{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-15.62.050","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 15.62.050","heading":"Commission compositions—Eleven positions.","body":"The commission shall consist of the following members:\n(1) Apiarist position one shall represent area one, which includes the counties of Whatcom, San Juan[,] Island, Skagit, Snohomish, and King; and\n(2) Apiarist position two shall represent area two, which includes the counties of Pierce, Kitsap, Clallam, Jefferson, Grays Harbor, Mason, Thurston, Pacific, Lewis, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, [and] Skamania; and\n(3) Apiarist positions three and four shall represent area three, which includes the counties of Kittitas, Yakima, Klickitat, and Benton; and\n(4) Apiarist position five shall represent area four, which includes the counties of Okanogan, Chelan, and Douglas; and\n(5) Apiarist position six shall represent area five, which includes the counties of Grant, Adams, Franklin, Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield, Asotin, and Whitman; and\n(6) Apiarist position seven shall represent area six, which includes the counties of Spokane, Lincoln, Ferry, Stevens, and Pend Oreille; [and]\n(7) Position eight, appointed by the director, shall be a manufacturer or broker of industry products representing Washington residents engaged in the apiculture industry; and\n(8) Position nine, appointed by the director, shall be a processor or first handler representing residents engaged in Washington's honey bee industry; and\n(9) Position ten shall be the director of the Washington state department of agriculture, who shall be a nonvoting ex officio member; and\n(10) Position eleven, appointed by the director, may be an affected person representing out-of-state interests who are not Washington residents but are active as affected persons in Washington.","path":["Title 15","Chapter 15.62"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=15.62.050","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T01:07:36Z","sha256":"b2c8014d773105c4bb169253919e7629680a5efba756c123b3129581f2548ac8","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-15.62.040","next":"us-wa/rcw-15.62.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}