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15.36.491 | Licenses—Money deposited in the agricultural local fund. | All moneys received for licenses under this chapter shall be deposited in the agricultural local fund established under RCW 43.23.230 .
[ 2015 3rd sp.s. c 27 s 4 ; 2005 c 414 s 4 ; 1999 c 291 s 23 ; 1961 c 11 s 15.32.710 . Prior: 1899 c 43 s 27 ; RRS s 6249. Formerly RCW 15.32.710 .]
Findings — Intent — 2015 3rd sp.s. ... |
15.36.511 | Unlawful actions. | (1) It is unlawful for any person to: (a) Interfere with or obstruct any person in the performance of official duties under this chapter; (b) Employ a tester, sampler, weigher, grader, or pasteurizer who is not licensed as a dairy technician; (c) Alter or tamper with a seal placed by the director; (d) Alter or tamper w... |
15.36.525 | Sanitary certificates—Rules—Fee for issuance. | The department may issue sanitary certificates to milk processing plants under this chapter subject to such requirements as it may establish by rule. The fee for issuance is seventy-five dollars per certificate beginning July 1, 2015. Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the agricultural local fund.
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15.36.531 | Declaration of police power. | It is hereby declared that this chapter is enacted as an exercise of the police power of the state of Washington for the preservation of the public health and each and every section thereof shall be construed as having been intended to effect such purpose and not as having been intended to affect any regulation or rest... |
15.36.541 | Chapter cumulative. | Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting or being intended to effect a repeal of chapter 15.130 RCW or RCW 69.40.010 through 69.40.025 , or of any of such sections, or of any part or provision of any such sections, and if any section or part of a section in this chapter shall be found to contain, cover o... |
15.36.551 | Dairy inspection program—Assessment.(Expires June 30, 2031.) | There is levied on all milk processed in this state an assessment not to exceed fifty-four one-hundredths of one cent per hundredweight. The director shall determine, by rule, an assessment, that with contribution from the general fund, will support an inspection program to maintain compliance with the provisions of th... |
15.36.561 | Dairy inspection program—Advisory committee—Purpose—Terms. | (1) There is created a dairy inspection program advisory committee. The committee shall consist of eleven members appointed by the director. The director shall solicit nominations for members of the committee from Washington dairy producer organizations and milk processors. The committee shall consist of four members w... |
15.36.571 | Department authorized to assess inspection fee on certain manufacturing facilities. | The department may, upon inspection, assess an inspection fee on any manufacturing facility that is required to be inspected under the PMO and does not satisfy the definition of "milk processing plant" as defined in this chapter, "food processing plant" as defined in RCW 69.07.010 , or "food storage warehouse" as defin... |
15.37.010 | Definitions. | For the purpose of this chapter: (1) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington. (2) "Director" means the director of the department or his or her duly appointed representative. (3) "Person" means a natural person, individual, or firm, partnership, corporation, company, society, and ass... |
15.37.020 | Enforcement of chapter—Rules, subject to administrative procedure act. | The director shall enforce and carry out the provisions of this chapter and may adopt the necessary rules to carry out its purpose. The adoption of rules shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, concerning the adoption of rules, as enacted or hereafter amended.
[ 1961 c 285 s 2 .] |
15.37.030 | Minimum conditions for sale, etc.—When license required—Expiration date of license. | It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, or advertise for sale, trade, barter, or to give as an inducement for the sale of another product, milk, cream, or skim milk, for animal food consumption, which does not meet, or has not been produced and handled under conditions prescribed for... |
15.37.040 | Application, issuance of license. | Application for a license shall be on a form prescribed by the director and shall include the following: (1) The full name of the person applying for the license. (2) If such applicant is a receiver, trustee, firm, partnership, association, or corporation, the full name of each member of the firm or partnership or the ... |
15.37.050 | License fee on application. | The application for an annual license to sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, or advertise for sale, trade, barter, or to give as an inducement for the sale of another product, milk, cream, or skim milk for animal food consumption shall be accompanied by a license fee of twenty-five dollars.
