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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON FINE FESCUE COMMISSION









 

DIVISION 30
COMMISSION MAKE UP, TERMS, QUALIFICATIONS, TERM LIMITS, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE

604-030-0010
Number of Commissioners, Terms
The Oregon
Fine Fescue Commission will consist of nine (9) members appointed by the Director
of the Oregon Department of Agriculture for a term of three (3) years or, if for
a term following a prior term for that person, ending three (3) years from the date
of expiration of any prior term. There shall be no limit on the number of terms
a commissioner may serve.
Stat. Auth.:
2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576.

Stats.
Implemented: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576

Hist.:
CRFC 1-2003, f. 11-26-03, cert. ef. 1-1-04; CRFC 1-2011(Temp), f. & cert. ef.
6-30-11 thru 11-22-11; CRFC 2-2011, f. & cert. ef. 10-7-11
604-030-0020
Qualifications
of Commissioners
(1) For purposes
of this rule:
(a) A
"producer" is a person growing or producing within this state or procuring within
the state, its rivers or the offshore waters, but not the Columbia River, for commercial
handling within the state, a commodity for market, or receiving a share thereof
as landowner, landlord, tenant, sharecropper, boat skipper or otherwise. A producer
must have paid the commission assessment on the commodity in each of the preceding
three calendar years.
(b) A
"handler" is any producer, processor, distributor or other person engaged in handling
or marketing of or dealing in the commodity, whether as owner, agent, employee,
broker or otherwise. A handler must have collected the commission assessment, if
any, each of the preceding three calendar years.
(2) Members
of the Oregon Fine Fescue Commission will have the following qualifications, which
will continue during the term of office of the member:
(a) One
member of the commission will be a member of the public with an active interest
in the positive economic development, production and/or marketing of the commodity,
but who is not associated with the production or handling of Chewings Fescue seed,
Creeping Red Fescue seed or Highland Bentgrass seed;
(b) A
majority of the members will be producers;
(c) At
least one member will be a handler;
(d) Seven
members who are not a handler or the public member will be producers; no less than
six members will be producers of Chewings Fescue seed or Creeping Red Fescue seed;
one member will be a producer of Highland Bentgrass seed.
(3) All
members of the Oregon Fine Fescue Commission will serve from the state at large,
except that two members of the Commission shall be from Union County, and all members
must reside within the State of Oregon.
Stat. Auth.:
2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576

Stats.
Implemented: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576

Hist.:
CRFC 1-2003, f. 11-26-03, cert. ef. 1-1-04; CRFC 1-2011(Temp), f. & cert. ef.
6-30-11 thru 11-22-11; CRFC 2-2011, f. & cert. ef. 10-7-11
604-030-0030
Removal of Commissioners
(1) The Director of the Department of Agriculture may remove a commissioner from office, and declare the position vacant for cause, including the following reasons:
(a) Two unexcused absences, or other neglect of duty in office;
(b) Use of the commission appointment for financial gain or to avoid financial detriment;
(c) Unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information;
(d) Conduct in violation of Oregon government standards and practices laws;
(e) Misappropriation or misuse of commission funds;
(f) Failure to satisfy one or more qualifications for appointment.;
(g) Not working for the positive economic benefit of the commodity;
(h) Inefficiency; or
(i) Misconduct.
(2) The Commission may make a recommendation to the Director of the Department of Agriculture, or the Director may request a recommendation from the Commission on the removal of any commissioner.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576

Stats. Implemented: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576

Hist.: CRFC 1-2003, f. 11-26-03, cert. ef. 1-1-04
604-030-0040
Chair and Other Officers
Annually, at the first regular meeting of the Commission at the beginning of the new fiscal year the Commission will elect from its members a Chair, a Vice Chair and a Treasurer who will serve until their successors are elected and qualified. The Chair, Vice Chair, or Treasurer may resign as such or may be removed from that position by vote of a majority of Commissioners. If the Chair, Vice Chair, or Treasurer ceases to be a Commissioner, the office will be vacant and a successor will be selected at the next regular meeting of the Commission. The Chair will preside over all meetings of the Commission. The Vice Chair will act in lieu of the Chair when the Chair is unable to perform the duties of the office of Chair or while the office is vacant, and the Treasurer will oversee the financial records of the Commission.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576

Stats. Implemented: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576

Hist.: CRFC 1-2003, f. 11-26-03, cert. ef. 1-1-04

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