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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 16-536-050 - 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
					 3/26/65.
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 16-536-060 - Termination of the order

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Termination shall be accomplished pursuant to
				  RCW
				  15.65.183 through
				  15.65.193.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.047 and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 04-17-021,
					 § 16-536-060, filed 8/9/04, effective 9/9/04; Marketing Order Article VI,
					 § A, filed 3/26/65.
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 16-536-070 - Effective time

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This marketing order for pulse crops (formerly titled "dry
				  peas and lentils") shall become effective on and after July 1, 1965, as amended
				  by rule.
Marketing Order Articles VII and VIII, filed
					 3/26/65.
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 16-536-080 - 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 IX, filed
					 3/26/65.
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 16-536-090 - Description, address, and telephone number of the Washington pulse crops commission

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Headquartered at 2780 W. Pullman Road, Moscow, Idaho 83843,
				  the Washington pulse crops commission serves Washington pulse crops producers
				  by supporting the pulse crops industry in the areas of marketing, education,
				  and research. The telephone number is 208-882-3023.
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 16-536-100 - 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 16-536 - Washington pulse crops commission › Section 16-536-110 - 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 Pulse
				Crops Commission, 2780 W. Pullman Road, Moscow, Idaho 83843. The request may
				also be submitted by email to: eaune@usapulses.org. 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 16-536 - Washington pulse crops commission › Section 16-536-115 - 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 16-536 - Washington pulse crops commission › Section 16-536-120 - 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 pulse crops 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 16-536 - Washington pulse crops commission › Section 16-536-125 - 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
				RCW
				42.56.380(5) ).
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 16-536-130 - 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 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 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 16-536 - Washington pulse crops commission › Section 16-536-135 - 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 marketing,
				education, and research projects.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-539 › Section 16-539-315 - 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, 100 North Fruitland, Suite B, Kennewick, WA 99336. The request may
				also be submitted by fax to 509-585-2671 or by e-mail 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 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-005 - Marketing order for Washington mint - Policy statement

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(1) The marketing of mint 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 mint be properly
				promoted by:
(a) Enabling producers of mint to
				help themselves in establishing orderly, fair, sound, efficient, and unhampered
				marketing, grading, and standardizing of the mint they produce; and
(b) Working towards stabilizing the
				agricultural industry by increasing consumption of mint 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 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-006 - Marketing order purposes

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This marketing order is to promote the general welfare of the
				  state and for the purpose of maintaining existing markets or creating new or
				  larger local, domestic, and foreign markets; or increasing production
				  efficiency of mint in Washington state. The Washington state mint commodity
				  board is designated by the director to conduct the following programs in
				  accordance with
				  chapter
				  15.65 RCW:
(1) To enable producers of mint plants to
				help themselves develop improved production methods and/or programs for the
				control of disease, insects, and weeds associated with mint plant culture and
				to provide for the dissemination of information to affected
				producers.
(2) To carry out the
				purposes of the order the board shall provide for a program in one or more of
				the following areas:
(a) Provide for aid in
				research in the production of mint plants and the distilling of mint oil by
				producers and to expend the necessary funds for such purposes. Insofar as
				practicable, such research shall be carried out by experiment stations of
				Washington State University, but if in the judgment of the board said
				experiment stations do not have adequate facilities for a particular project or
				if some other research agency has better facilities therefor, the project may
				be carried out by other research agencies selected by the board.
(b) Provide for collection and dissemination
				of information pertaining to mint.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-020 - The mint commodity 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
				appointed or elected 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.
(i)
				Director-appointed affected producer positions on the board shall be designated
				as position 1, position 2, position 6, and position 7.
(ii) Elected affected producer positions on
				the board shall be designated as position 3, position 4, and position
				5.
(iii) The position representing
				the director who is neither an affected producer nor an affected handler shall
				be designated as position 8.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-040 - Assessments and collections

