(a) If a marketing program is approved for a commodity for which there is a state commission or council operating pursuant to a statute, such statute is suspended during the period of operation of the marketing program under this act, except that the appointed members of an existing commission or council shall be members of the commodity committee for the duration of the terms for which they were appointed, and no fees or assessments shall be collected under such act while it is suspended.
  (b) If the producers of an agricultural commodity for which there is a state commission or council pursuant to a statute, vote for discontinuance of a marketing program, then the provisions of such commission or council shall be reinstated, and the appointed members on the commodity committee shall be members of the commission or council for the duration of the terms for which they were appointed on the committee.

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 290.670

  • Agricultural commodity: means all agricultural, aquacultural, silvicultural, horticultural, floricultural, or viticultural products, livestock or livestock products, Christmas trees, bees, maple syrup, honey, commercial fish or fish products, and seeds produced in this state, either in their natural state or as processed by the producer of the commodity. See Michigan Laws 290.652
  • Committee: means the commodity committee or advisory board established under a marketing program. See Michigan Laws 290.652
  • Marketing program: means a program established by order of the director under this act prescribing rules and regulations governing the marketing for processing, distributing, selling, or handling an agricultural commodity produced in this state or agricultural commodity input during a specified period and that the director determines would be in the public interest. See Michigan Laws 290.652
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  (c) Voluntary commodity organizations may be assigned duties which are necessary for the effective operation of a marketing program and allowed expenses to cover such duties. Organizations to be assigned such responsibilities shall be named and their duties defined in the program.