(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall:
(a) Monitor the practices or methods used or proposed for use by the Oregon Wheat Commission in carrying out the goals and needs disclosed by the budget of the commission;
(b) Promote cooperation among the commission, commodity commissions and the Oregon Beef Council and assist in the interchange of information and experience among those entities;
(c) Carry out the assigned organizational procedures under this chapter, including the appointment and removal of members of the commission;
(d) Review budgets submitted to the Director of Agriculture by the commission; and
(e) Adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(2) Except as provided in ORS 578.216, the department shall review, and may approve or disapprove, plans and projects recommended by the commission for wheat promotion, advertising and research and for the dissemination of consumer and wheat industry information. In reviewing plans and projects recommended by the commission, the department shall consider whether the plan or project information is:
(a) Factual;
(b) Not disparaging to commodities; and
(c) Consistent with the purposes of this chapter. [2003 c.604 §82]
Note: The amendments to 578.025 by section 83, chapter 604, Oregon Laws 2003, become operative January 2, 2010. See section 84, chapter 604, Oregon Laws 2003, as amended by section 6, chapter 55, Oregon Laws 2007. The text that is operative on and after January 2, 2010, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
578.025. The State Department of Agriculture shall:
(1) Monitor the practices or methods used or proposed for use by the Oregon Wheat Commission in carrying out the goals and needs disclosed by the budget of the commission;
(2) Promote cooperation among the commission, commodity commissions and the Oregon Beef Council and assist in the interchange of information and experience among those entities;
(3) Carry out the assigned organizational procedures under this chapter, including the appointment and removal of members of the commission;
(4) Review budgets submitted to the Director of Agriculture by the commission; and
(5) Adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
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