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(1)
Assessments.
(a) The fixed annual
				assessment on all varieties of mint oil subject to this marketing order shall
				be five cents per pound of oil as weighed by first purchaser until June 30,
				2012. Effective July 1, 2012, the fixed annual assessment shall be nine cents
				per pound of oil as weighed by first purchaser.
(b) First purchasers shall collect
				assessments at time of payment for oil, from producers whose production they
				handle and remit the same to the board in accordance with procedures adopted by
				the board. Producers and producer-handlers who ship their oil direct to
				handlers outside of the state of Washington shall remit assessments to the
				board at time of shipment.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-050 - Obligations of the board

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
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 by 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 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.
Article V, § A, filed 12/20/66, effective
					 2/1/67.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-060 - Termination of the order

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Termination shall be accomplished pursuant to
				  RCW
				  15.65.183 through
				  15.65.193.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.047 and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 05-09-013,
					 § 16-540-060, filed 4/8/05, effective 5/9/05. Article VI, § A, filed
					 12/20/66, effective 2/1/67.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-080 - Separability

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
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.
Article VIII, § A, filed 12/20/66, effective
					 2/1/67.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-110 - Time and procedure for reporting and remitting assessments

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Each first purchaser shall file a report on or before the
				  20th of each month covering mint oil purchased during the preceding month.
				  Assessment reports shall contain the following information: Name and mailing
				  address of first purchaser filing the report; name, mailing address, pounds of
				  oil, and total assessment withheld for each producer from whom mint oil was
				  purchased during the reporting period; total pounds of oil reported and total
				  assessment remitted.
Order 1, § 16-540-110, filed
					 3/9/70.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-115 - Description of commission, address and telephone number of the Washington mint commission

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Headquartered in Kennewick at 6601 W. Deschutes Ave., Suite
				  C-2, Kennewick, WA 99336, the Washington mint commission serves Washington mint
				  producers by supporting the mint industry in the area of research. 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 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-120 - 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 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-125 - 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 Mint
				Commission, 6601 W. Deschutes Ave., Suite C-2, Kenne-wick, 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 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-130 - Response to public records requests

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(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 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-135 - Fees-Inspection and copying

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(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 state mint 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 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-140 - Exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
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 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-145 - Review of denial of public records requests

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(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 16-540 - Mint › Section 16-540-150 - Records index

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
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 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-005 - Marketing order for Washington turfgrass seed - Policy statement

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) The production
				of turfgrass seed 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 turfgrass seed be properly promoted by:
(a) Enabling producers of turfgrass seed to
				help themselves in establishing orderly, fair, sound, efficient, and unhampered
				grading and standardizing of the turfgrass seed they produce; and
(b) Working towards stabilizing the
				agricultural industry by sustaining production of turfgrass seed 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 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-006 - Marketing order purposes

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This marketing order is to promote the general welfare of
				  the state and for the purpose of maintaining existing markets or creating new
				  or larger local, domestic, and foreign markets; or increasing production
				  efficiency of turfgrass seed in Washington state. The Washington state
				  turfgrass seed commodity board is designated by the director to conduct the
				  following programs in accordance with
				  chapter
				  15.65 RCW:
To execute the purposes of the order, the board shall provide
				  for a program in one or more of the following areas:
(1) Provide for research in the production,
				processing, irrigation, transportation, handling, or distribution of turf-grass
				seed and expend the necessary funds for the purposes.
(2) Provide for collection and dissemination
				of information pertaining to turfgrass seed and turfgrass seed by-products,
				including programs to market and promote turfgrass seed produced in
				Washington.
(3) Establish and
				conduct programs to develop markets for turfgrass seed by-products.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.047 and
					 chapter
					 34.05 RCW. 04-22-073,
					 § 16-545-006, filed 11/1/04, effective
					 12/2/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-015 - Turfgrass seed districts

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(1) District 1
				consists of Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Okanogan, Pend
				Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla, and Whitman counties.
(2) District 2 consists of Adams, Benton,
				Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, and Yakima counties.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.050. 99-02-064, § 16-545-015,
					 filed 1/6/99, effective 2/6/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-020 - Turfgrass seed board