[ 1961 c 285 s 5 .] |
15.37.060 | Penalty for delinquency on renewal of license. | If an application for renewal of a license provided for in RCW 15.37.030 is not filed prior to July 1st of any one year, a penalty of ten dollars shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before the renewal license shall be issued: PROVIDED, That such penalty shall not apply if ... |
15.37.070 | Denial, suspension, revocation of license. | The director is authorized to deny, suspend, or revoke the license provided for in RCW 15.37.030 subsequent to a hearing in any case in which he or she finds that there has been a failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted hereunder.
[ 2010 c 8 s 6055 ; 1961 c 285 s 7 .] |
15.37.080 | Denial, suspension, revocation of license—Hearings subject to administrative procedure act. | All hearings for a denial, suspension, or revocation of a license provided for in RCW 15.37.030 shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW concerning adjudicative proceedings.
[ 1989 c 175 s 50 ; 1961 c 285 s 8 .]
Effective date — 1989 c 175: See note following RCW 34.05.010 . |
15.37.090 | Subpoenas—Witness fees. | The director may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and/or the production of books, documents, and records in the county in which the person licensed under this chapter resides in any hearing affecting the authority or privileges granted by a license issued under the provisions of this chapter. Witne... |
15.37.100 | Coloring of milk in containers, when required. | It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, advertise for sale, trade, barter, or to give as an inducement for the sale of another product, any milk, cream, or skim milk, for animal food consumption which does not meet, or has not been produced under conditions prescribed for grade A mil... |
15.37.110 | Labels on containers—Contents. | It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale, hold for sale, trade, barter, or to offer as an inducement for the sale of another product, milk, cream, or skim milk subject to the provisions of this chapter in containers which are not labeled in a conspicuous location readily visible to any person handling such containe... |
15.37.120 | Entry on premises. | The director or his or her duly authorized representative may enter, during reasonable business hours, any premises where milk, cream, or skim milk subject to the provisions of this chapter is produced, handled, distributed, sold, offered for sale, held for sale, or used for the inducement of the sale of another produc... |
15.37.130 | Injunctions authorized. | The director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter in the superior court of Thurston county, notwithstanding the existence of any other remedy at law.
[ 1961 c 285 s 13 .] |
15.37.140 | Chapter cumulative and nonexclusive. | The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and nonexclusive and shall not affect any other remedy.
[ 1961 c 285 s 14 .] |
15.37.150 | Penalty. | Any person violating the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted hereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[ 1961 c 285 s 15 .] |
15.44.010 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Commission" means the Washington state dairy products commission. (2) "Current level of assessment" means the level of assessment paid by the producer as set by the commission which cannot exceed the maximu... |
15.44.015 | Regulating dairy products—Commission created—Existing comprehensive scheme—Laws applicable. | The history, economy, culture, and the future of Washington state's agriculture involves the dairy industry. In order to develop and promote Washington's dairy products as part of an existing comprehensive scheme to regulate those products the legislature declares: (1) That the Washington state dairy products commissio... |
15.44.020 | Commission composition. | The commission shall be composed of producers and at least one dealer. The director shall be a voting member of the commission. As used in this chapter, "director" means the director of agriculture or his or her authorized representative.
