§ 15.28.010 Definitions
§ 15.28.015 Regulating soft tree fruits — Commission created — Existing comprehensive scheme — Applicable laws
§ 15.28.020 Commission composition — Voting — Quorum
§ 15.28.023 Director appoints members — Nominations — Advisory vote
§ 15.28.024 Transition to director appointed commission
§ 15.28.030 Qualifications of voting members
§ 15.28.040 Appointment of voting members — Positions
§ 15.28.050 Terms of office
§ 15.28.055 Terms of present members
§ 15.28.060 Nominating meetings — Notice — Appointment — Ballots — Advisory vote — Eligible voters
§ 15.28.070 Establishment of subdistricts — Rules and regulations
§ 15.28.080 Vacancies on commission — How filled
§ 15.28.090 Compensation of members — Travel expenses
§ 15.28.100 Powers of commission
§ 15.28.103 Commission’s plans, programs, and projects — Director’s approval required
§ 15.28.105 Commission speaks for state — Director’s oversight
§ 15.28.110 Duties of commission
§ 15.28.120 Copies of records as evidence
§ 15.28.130 State, personal, nonliability — Obligations limited by collections — Defense to certain civil or criminal actions
§ 15.28.140 District advisory and state commodity committees
§ 15.28.150 Committee organization — Duties
§ 15.28.160 Annual assessment — Exemption — Brined sweet cherries assessable
§ 15.28.170 Research and advertising — Power to increase assessment
§ 15.28.180 Increase of assessment for specific fruit or classification — Procedure
§ 15.28.190 Deposit of funds — Treasurer’s bond
§ 15.28.200 Use of funds — Contributions
§ 15.28.210 Records kept — Preservation — Inspection of
§ 15.28.220 Returns to commission
§ 15.28.230 Due date of assessments — Delinquent penalty
§ 15.28.240 Collection rules — Use of “stamps.”
§ 15.28.250 Responsibility for payment of assessments — Due upon receipt — Delinquencies — Civil action
§ 15.28.260 Publications by commission — Subscriptions
§ 15.28.270 Violations — Penalty
§ 15.28.280 Venue of actions — Jurisdiction of courts
§ 15.28.290 Duty to enforce
§ 15.28.300 Rules and regulations — Filing — Publication
§ 15.28.305 Rule making — Exemptions
§ 15.28.310 Authority to agents of commission to inspect
§ 15.28.315 Certain records exempt from public disclosure — Exceptions — Actions not prohibited by chapter
§ 15.28.320 Funding staff support — Rules
§ 15.28.325 Costs of implementing RCW 15.28.103
§ 15.28.910 Liberal construction

Terms Used In Washington Code > Chapter 15.28 - Soft tree fruits

  • Bartlett pears: means and includes all standard Bartlett pears and all varieties, strains, subvarieties, and sport varieties of Bartlett pears including Red Bartlett pears, that are harvested and utilized at approximately the same time and approximately in the same manner. See Washington Code 15.28.010
  • commercial grade: means soft tree fruits meeting the requirements of any established or recognized fresh fruit or processing grade. See Washington Code 15.28.010
  • Commission: means the Washington state fruit commission. See Washington Code 15.28.010
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dealer: means any person who handles, ships, buys, or sells soft tree fruits other than those grown by him or her, or who acts as sales or purchasing agent, broker, or factor of soft tree fruits;
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  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of agriculture;
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  • Director: means the director of agriculture. See Washington Code 15.28.010
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • first district: includes the counties of Chelan, Okanogan, Grant, Douglas, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Spokane and Lincoln;
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  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Handler: means any person who ships or initiates the shipping operation, whether as owner, agent or otherwise;
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  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
  • processing plant: includes every person or plant receiving soft tree fruits for the purpose of drying, dehydrating, canning, pressing, powdering, extracting, cooking, quick-freezing, brining, or for use in manufacturing a product;
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  • Producer: means any person who is a grower of any soft tree fruit;
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  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • second district: includes the counties of Kittitas, Yakima, and Benton county north of the Yakima river;
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  • shipped: includes loading in a conveyance to be transported to market for resale, and includes delivery to a processor or processing plant, but does not include movement from the orchard where grown to a packing or storage plant within this state for fresh shipment;
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