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(1)
Administration.
The provisions of this order and the applicable
				provisions of the act is administered and enforced by the board as the designee
				of the director.
(2)
Board
				membership.
(a) The board consists of
				seven voting members numbered positions one through seven.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this
				chapter, each district has the following positions represented:
District 1 - Positions one and two.
District 2 - Positions three and four.
(c) Position five represents the district
				with the highest reported value of production of turfgrass seed the previous
				three years.
(d) Position six is a
				handler appointed by the appointed or elected producer members of the
				board.
(e) Position seven
				represents and is appointed by the director.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-040 - Assessments and collections

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(1)
Assessments.
(a) The assessment
				on all varieties of turfgrass seed subject to this marketing order shall be 0.3
				percent (three tenths of 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. The assessment shall be remitted to the commission board in accordance
				with procedures adopted by the commission board.
(b) The assessments shall not be payable on
				any turfgrass seed used by the affected producer on their premises for feed,
				seed and personal consumption.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-041 - Time - Place - Method for payment and collection of assessments

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Effective with the growing season of 1999, the following
				  procedure is established for the reporting and paying of assessments levied
				  pursuant to
				  RCW
				  15.65.410 and WAC
				  16-545-040:
(1) All first handlers of turfgrass 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 remittance to growers
				of turfgrass seed and transmit it to the commission.
(2) All assessments will be due and payable
				to the commission within thirty days of collection. With the submission of the
				assessments, a report listing the name, address, volume handled or purchased
				and amount deducted or collected for each producer must be submitted to the
				commission on forms provided by or approved by the commission.
(3) Any assessments paid after the above
				deadlines shall be accompanied by an administrative fee of 10% in accordance
				with RCW
				15.65.440 of the act.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.050. 99-02-064, § 16-545-041,
					 filed 1/6/99, effective 2/6/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-050 - Obligations of the board

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Obligations incurred by the board or employee or agent
				  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 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) established under this act or the assets thereof. The board, and its
				  agents and employees, shall not be held responsible individually in any way
				  whatever 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 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.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.050. 99-02-064, § 16-545-050,
					 filed 1/6/99, effective 2/6/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-055 - Description of commission, address and telephone number of the Washington turf-grass seed commission

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Headquartered in Kennewick at 6601 W. Deschutes Ave., Suite
				  C-2, Kennewick, WA 99336, the Washington turfgrass seed commission serves
				  Washington turfgrass seed producers by supporting the turfgrass 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 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-056 - 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 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-057 - 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
				Turfgrass 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 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-058 - 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 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-059 - 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 turfgrass 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 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-060 - 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 15.65 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 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-061 - 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 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-062 - 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 16-545 - Turfgrass seed commission › Section 16-545-080 - Separability

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If any provisions of the order are declared invalid, or the
				  applicability to any person, circumstances or thing is held invalid, the
				  validity of the remainder provisions or of the applicability to any other
				  person, circumstances or thing shall not be affected.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 15.65.050. 99-02-064, § 16-545-080,
					 filed 1/6/99, effective 2/6/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 16 - Agriculture, Department of (See also Titles 24, 60, and 142) › MARKETING ORDERS › Chapter 16-550 - Blueberry › Section 16-550-005 - Marketing order for Washington blueberries - Policy statement

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(1) The marketing
				of blueberries 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 blueberries be properly promoted by:
(a) Enabling producers of blueberries to help
				themselves in establishing orderly, fair, sound, efficient, and unhampered
				marketing, grading, and standardizing of the blueberries they produce;
				and
(b) Working towards stabilizing
				the agricultural industry by increasing consumption of blueberries 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 16-550 - Blueberry › Section 16-550-020 - Blueberry commodity 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 seven members. Six members shall be affected producers
				appointed or 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 director. The position representing the director shall be a
				voting member.
(i) Director-appointed
				affected producer positions on the board shall be designated as positions two,
				four and six.
(ii) Elected affected
				producer positions on the board shall be designated as positions one, three and
				five.
(iii) The position
				representing the director who is neither an affected producer nor a handler
				shall be designated as position seven.