§ 15.24.010. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Washington apple commission;
(2) "Ship" means to load apples into a conveyance for transport, except apples being moved from the orchard where grown to a packing house or warehouse within the immediate area of production;
(3) "Handler" means any person who ships or initiates a shipping operation, whether for himself, herself, or for another;
(4) "Dealer" means any person who handles, ships, buys, or sells apples, or who acts as sales or purchasing agent, broker, or factor of apples;
(5) "Processor" and "processing plant" means every person to whom and every place to which apples are delivered for drying, dehydrating, canning, pressing, powdering, extracting, cooking, or for use in producing a product or manufacturing a manufactured article;
(6) "Processing apples" means all apples delivered to a processing plant for drying, dehydrating, canning, pressing, powdering, extracting, cooking, or for use in producing a product or manufacturing a manufactured article. However, "processing apples" does not include fresh apples sliced or cut for raw consumption;
(7) "Fresh apples" means all apples other than processing apples;
(8) "Director" means the director of the department of agriculture or his or her duly authorized representative;
(9) "Grower district No. 1" includes the counties of Chelan, Okanogan, and Douglas;
(10) "Grower district No. 2" includes the counties of Kittitas, Yakima, Benton, and Franklin;
(11) "Grower district No. 3" includes all counties in the state not included in the first and second districts;
(12) "Dealer district No. 1" includes the area of the state north of Interstate 90;
(13) "Dealer district No. 2" includes the area of the state south of Interstate 90; and
(14) "Executive officer" includes, but is not limited to, the principal management executive, sales manager, general manager, or other executive employee of similar responsibility and authority.
[2002 c 313 § 115; 1989 c 354 § 53; 1967 c 240 § 22; 1963 c 145 § 1; 1961 c 11 § 15.24.010. Prior: 1937 c 195 § 2; RRS § 2874-2.]
Notes:
Effective dates -- 2002 c 313: See note following RCW 15.65.020.
Severability -- 1989 c 354: See note following RCW 15.36.012.
Sections: 15.24.010 15.24.015 15.24.020 15.24.030 15.24.033 15.24.035 15.24.040 15.24.045 15.24.050 15.24.060 15.24.065 15.24.070 15.24.073 15.24.080 15.24.085 Next
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