Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 15 Agriculture And Marketing - Chapter 15.74 Hardwoods Commission

15.74.005 Legislative purpose
The legislature recognizes that the economic base of the state of Washington is directly tied to the development and management of forest industries and that ...
15.74.010 Commission created
In recognition of the findings and purposes in RCW 15.74.005, there is created the Washington hardwoods commission, which is created solely for the purposes set ...
15.74.020 Commission authority
The commission shall have the power, duty, and responsibility to assist in the retention, expansion, and attraction of hardwood-related industries by creating a climate for ...
15.74.030 Commission management
The commission shall have the power to elect a chair and such officers as the commission deems necessary and advisable. The commission shall elect a ...
15.74.040 Financial requirements
The commission shall maintain an account with one or more public depositaries, and may deposit moneys in the depositary and expend moneys for purposes authorized ...
15.74.050 Obligations, liabilities, and claims
Obligations incurred by the commission and liabilities or claims against the commission shall be enforced only against the assets of the commission in the same ...
15.74.060 Assessments -- Generally
To provide for permanent funding of the Washington hardwoods commission, agricultural commodity assessments shall be levied by the commission on processors of hardwoods. An assessment ...
15.74.070 Assessments -- Failure to pay
Any due and payable assessment levied under this chapter in such specified amount as may be determined by the commission shall constitute a personal debt ...
15.74.900 Severability -- 1990 c 142
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009