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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1702
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By House Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development (originally sponsored by Representatives Rasmussen, Prince, Jacobsen and Rayburn).
Read first time February 22, 1991.
AN ACT Relating to the beef commission; and amending RCW 16.67.040, 16.67.050, 16.67.060, and 16.67.070.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 16.67.040 and 1969 c 133 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
There
is hereby created a Washington state beef commission to be thus known and
designated. The commission shall be composed of three beef producers, ((one))
two dairy (beef) producers, three feeders, one livestock
salesyard operator, and one meat packer. In addition there will be one ex
officio member without the right to vote from the department of agriculture to
be designated by the director thereof.
A majority of voting members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.
All appointed members as stated in RCW 16.67.060 shall be citizens and residents of this state, over the age of twenty-five years, each of whom is and has been actually engaged in that phase of the cattle industry he represents for a period of five years, and has during that period derived a substantial portion of his income therefrom, or have a substantial investment in cattle as an owner, lessee, partner, or a stockholder owning at least ten percent of the voting stock in a corporation engaged in the production of cattle or dressed beef, or a manager or executive officer of such corporation. Producer members of the commission shall not be directly engaged in the business of being a meat packer, or as a feeder, feeding cattle other than their own. Said qualifications must continue throughout each member's term of office.
Sec. 2. RCW 16.67.050 and 1969 c 133 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
The
appointive positions on the commission shall be designated as follows: The
three beef producers shall be designated positions one, two and three; ((the))
one dairy (beef) producer shall be designated position four and one,
position ten; the three feeders shall be designated positions five, six and
seven; the livestock salesyard operator shall be designated position eight; the
meat packer shall be designated position nine.
The
regular term of office shall be three years from the date of appointment and
until their successors are appointed((: PROVIDED, That)). However,
the first term of office for position ten shall terminate July 1, 1994, and
the first terms of the members whose terms began on July 1, 1969 shall be as
follows: Positions one, four and seven shall terminate July 1, 1970; positions
two, five and eight shall terminate July 1, 1971; positions three, six and nine
shall terminate July 1, 1972.
Sec. 3. RCW 16.67.060 and 1969 c 133 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
The ((governor))
director shall appoint the members of the commission. In making such
appointments, the ((governor)) director shall take into
consideration recommendations made to him or her by organizations who
represent or who are engaged in the same type of production or business as the
person recommended for appointment as a member of the commission.
((The
appointment shall be carried out immediately, subsequent to June 1, 1969 and
members so appointed as set forth in this chapter shall serve for the periods
set forth for the original members of the commission in RCW 16.67.050.))
Sec. 4. RCW 16.67.070 and 1984 c 287 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:
In the
event a position on the commission becomes vacant due to resignation,
disqualification, death, or for any other reason, the unexpired term of such
position shall be filled by the ((governor)) director forthwith.
Each member of the commission shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.230 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.