Section 16-622-010 - Application for accreditation of an association of producersAn association of producers requesting accreditation to serve as the exclusive negotiating agent on behalf of its members who are within a proposed negotiating unit with respect to any qualified commodity shall file with the director an application to accredit a negotiating unit containing the following information:
(1) The name and address of the processing facility for which accreditation of a negotiating unit is being requested;(2) A description of the geographical boundaries of the proposed negotiating unit, stated in terms of the number of miles, from the processing facility in each direction of the most distant producer in the proposed unit;(3) A list of the names of producers who are members of the proposed negotiating unit and the total number of acres of qualified commodities contracted for delivery by those producers to the processing facility for each of the previous two years;(4) The total number of members of the association of producers proposing the negotiating unit, a list of the counties in which those members reside, and the total number of acres of qualified commodities the association of producers had contracts to represent on behalf of its producer members for the previous growing season; and(5) A statement expressing their agreement to reimburse the department for all anticipated and uncovered costs incurred by the department for actions necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and chapter 15.83 RCW.Wash. Admin. Code § 16-622-010
Amended by WSR 21-08-016, Filed 3/26/2021, effective 4/26/2021Statutory Authority: RCW 15.83.020. 90-08-069, § 16-622-010, filed 4/2/90, effective 5/3/90.