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HOUSE BILL 2105
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Rasmussen, Kremen, R. Johnson, Roland and Spanel.
Read first time February 25, 1991. Referred to Committee on Agriculture & Rural Development.
AN ACT Relating to dairy products; adding new sections to chapter 15.32 RCW; and prescribing penalties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 15.32 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The director shall, upon recommendation of the dairy products commission, examine the potential impact of supplemental bovine somatotropin, which, if used in dairy operations, may affect consumer acceptance and purchases of dairy products and shall monitor its use.
(2) The director may adopt rules temporarily restricting the use of supplemental bovine somatotropin if the commission finds that its use has caused or will cause the consumption of dairy products in this state to be reduced significantly and poses a threat to the economic vitality of the dairy industry in this state.
Such a temporary restriction on the use of supplemental bovine somatotropin shall cease not later than six months after the date the product is approved by the United States food and drug administration for use in milk production.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 15.32 RCW to read as follows:
Every person who fails to comply with section 1 of this act or the rules adopted under it may be subjected to a civil penalty, as determined by the director, in an amount of not more than five thousand dollars for every such violation. Each and every such violation is a separate and distinct offense. Every person who, through an act of commission or omission, procures, aids, or abets in the violation shall be considered to have violated this section and may be subject to the civil penalty herein provided.