Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 15 Agriculture And Marketing - Chapter 15.35 Washington State Milk Pooling Act

15.35.010 Short title
This chapter may be known and cited as the Washington state milk pooling act to provide for equitable pricing and pooling among producers and processors ...

15.35.030 Declaration of public interest
It is hereby declared that: (1) Milk is a necessary article of food for human consumption; (2) The production, distribution, and maintenance of an adequate ...

15.35.060 Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are to: (1) Authorize and enable the director to prescribe marketing areas and to establish pricing and pooling arrangements which ...

15.35.070 Powers conferred to be liberally construed -- Monopoly -- Price setting
It is the intent of the legislature that the powers conferred in this chapter shall be liberally construed. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed ...

15.35.080 Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Department" means the department of agriculture of the state of Washington; (2) "Director" means the director of the ...

15.35.090 Milk control between states
(1) The director shall in carrying out the provisions of this chapter and any marketing plan thereunder confer with the legally constituted authorities of other ...

15.35.100 Director's authority -- Subpoena power -- Rules
Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the director is hereby vested with the authority: (1) To investigate all matters pertaining to the production, processing, ...

15.35.105 Minimum milk price -- Competition from outside the marketing area
(1) In establishing a minimum milk price or a formula to determine a minimum milk price, as provided under RCW 15.35.060 and 15.35.100, the director ...

15.35.110 Referendum on establishing or discontinuing market area pooling arrangement
(1) The director, either upon his or her own motion or upon petition by ten percent of the producers in any proposed area, shall conduct ...

15.35.115 Referendum on establishing or discontinuing market area pooling arrangement -- Producer-dealers
(1) Not less than sixty days before a referendum creating a market area and pooling plan with quotas is to be conducted under RCW 15.35.110, ...

15.35.120 Qualifications for producers to sign petitions or vote in referendums
(1) The producers qualified to sign a petition, or to vote in any referendum concerning a market pool, shall be all those producers shipping milk ...

15.35.130 Form of producer petitions
Petitions filed with the director by producers shall: (1) Consist of one or more pages, each of which is dated at the bottom. The date ...

15.35.140 Director to establish systems within market areas
(1) The director shall establish a system of classifying, pricing, and pooling of all milk used in each market area established under RCW 15.35.110. (2) ...

15.35.150 Determination of quota
(1) Under a market pool and as used in this section, "quota" means a producer's or producer-dealer's portion of the total sales of milk in ...

15.35.160 Contracts, rights and powers of associations not affected
No provision of this chapter shall be deemed or construed to: (1) Affect or impair the contracts of any such cooperative association with its members ...

15.35.170 Quotas -- Transfer of -- Limitations
Quotas provided for in this chapter may not in any way be transferred without the consent of the director. Regulations regarding transfer of quotas shall ...

15.35.180 Records of milk dealers and cooperatives, inspection and audit of
The director shall examine and audit not less than one time each year or at any other such time the director considers necessary, the books ...

15.35.190 Records necessary for milk dealers
All milk dealers subject to the provisions of this chapter shall keep the records as deemed necessary by the director.[1971 ex.s. c 230 § 19.] ...

15.35.200 Verified reports of milk dealers
Each milk dealer subject to the provisions of this chapter shall from time to time, as required by rule of the director, make and file ...

15.35.210 Milk dealer license -- Required
It shall be unlawful for any milk dealer subject to the provisions of a marketing plan to handle milk subject to the provisions of such ...

15.35.220 Milk dealer license -- Application for -- Contents
Application for a license to act as a milk dealer shall be on a form prescribed by the director and shall contain, but not be ...

15.35.230 Milk dealer license -- Fees -- Additional assessment for late renewal
(1) Application for each milk dealer's license shall be accompanied by an annual license fee to be established by the director by rule. (2) If ...

15.35.240 Milk dealer license -- Denial, suspension, or revocation of -- Grounds
The director may deny, suspend, or revoke a license upon due notice and an opportunity for a hearing as provided in chapter 34.05 RCW concerning ...

15.35.250 Marketing assessment on producers -- Additional assessment for milk testing -- Penalty -- Court action
(1) There is hereby levied upon all milk sold or received in any marketing area subject to a marketing plan established under the provisions of ...

15.35.260 Records and reports of licensees for assessment purposes
Each licensee, in addition to other records required under the provisions of this chapter, shall keep such records and make such reports as the director ...

15.35.270 Assessment due date
All assessments on milk subject to the provisions of this chapter and a marketing order shall be paid to the director on or before the ...

15.35.280 Separate account for each marketing plan -- Deductions for departmental costs
The director shall establish a separate account for each marketing plan established under the provisions of this chapter, and all license fees and assessments collected ...

15.35.290 Court actions to implement
In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the director in the name of the state shall have the right to sue in any ...

15.35.300 General penalty -- Misdemeanor -- Exception
Any violation of this chapter and/or rules and regulations adopted thereunder shall constitute a misdemeanor: PROVIDED, That this section shall not apply to retail purchasers ...

15.35.310 Certain producer-dealers exempt
(1) Except as provided in RCW 15.35.115, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to persons designated as producer-dealers, except that: (a) The director ...

15.35.900 Severability -- 1971 ex.s. c 230
If any provision of this chapter, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter, or the application ...