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Commission Make-Up, Terms, Qualifications, Term Limits, Removal From Office


Published: 2015

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,

OREGON ALBACORE COMMISSION

 

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

972-030-0010
Number of Commissioners, Terms
The Oregon Albacore Commission will consist of nine commissioners appointed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture for a term of three years or, if for a term following a prior term for that person, ending three years from the date of expiration of any prior term.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 OL ch. 604 & ORS 576

Stats. Implemented: 2003 OL ch. 604 & ORS 576

Hist.: AC 1-2004, f. 1-15-04 cert. ef. 1-16-04; AC 1-2007, f. & cert. ef. 7-31-07
972-030-0020
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 Albacore 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 Albacore tuna;
(b) Five members will be producers;
(c) Three members will be handlers;
(d) All members who are not a handler or the public member will be producers.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 OL ch. 604 & ORS 576

Stats. Implemented: 2003 OL ch. 604 & ORS 576

Hist.: AC 1-2004, f. 1-15-04 cert. ef. 1-16-04; AC 1-2007, f. & cert. ef. 7-31-07
972-030-0030
Removal of Commissioners
The Commission may recommend that the Director of the Department of Agriculture remove a commissioner from office, and declare the position vacant for cause.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 OL Ch. 604, ORS 576

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

Hist.: AC 1-2004, f. 1-15-04 cert. ef. 1-16-04
972-030-0040
Chair and Other Officers
Annually, at the Budget Hearing the
Commission for the new fiscal year, the Commission will elect from its members a
Chair, a Vice Chair, and a Secretary/Treasurer who will serve until their successors
are elected and qualified. The Chair, Vice Chair or Secretary/Treasurer may resign
as such or may be removed from that position by vote of five Commissioners. If the
Chair, Vice Chair, or Secretary/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 or Secretary/Treasurer 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.
Stat. Auth.: 2003 OL Ch. 604 & ORS
576
Stats. Implemented: 2003
OL Ch. 604 & ORS 576
Hist.: AC 1-2004, f. 1-15-04
cert. ef. 1-16-04; AC 1-2014, f. & cert. ef. 5-7-14

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