[ 2012 c 107 s 2 ; 2008 c 12 s 1 ; 2003 c 396 s 24 ; 2002 c 313 s 89 ; 1979 ex.s.... |
15.44.021 | Director appoints members—Nominations—Advisory vote. | (1) The director shall appoint the members of the commission. (2) Candidates for producer member positions on the commission shall be nominated under RCW 15.44.033 . The director may select a nominated candidate for a position or may reject all candidates. (3) If two candidates are nominated, the director may choose on... |
15.44.022 | Transition to defined districts and areas. | (1) To accomplish the transition to the newly defined districts and areas as described in RCW 15.44.027 , the initial producer appointments are as follows: (a) The current incumbent representing district one must be appointed to the new district four position with an expiration date of June 30, 2015; (b) The current in... |
15.44.023 | Associations with same objective—Dual membership—Contracting. | Any board member of the commission may be a member or officer of an association that has the same objectives for which the commission was formed. The commission may contract with the association for services necessary to carry out any purposes authorized under this chapter if an appropriate written contract has been en... |
15.44.027 | Appointment of producer member—Commission's authority—Reasonably equal producer representation. | (1) One producer member of the commission must be appointed from each of the following districts or areas: (a) District one, which includes the counties of Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, San Juan, Island, and that portion of King county located north of Interstate 90; (b) District two, which includes the counties of Clall... |
15.44.030 | Member qualifications. | Each of the producer members of the commission shall: (1) Be a citizen and resident of this state and the district or area which he or she represents; and (2) Be and for the five years last preceding his or her election have been actually engaged as an owner or shareholder in producing dairy products within this state.... |
15.44.032 | Terms—Vacancies. | (1) Except as provided in this section for initial appointments after redistricting or boundary modification, the term of office of each producer member of the commission shall be three years. Commission members shall continue to serve their terms until new appointments are made. (2) Any vacancies that occur on the com... |
15.44.033 | Nomination and appointment procedure. | (1) Producer members of the commission shall be nominated by producers within the district or area that such producer members represent. (2) Nomination for candidates to be appointed to the commission shall be conducted by mail by the director. Such nomination forms shall be mailed by the director to each producer in a... |
15.44.035 | Producer lists—Each producer responsible for accuracy—Use of lists. | (1) The commission shall prior to each advisory vote, in sufficient time to satisfy the requirements of RCW 15.44.033 , furnish the director with a list of all producers within the district or area for which the advisory vote is being held. The commission shall require each dealer and shipper in addition to the informa... |
15.44.038 | Quorum—Compensation—Travel expenses. | (1) A majority of the commission members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business and the performance of all duties of the commission. (2) Each member shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.230 . Each member or employee shall be reimbursed for actual travel expenses incurred in carrying ... |
15.44.040 | Copies of records as evidence. | Copies of the proceedings, records and acts of the commission, when certified by the secretary, shall be admissible in any court and be prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained.
[ 1961 c 11 s 15.44.040 . Prior: 1959 c 163 s 9 ; prior: 1939 c 219 s 4, part; RRS s 6266-4, part.] |
15.44.050 | Manager—Secretary-treasurer—Treasurer's bond. | The commission shall elect a manager, who is not a member, and fix his or her compensation; and shall appoint a secretary-treasurer, who shall sign all vouchers and receipts for all moneys received by the commission. The treasurer shall file with the commission a fidelity bond in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars... |
15.44.055 | Members—Removal from commission—Process. | If a commission member fails or refuses to perform his or her duties due to excessive absence or abandonment of his or her position or engages in any acts of dishonesty or willful misconduct, the commission may recommend to the director that the commission member be removed from his or her position on the commission. U... |
15.44.060 | Powers and duties. | The commission shall have the power and duty to: (1) Elect a chair and such other officers as it deems advisable, and adopt, rescind, and amend rules, regulations, and orders for the exercise of its powers, which shall have the effect of law when not inconsistent with existing laws; (2) Administer and enforce the provi... |
15.44.061 | Commission's plans, programs, and projects—Director's approval required. | (1) The commission shall develop and submit to the director for approval any plans, programs, and projects concerning the following: (a) The establishment, issuance, effectuation, and administration of appropriate programs or projects for the advertising, promotion, and education of the affected commodities; and (b) Th... |
15.44.062 | Commission speaks for state—Director's oversight. | The commission exists primarily for the benefit of the people of the state of Washington and its economy. The legislature hereby charges the commission, with oversight by the director, to speak on behalf of Washington state government with regard to its particular commodities.
[ 2003 c 396 s 30 .]
Effective date — 2003... |
15.44.063 | Reimbursement for costs. | (1) The commission shall reimburse the director for necessary costs for services conducted on behalf of the commission under this chapter. (2) The commission may enter into an agreement with the director to administer this chapter or chapter 34.05 RCW.
[ 2002 c 313 s 91 .]
Effective dates — 2002 c 313: See note followi... |
15.44.065 | Commission may establish foundations. | The commission may establish foundations using commission funds as grant money when the foundation benefits the dairy products industry. Commission funds may only be used for the purposes authorized in this chapter.
[ 2002 c 313 s 100 .]
