State Oregon Regulations CHAP 972 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, OREGON ALBACORE COMMISSION DIVISION 30 COMMISSION MAKE-UP, TERMS, QUALIFICATIONS, TERM LIMITS, REMOVAL FROM OFFICE The Oregon Administrative Rules contain OARs filed through July 14, 2006 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 seven 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. 1-16-04 972-030-0020 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) Three 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. 1-16-04 972-030-0030 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 of the Commission for the new fiscal year, the Commission will elect from its members a Chair and a Vice Chair who will serve until their successors are elected and qualified. The Chair and Vice Chair may resign as such or may be removed from that position by vote of four Commissioners. If the Chair or Vice Chair 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. 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The official copy of an Oregon Administrative Rule is contained in the Administrative Order filed at the Archives Division, 800 Summer St. NE, Salem, Oregon 97310. Any discrepancies with the published version are satisfied in favor of the Administrative Order. The Oregon Administrative Rules and the Oregon Bulletin are copyrighted by the Oregon Secretary of State. Terms and Conditions of Use