or seek reimbursements for those
				  expenditures, only in those instances where the expenditures have been approved
				  by the commission.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-110 - Requirements for collection of assessments

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(1) Assessments on all hops marketed or
				  processed shall be paid at the rate specified in WAC
				  16-532-040 to the hop commodity
				  board (commission) by the first handler receiving or handling such hops for or
				  from a producer. The assessments shall be deducted from the payment to be made
				  by such handler to the producer. If processing occurs before the first sale,
				  the assessment shall be paid by the producer.
(2) Payment of such assessment shall be due
				  and payable on the tenth day of the second calendar month following the
				  receiving or delivery to said first handler or the assumption of control of a
				  producer's hops, or following the date of processing, if processed prior to the
				  first sale, by said first handler or producer.
(3) A report on all hops which are produced
				  during the preceding crop year, including a breakdown of pounds marketed,
				  pounds not processed or marketed, and pounds processed but not marketed prior
				  to December 31 of the year in which those hops are produced shall be submitted
				  by the producer no later than January 31 of the following year.
(4) Any handler or producer failing to pay on
				  or before the due date set forth for payment in this regulation, shall add ten
				  percent to the total amount due as a cost for collection as prescribed in
				  RCW
				  15.65.440.
Statutory Authority:
						Chapter
						15.65 RCW, specifically
						RCW
						15.65.047 and
						15.65.280, and
						chapter
						34.05 RCW. 05-12-051,
						§ 16-532-110, filed 5/26/05, effective 6/26/05. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						15.65.050. 97-17-096, § 16-532-110,
						filed 8/20/97, effective 9/20/97. Statutory Authority:
						Chapter
						15.65 RCW. 92-09-068,
						§ 16-532-110, filed 4/14/92, effective 5/15/92; Regulation 1, filed
						10/16/64.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-115 - Reporting

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(1) A report on all
				  hops which are produced during the preceding crop year, including a breakdown
				  of pounds marketed, pounds not processed or marketed, and pounds processed but
				  not marketed prior to December 31 of the year in which those hops are produced,
				  shall be submitted by the producer no later than January 31 of the following
				  year.
(2) A "custom processing"
				  report on all hops processed but not sold will be submitted to the commission
				  by the custom processor on the form prescribed by the commission.
Statutory Authority:
						Chapter
						15.65 RCW, specifically
						RCW
						15.65.047 and
						15.65.280, and
						chapter
						34.05 RCW. 05-12-051,
						§ 16-532-115, filed 5/26/05, effective
						6/26/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-120 - Labeling

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Each lot of hops must be identified by the crop year
					 produced, grower number and lot designation, and variety code stenciled on each
					 bale.
(1) A five-character grower
				  number will be assigned by the Washington hop commodity board (commission)
				  prior to the annual harvest.
(2)
				  The first marking will consist of the last two digits of the crop year and a
				  hyphen, followed by the five-character grower number and three-digit lot
				  designation (example: 18-WA000-001).
(3) The first marking shall be affixed in an
				  easily identified location on the upper face of the bale (nonsewn side) and
				  shall be in characters approximately two inches high.
(4) The second marking will designate the hop
				  variety, utilizing a three-character abbreviation. A list of three-character
				  abbreviations will be approved annually by the Washington state hop commodity
				  board, and will be consistent with internationally accepted variety codes
				  issued by the International Hop Growers Convention.
(5) The second marking shall be affixed
				  immediately below the first marking on the upper face of the bale (nonsewn
				  side), and shall be in characters approximately two inches high.
Statutory Authority:
						Chapters
						15.65 and
						34.05 RCW. 08-14-054, §
						16-532-120, filed 6/25/08, effective 7/26/08; 06-15-135, § 16-532-120,
						filed 7/19/06, effective 8/19/06. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						15.65.047 and
						chapter
						34.05 RCW. 04-10-059,
						§ 16-532-120, filed 4/30/04, effective 5/31/04. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						15.65.050. 97-17-096, § 16-532-120,
						filed 8/20/97, effective 9/20/97; 95-17-118 (Order 5077), § 16-532-120,
						filed 8/23/95, effective 9/23/95. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						15.65.280 and WAC
						16-532-020 10K [(10)(k)].
						93-09-014, § 16-532-120, filed 4/13/93, effective 5/14/93. Statutory
						Authority:
						RCW
						15.65.380. 88-13-050 (Resolution No. 88-01),
						§ 16-532-120, filed 6/10/88; Regulation 2, filed
						10/16/64.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-130 - Public records officer

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The commission's public records shall be in the charge of
					 the public records officer designated by the commission. The commission or its
					 executive director may appoint a temporary public records officer to serve
					 during the absence of the designated records officer. The public records
					 officer shall be responsible for implementing the commission's rules regarding
					 disclosure of public records, coordination of staff regarding disclosure of
					 public records, and generally ensuring compliance by staff with public records
					 disclosure requirements.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-135 - Requests for public records

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(1)
				  All requests for disclosure of public records must be submitted in writing
				  directly to the commission's public records officer by mail at P.O. Box 2885,
				  Yakima, WA 98907 or by email at washingtonhopcommission@gmail.com. The written
				  request should include:
(a) The name of the
				  person requesting the record and his or her contact information;
(b) The calendar date on which the request is
				  made;
(c) Sufficient information to
				  readily identify the records being requested.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-140 - Response to public records request

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(1) The public records officer shall respond
				  to public records requests within five business days by:
(a) Providing the record;
(b) Providing a link or address for a record
				  available on the internet under
				  RCW
				  42.56.520;
(c) Acknowledging receipt of the request and
				  providing a reasonable estimate of the time the commission will require to
				  respond to the request; or
(d)
				  Denying the public record request. Responses refusing in whole or in part the
				  inspection of a public record shall include a statement of the specific
				  exemption authorizing the withholding of the record (or any part) and a brief
				  explanation of how the exemption applies to the record(s) withheld or to any
				  redactions in records produced.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-145 - Fees-Inspection and copying