Effective dates — 2002 c 313: See note following RCW 15.65.020 . |
15.44.070 | Rules or orders to be filed and published—Rule-making exemptions. | (1) Every rule or order made by the commission shall be filed with the director and published in two legal newspapers, one east and one west of the Cascade mountains, within ten days after it is adopted, and is effective as set forth under RCW 34.05.380 . (2) Rule-making proceedings conducted under this chapter are exe... |
15.44.080 | Assessments on milk and cream—Amounts—Increases—Producer referendum. | (1) There is hereby levied upon all milk produced in this state an assessment of: (a) 0.75 percent of class I price for 3.5 percent butter fat milk as established in any market area by a market order in effect in that area or by the state department of agriculture in case there is no market order for that area; or (b) ... |
15.44.085 | Assessments on class I or class II milk. | There is hereby levied on every hundredweight of class I or class II milk, as defined in RCW 15.44.087 , sold by a dealer, including any milk sold by a producer who acts as a dealer, an assessment of: (1) Five-eighths of one cent per hundredweight. Such assessment shall be in addition to the producer assessment paid by... |
15.44.087 | Class I and class II milk defined. | For the purpose of RCW 15.44.085 , class I and class II milk sold means milk from cows produced by a producer as defined in RCW 15.44.010 and utilized as follows: (1) Class I milk shall be all skim milk and butterfat: (a) Sold in the form of fluid milk product subject to the following limitations and exceptions: (i) An... |
15.44.090 | Collection of assessments—Lien. | All assessments shall be collected by the first dealer and deducted from the amount due the producer, and all moneys so collected shall be paid to the treasurer of the commission on or before the twentieth day of the succeeding month for the previous month's collections, and deposited by him or her in banks designated ... |
15.44.100 | Records of dealers, shippers—Preservation—Inspection. | Each dealer or shipper shall keep a complete and accurate record of all milk or cream handled by him or her. The record shall be in such form and contain such information as the commission shall prescribe, and shall be preserved for a period of two years, and be submitted for inspection at any time upon request of the ... |
15.44.110 | Reports of dealers and shippers to commission—Subpoenas. | (1) Each dealer and shipper shall at such times as by rule required file with the commission a return under oath on forms to be furnished by the commission, stating the quantity of dairy products handled, processed, manufactured, delivered, and shipped, and the quantity of all milk and cream delivered to or purchased b... |
15.44.130 | Research, advertising, educational campaign—Increase or decrease of assessments—Procedure. | (1) In order to adequately advertise and market Washington dairy products in the domestic, national and foreign markets, and to make such advertising and marketing research and development as extensive as public interest and necessity require, and to put into force and effect the policy of this chapter 15.44 RCW, the c... |
15.44.133 | Promotional hosting expenditures—Rules. | The commission is authorized to adopt rules governing promotional hosting expenditures by commission employees, agents, or board members under RCW 15.04.200 .
[ 2002 c 313 s 99 .]
Effective dates — 2002 c 313: See note following RCW 15.65.020 . |
15.44.140 | Authority to inspect premises and records—Subpoenas. | (1) The commission through its agents may inspect the premises and records of any carrier, handler, dealer, manufacturer, processor, or distributor of dairy products for the purpose of enforcing this chapter. (2) The commission has the authority to issue subpoenas for the production of books, records, documents, and ot... |
15.44.150 | Action against commission enforced as if a corporation—Liability—Limitations. | Any action by the commission administrator, member, employee, or agent thereof pertaining to the performance or nonperformance or misperformance of any matters or things authorized, required, or permitted by this chapter, and any other liabilities, debts, or claims against the commission shall be enforced in the same m... |
15.44.160 | Enforcement of chapter. | All state and county law enforcement officers and all employees and agents of the department shall enforce this chapter.
[ 1961 c 11 s 15.44.160 . Prior: 1939 c 219 s 16 ; RRS s 6266-16.] |
15.44.170 | Penalty. | Whoever violates or aids in the violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
[ 1961 c 11 s 15.44.170 . Prior: 1939 c 219 s 14 ; RRS s 6266-14.] |
15.44.180 | Jurisdiction of courts. | The superior courts are hereby vested with jurisdiction to enforce this chapter and to prevent and restrain violations thereof.
