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 16-529-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Definitions for terms used in this chapter are also found in
				  chapter 15.65 RCW, Washington State Agricultural Commodity Boards Act. For the
				  purpose of this marketing order, the following additional definitions shall
				  apply:
"Act" means the Washington state agricultural commodity
				  boards or chapter 15.65 RCW.
"Affected area" means that portion of the state of Washington
				  located east of the summit of the Cascade Mountains.
"Affected handler" means any person who acts as principal or
				  agent or otherwise in buying, selling, marketing, or distributing alfalfa seed
				  not grown by him or her.
"Affected producer" means any person who produces any variety
				  of alfalfa seed in the state of Washington for market in commercial quantities:
				  Provided, That for the purpose of election and membership on the commodity
				  board, a producer-handler shall be considered as acting only as a
				  producer.
"Affected unit" means one hundred weight (cwt) of cleaned
				  alfalfa seed as sold by an affected producer to a handler or other
				  producer.
"Alfalfa seed" means the seed that is harvested from any
				  variety of alfalfa plants.
"Alfalfa seed commodity commission" hereinafter referred to
				  as "commission" means the commodity commission formed under the provisions of
				  WAC 16-529-020 through
				  16-529-120.
"Commercial quantity" means all alfalfa seed produced in any
				  calendar year by any producer.
"Department" means the department of agriculture of the state
				  of Washington.
"Director" means the director of agriculture of the state of
				  Washington or his or her duly appointed representative.
"Disclosure" means inspection or copying.
"Marketing season" or "fiscal year" means the twelvemonth
				  period beginning with July 1st of any year and ending with June 30th of the
				  year following, both dates being inclusive.
"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.
"Producer-handler" means any person who acts both as a
				  "producer" and as a "handler" with respect to the alfalfa seed which he/she
				  produces, and a handler with respect to the alfalfa seed which he/she handles,
				  including that produced by himself/herself. "To produce" means to act as a
				  producer. For the purposes of the alfalfa seed marketing order, "producer"
				  shall include bailees who contract to produce or grow any agricultural product
				  on behalf of a bailor who retains title to the seed and its resulting
				  agricultural product or the agricultural product delivered for further
				  production or increase.
"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. 05-08-010,
					 § 16-529-010, filed 3/25/05, effective 4/25/05; Order 1, Article I, §
					 A, filed 3/13/75, effective 7/1/75.