CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6731



58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 17, 2004
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0


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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 2, 2004
  YEAS 95   NAYS 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6731 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.


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Secretary
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6731
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Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Agriculture (originally sponsored by Senators Honeyford, Mulliken and Rasmussen)

READ FIRST TIME 02/09/04.   



     AN ACT Relating to standards and grades for fruits and vegetables; amending RCW 15.17.050; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 15.17.050 and 1998 c 154 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The director shall adopt rules providing standards for apples, apricots, Italian prunes, peaches, sweet cherries, pears, potatoes, and asparagus, except for asparagus shipped out-of-state for fresh packing, and may adopt rules providing standards for any other fruit or vegetable. When establishing these standards, the director shall consider the factors of maturity, soundness, color, shape, size, and freedom from mechanical and plant pest injury and other factors important to marketing.
     (2) The director shall adopt rules providing for mandatory inspection of apples, apricots, Italian prunes, peaches, sweet cherries, pears, and asparagus and may adopt rules providing for mandatory inspection of any other fruit or vegetable.
     (3) The director may adopt rules:
     (a) Fixing the sizes and dimensions of containers to be used for the packing or handling of any fruits or vegetables; and
     (b) Establishing combination grades for fruits and vegetables. The standards for combination grades shall, by percentage quantities, include two or more of the grades provided for under this chapter.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   Section 1 of this act expires December 31, 2005.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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