[ 1961 c 11 s 15.44.180 . Prior: 1939 c 219 s 15 ; RRS s 6266-15.] |
15.44.185 | Certain records exempt from public disclosure—Exceptions—Actions not prohibited by chapter. | (1) Under RCW 42.56.380 , certain agricultural business records, commission records, and department of agriculture records relating to the commission and producers of agricultural commodities are exempt from public disclosure. (2) Financial and commercial information and records submitted to either the department or th... |
15.44.190 | Funding staff support—Rules. | The director may provide by rule for a method to fund staff support for all commodity boards and commissions in accordance with RCW 43.23.033 if a position is not directly funded by the legislature and costs related to the specific activity undertaken on behalf of an individual commodity board or commission. The commis... |
15.44.195 | Costs of implementing RCW15.44.061. | The costs incurred by the department of agriculture associated with the implementation of RCW 15.44.061 shall be paid for by the commission.
[ 2003 c 396 s 31 .]
Effective date — 2003 c 396: See note following RCW 15.66.030 . |
15.44.910 | Liberal construction. | This chapter shall be liberally construed.
[ 1961 c 11 s 15.44.910 . Prior: 1939 c 219 s 17, part; RRS s 6266-17, part.] |
15.48.270 | Definitions. | As used in this chapter: (1) "Seed bailment contract" means any bailment contract for the increase of agricultural seeds where the bailor retains title to seed, seed stock, plant life and the seed crop resulting therefrom. (2) "Bailee" is any tenant farmer or landowner or both, who, for an agreed compensation agrees to... |
15.48.280 | Security interest not created by contract—Filing, recording or notice of contract not required to establish validity of contract or title in bailor. | Seed bailment contracts for the increase of agricultural seeds shall not create a security interest under the terms of the Uniform Commercial Code, chapter 62A.9A RCW. No filing, recording, or notice of a seed bailment contract shall be required under any of the laws of the state to establish, during the term of a seed... |
15.48.290 | Payments required to be made by bailor to bailee subject to security interests and agricultural liens. | All payments of money required by the terms of a seed bailment contract to be made by a bailor to a bailee shall be subject to security interests perfected as required by *chapter 62A.9 RCW, as amended, and all agricultural liens provided for and perfected in accordance with Title 60 RCW.
[ 1967 c 114 s 16 .]
*Reviser'... |
15.49.005 | Purpose—Rules. | The purpose of this chapter is to provide uniformity and consistency in the packaging of agricultural, vegetable, and flower seeds so as to facilitate the interstate movement of seed, to protect consumers, and to provide a dispute-resolution process. The department of agriculture is hereby authorized to adopt rules in ... |
15.49.011 | Definitions. | Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Advertisement" means all representations, other than those on the label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to seed within the scope of this chapter. (2) "Agricultural seed" includes gras... |
15.49.021 | Standards and label requirements—Rules. | (1) The department shall establish by rule standards and label requirements for the following seed types: Agricultural seed (including grass, lawn, and turf seed), flower seed, and vegetable seed. (2) The standards and label requirements shall be divided into the following categories: (a) Percentage of kind and variety... |
15.49.031 | Labels—Required information. | In addition to the requirements contained in RCW 15.49.021 , each seed label shall contain the following: (1) The name and address of the person who labeled the seed and who sells, offers, or exposes the seed for sale within the state; (2) Lot number identification; (3) Seed origin; (4) Germination rate and date of ger... |
15.49.041 | Violations—Civil penalty. | Every person who fails to comply with this chapter or the rules adopted under it may be subjected to a civil penalty, as determined by the director, in an amount of not more than two thousand dollars for every such violation. Each and every such violation shall be a separate and distinct offense.
[ 1989 c 354 s 74 .]
