WSR 16-17-033 PERMANENT RULES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE [Filed August 9, 2016, 9:30 a.m., effective September 9, 2016] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Three commercial bulb producers remain in Washington state. Therefore, the commission no longer meets the requirements of chapter 15.66 RCW, Washington state agricultural commodity commissions, particularly RCW 15.66.110(1), which requires the commission to be composed of not less than five members. This rule-making order repeals chapter 16-524 WAC, Tulip, iris, and narcissus bulbs, and terminates the Washington bulb commission.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Repealing 16-524-002, 16-524-003, 16-524-010, 16-524-020, 16-524-030, 16-524-040, 16-524-050, 16-524-060, 16-524-070, and 16-524-110.
Other Authority: Chapter 34.05 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-11-097 on May 18, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: August 9, 2016.
Kirk Robinson
Deputy Director
REPEALER
The following chapter of the Washington Administrative Code is repealed:
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