Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-532 - Hops › Section 16-532-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For the purpose of this marketing order:
"Act" means the Washington State Agricultural Enabling Act of
				  1961 or chapter 15.65 RCW.
"Affected area" means the state of Washington.
"Affected producer" or "producer" means any person who
				  produces hops in commercial quantities in the state of Washington.
"Affected unit" means one pound net of dried hops, or the
				  amount of lupulin, extract or oil produced from pound net of dried hops.
"Commercial quantity" means any hops produced for market by a
				  producer in any calendar year.
"Department" means the department of agriculture of the state
				  of Washington.
"Director" means the director of agriculture of the state of
				  Washington or his duly appointed representative.
"Disclosure" means inspection or copying.
"Handler" means any person who acts as principal or agent or
				  otherwise in processing, selling, marketing, or distributing hops not produced
				  by him.
"Hop commodity board" hereinafter referred to as "board"
				  means the commodity board formed under the provisions of WAC
				  16-532-020.
"Hops" means and includes all kinds and varieties of "humulus
				  lupulus" grown, picked and dried in the state of Washington, whether loose,
				  packaged or baled and all oils, extracts and/or lupulin derived
				  therefrom.
"Marketing season" means the twelve-month period beginning
				  with January 1st of any year and ending December 31st, both dates being
				  inclusive.
"Person" means any person, firm, association or
				  corporation.
"Processed" means and includes all hops which are converted
				  into pellets, extracts, oils, lupulin, and/or other forms, including hops which
				  are frozen in undried form, but excluding whole, wet (fresh) or dried hop
				  cones, whether loose or baled.
"Producer-handler" means any person who acts both as a
				  producer and as a handler with respect to hops. A producer-handler shall be
				  deemed to be a producer with respect to the hops which he produces and a
				  handler with respect to the hops which he handles, including those produced by
				  himself.
"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 department
				  regardless of physical form or characteristics.
"Sell" includes offer for sale, expose for sale, have in
				  possession for sale, exchange, barter or trade.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.047 and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 05-15-098,
					 § 16-532-010, filed 7/15/05, effective 8/15/05. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.050. 98-13-122, § 16-532-010,
					 filed 6/17/98, effective 7/18/98; 97-17-096, § 16-532-010, filed 8/20/97,
					 effective 9/20/97. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.050 and
					 15.65.430. 96-15-139, §
					 16-532-010, filed 7/24/96, effective 8/24/96. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapter
					 15.65 RCW. 92-09-068,
					 § 16-532-010, filed 4/14/92, effective 5/15/92; Marketing Order Article I,
					 § A, filed 7/1/64.