E... |
15.49.051 | Unlawful practices. | (1) It is unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, expose for sale, or transport for sale any agricultural, vegetable, or flower seeds within this state unless the test to determine the percentage of germination is completed within a fifteen-month period prior to sale, provided that germination tests for seed p... |
15.49.061 | Exceptions. | (1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to cannabis seed. For the purposes of this subsection, "cannabis" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 69.50.101 . (2) The provisions of RCW 15.49.011 through 15.49.051 do not apply: (a) To seed or grain not intended for sowing purposes; (b) To seed in storage by, or be... |
15.49.071 | Damages—Mediation prerequisite to legal action. | (1) When a buyer is damaged by the failure of any seed covered by this chapter to produce or perform as represented by the required label, by warranty, or as a result of negligence, the buyer, as a prerequisite to maintaining a legal action against the dealer of such seed, shall have first provided for the mediation of... |
15.49.091 | Mediation—Procedure. | (1) To submit a claim for mediation, the buyer shall make and file a sworn complaint against the dealer alleging the damages sustained. The sworn complaint may take the form of a declaration or affidavit. The buyer shall send a copy of the complaint to the dealer by United States registered mail. (2) Within twenty days... |
15.49.310 | Department to administer chapter—Rules and regulations—Guidance of federal seed act. | The department shall administer, enforce, and carry out the provisions of this chapter and may adopt regulations necessary to carry out its purpose. The adoption of regulations shall be subject to a public hearing and all other applicable provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW (Administrative Procedure Act), as enacted and he... |
15.49.330 | Screenings—Removal required—Disposition. | (1) All screenings, removed in the cleaning or conditioning of seeds, which contain prohibited or restricted noxious weed seeds shall be removed from the seed conditioning plant only under conditions that will prevent weed seeds from being dispersed into the environment. (2) The director may by regulation adopt require... |
15.49.350 | Permit to condition certified seed. | Upon application for a permit to condition certified seed, the department shall inspect the seed conditioning facilities of the applicant to determine that genetic purity and identity of seed conditioned can be maintained. Upon approval, the department shall issue a seed conditioning permit, for each regular place of b... |
15.49.360 | Records—Maintenance—Availability of records and samples for inspection. | The seed labeling registrant whose name appears on the label shall: (1) Keep, for a period of two years after the date of final disposition, complete records of each lot of seed distributed: PROVIDED, That the file sample of each lot of seed distributed need be kept for only one year. (2) Make available, during regular... |
15.49.370 | Department's enforcement authority. | The department shall have the authority to: (1) Sample, inspect, make analysis of, and test seeds distributed within this state at such time and place and to such extent as it may deem necessary to determine whether such seeds are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. The methods of sampling and analysis s... |
15.49.380 | Dealer's license to distribute seeds. | (1) No person may distribute seeds without having obtained a dealer's license for each regular place of business. However, a license is not required of a person who distributes seeds only in sealed packages of eight ounces or less, packed by a seed labeling registrant and bearing the name and address of the registrant.... |
15.49.390 | Renewal of dealer's license. | If an application for renewal of the dealer's license provided for in RCW 15.49.380 , is not filed prior to the business license expiration date, the business license delinquency fee must be assessed under chapter 19.02 RCW and must be paid by the applicant before the renewal license is issued.
[ 2013 c 144 s 7 ; 1982 ... |
15.49.400 | Seed labeling permit. | (1) No person shall label seed for distribution in this state without having obtained a seed labeling permit. The seed labeling registrant shall be responsible for the label and the seed contents. The application for a seed labeling permit shall be submitted to the department on forms furnished by the department, and s... |
15.49.410 | "Stop sale, use or removal orders"—Seizure—Condemnation. | (1) When the department has determined or has probable cause to suspect that any lot of seed or screenings is mislabeled and/or is being distributed in violation of this chapter or regulations adopted hereunder, it may issue and enforce a written or printed "stop sale, use or removal order" warning the distributor not ... |
15.49.420 | Damages precluded. | No state court shall allow the recovery of damages from administrative action taken or for stop sales or seizures under RCW 15.49.410 if the court finds that there was probable cause for such action.
[ 1969 c 63 s 42 .] |
15.49.460 | Injunctions. | The department is hereby authorized to apply for, and the court authorized to grant, a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this chapter or any regulations promulgated under this chapter, notwithstanding the existence of any other reme... |
15.49.470 | Moneys, disposition—Fees, fines, penalties and forfeitures of district courts, remittance. | All moneys collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the director and deposited in an account within the agricultural local fund. Such deposits shall be used only in the administration and enforcement of this chapter. Any residual balance remaining in the seed fund on June 9, 1988, shall be transf... |
15.49.480 | Cooperation and agreements with other agencies. | The department may cooperate with and enter into agreements with other governmental agencies, whether of this state, other states, or agencies of the federal government, and with private associations, in order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
[ 1969 c 63 s 48 .] |
15.49.900 | Existing liabilities not affected. | The enactment of this chapter shall not have the effect of terminating or in any way modifying any liability, civil or criminal, which shall already be in existence on July 1, 1969.