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(1) No
				  fee shall be charged for the inspection of public records.
(2) Pursuant to
				  RCW
				  42.56.120(2), the commission
				  declares for the following reasons that it would be unduly burdensome for it to
				  calculate the actual costs it charges for providing copies of public records.
				  Funds were not allocated for performing a study to calculate such costs and the
				  commission lacks the necessary funds to perform a study and calculations; staff
				  resources are insufficient to perform a study and to calculate such actual
				  costs; and a study would interfere with and disrupt other essential commission
				  functions.
(3) The commission may
				  charge fees for production of copies of public records consistent with the fee
				  schedule established in
				  RCW
				  42.56.120.
(4) For all copying or duplicating service
				  charges incurred, an invoice will be sent to the requestor. Reimbursement is
				  payable within fifteen days of receipt of invoice payable to the Washington hop
				  commission. The commission may require that all charges be paid in advance of
				  release of the copies of the records.
(5) The commission or its designee may waive
				  any of the foregoing copying costs.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-150 - Exemptions

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The commission's public records are available for
					 disclosure except as otherwise provided under chapter 42.56 RCW or any other
					 law. Requestors should be aware of the following exemptions to public
					 disclosure specific to commission records. This list is not exhaustive and
					 other exemptions may apply:
(1)
				  Production or sales records required to determine assessment levels and actual
				  assessment payments the commission under chapter 15.65 RCW (reference RCW
				  42.56.-380(3)).
(2) Financial and
				  commercial information and records supplied by persons:
(a) To the commission for the purpose of
				  conducting a referendum for the establishment of the commission; or
(b) To the commission under chapter 15.65
				  RCW, with respect to domestic or export marketing activities or individual
				  producer's production information (reference
				  RCW
				  42.56.380(5) ).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-155 - Review of denials of public records requests

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(1) Any person who objects to the denial of a
				  request to copy or inspect public records may petition the commission for
				  review of such decision by submitting a written request to the commission. The
				  request shall specifically refer to the statement which constituted or
				  accompanied the denial.
(2) The
				  commission's executive director or designee shall immediately consider the
				  matter and either affirm or reverse such denial. In any case, the request shall
				  be returned with a final decision, within ten business days following receipt
				  of the written request for review of the original denial.
(3) Under
				  RCW
				  42.56.530, if the commission denies a
				  requestor access to public records because it claims the record is exempt in
				  whole or in part from disclosure, the requestor may request the attorney
				  general's office to review the matter.
(4) Any person may obtain court review of a
				  denial of a public records request under
				  RCW
				  42.56.550.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › RULES OF WASHINGTON STATE HOP COMMODITY BOARD › Section 16-532-160 - Records index

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The commission shall establish a records index, which
					 shall be made available for public review. The records index may be accessed by
					 emailing the commission at washingtonhopcommission@gmail.com.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-536 - Washington pulse crops commission › Section 16-536-005 - Marketing order for Washington pulse crops-Policy statement

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(1) The marketing
				of pulse crops within this state is in the public interest. It is vital to the
				continued economic well-being of the citizens of this state and their general
				welfare that its pulse crops be properly promoted by:
(a) Enabling producers of pulse crops to help
				themselves in establishing orderly, fair, sound, efficient, and unhampered
				marketing, grading, and standardizing of the pulse crops they produce;
				and
(b) Working towards stabilizing
				the agricultural industry by increasing consumption of pulse crops within the
				state, the nation, and internationally.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-536 - Washington pulse crops commission › Section 16-536-020 - The pulse crops board

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(1)
Administration.
The provisions of this order and the applicable
				provisions of the act shall be administered and enforced by the board as the
				designee of the director.
(2)
Board membership.
(a) The board
				shall consist of ten members. Eight members shall be affected producers
				appointed as provided in this marketing order. One member shall be an affected
				handler appointed as provided in this marketing order. The director shall
				appoint one member of the board who is neither an affected producer nor an
				affected handler to represent the director. The position representing the
				director shall be a voting member.
(b) For the purpose of nomination and
				appointment of producer members of the board, the affected area of the state of
				Washington shall be divided into four representative districts as follows:
(i) District I shall have three board
				members, being positions 1, 2 and 3 and shall include the county of
				Whitman.
(ii) District II shall
				have two board members, being positions 4 and 5 and shall include the county of
				Spokane.
(iii) District III shall
				have one board member being position 6 and shall include the counties of Walla
				Walla, Garfield, Columbia and Asotin.
(iv) District IV shall have two board
				members, being positions 7 and 8 and shall include all other counties of the
				state of Washington: Provided, That the addition of another member, being
				position 8, shall not become effective until approved by a referendum vote of
				the affected commercial wrinkled pea seed producers.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-536 - Washington pulse crops commission › Section 16-536-040 - Assessments and collections

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(1)
Assessments.
(a) The assessment
				on all varieties of pulse crops subject to this marketing order shall be one
				percent of the net receipts at the first point of sale and shall be deducted by
				the first purchaser from the price paid to the grower. Such assessment shall be
				remitted to the commission board in accordance with procedures adopted by the
				commission board: Provided, That an assessment on commercial wrinkled pea seed
				shall not become effective unless approved by a referendum vote of the affected
				wrinkled pea seed producers.
(b)
				Assessments shall not be payable on any such pulse crops used by the producer
				thereof on his or her premises for feed, seed and personal
				consumption.