(1) The State Department of Agriculture shall: (a) Monitor the practices or methods used or proposed for use by any commodity commission in carrying out the goals and needs disclosed by the budget of the commission; (b) Promote cooperation among the several commissions, the Oregon Beef Council and the Oregon Wheat Commission and assist in the interchange of information and experience among those entities; (c) Carry out the assigned organizational procedures under ORS 576.051 to 576.455, including the appointment and removal of members of the commission; (d) Review budgets submitted to the Director of Agriculture by a commodity commission under ORS 576.416; and (e) Adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 576.051 to 576.455. (2) The department shall review, and may approve or disapprove, plans and projects recommended by a commodity commission for commodity promotion, advertising and research and for the dissemination of consumer and commodity industry information. In reviewing plans and projects recommended by a commodity commission, the department shall consider whether the plan or project information is: (a) Factual; (b) Not disparaging to other commodities; and (c) Consistent with the purposes of ORS 576.051 to 576.455. [Formerly 576.044; 2007 c.55 1]
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