[ 1969 c 63 s 49 .] |
15.49.930 | Continuation of rules adopted pursuant to repealed sections—Adoption, amendment or repeal. | The repeal of sections 15.48.010 through 15.48.260 and 15.48.900 , chapter 11, Laws of 1961 and RCW 15.48.010 through 15.48.260 and 15.48.900 and the enactment of this 1969 act shall not be deemed to have repealed any regulations adopted under the provisions of sections 15.48.010 through 15.48.260 and 15.48.900 , chapt... |
15.49.940 | Short title. | RCW 15.49.020 through * 15.49.950 shall be known as the "Washington State Seed Act."
[ 1969 c 63 s 53 .]
*Reviser's note: RCW 15.49.950 was decodified pursuant to 2017 3rd sp.s. c 25 s 4 . |
15.51.010 | Findings—Purpose. | The legislature finds that the growing, production, or formation of seed from plants of the genus Brassica for the purpose of producing seed, oil, biofuel or associated by-products, commercial vegetables, forage, or cover crops is in the interest of the public welfare. The legislature finds that species, hybrids, varie... |
15.51.020 | Definitions. | The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) " Brassica " means any plants in the genus Brassica . (2) " Brassica seed crop" means any commercial production of any species, hybrid, or variety of the genus Brassica that results in pollen or seed formati... |
15.51.030 | Brassica seed production districts—Grower's petition—Rules. | Any grower or processor of a Brassica seed crop may submit a petition to the director requesting establishment of a Brassica seed production district. The petition must include proposed geographic boundaries of the district and the proposed types of regulations for designated Brassica seed crop species within the distr... |
15.51.040 | Brassica production agreements. | (1) Any person who wishes to conduct an activity otherwise prohibited within a Brassica seed production district must first enter into a Brassica production agreement with the director. Each Brassica production agreement shall be developed by the applicant and the director in consultation with an advisory committee com... |
15.51.050 | Rules. | The director may adopt rules necessary to carry out the purpose and provisions of this chapter concerning, but not limited to: (1) Brassica seed production districts; (2) Notification of a designated central clearinghouse for growers to report their intention to plant a Brassica seed crop within a Brassica seed product... |
15.51.060 | Violation or threatened violation of chapter—Action to enjoin. | The director or any grower or processor of a Brassica seed crop grown within a Brassica seed production district may bring an action to enjoin the violation or threatened violation of any provision of this chapter or its rules, or any Brassica production agreement entered into by an applicant and the director, in the s... |
15.51.070 | Application of chapter34.05RCW. | Chapter 34.05 RCW governs the rights, remedies, and procedures respecting the administration of this chapter, including rule making.
[ 2007 c 181 s 7 .] |
15.53.901 | Definitions. | The definitions set forth in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Brand name" means a word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, identifying the commercial feed of a distributor or registrant and distinguishing it from that of others. (2) "Commercial feed" means all materials or combination ... |
15.53.9012 | Administration and administrative rules. | (1) The department shall administer, enforce and carry out the provisions of this chapter and may adopt rules necessary to carry out its purpose. In adopting such rules, the director shall consider (a) the official definitions of feed ingredients and official feed terms adopted by the association of American feed contr... |
15.53.9013 | Commercial feed license—Required—Exemptions—Application—Fees—Renewal—Denial or cancellation for noncompliance—Violation—Penalty—Rules. | (1) Except as provided under subsection (2) of this section, any person: (a) Who manufactures a commercial feed in this state; (b) who distributes a commercial feed in or into this state; or (c) whose name appears on a commercial feed label as guarantor, must first obtain from the department a commercial feed license f... |
15.53.9014 | Registration of pet food and specialty pet food—Exemption—Application—Renewal—Fees—Denial or cancellation for noncompliance—Violation—Penalty. | (1) A person may not distribute in this state a pet food or specialty pet food that has not been registered by the department. (2) All applications for registration must be submitted on forms provided by the department and must include: (a) The name and mailing address of the applicant; (b) The physical address of the ... |
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