ORS 571.404 Duties of State Department of Agriculture; rules

The State Department of Agriculture shall:

Monitor the methods and practices used or proposed by the Oregon Hemp Commission in carrying out the goals and meeting the needs disclosed by the budget of the commission;

Promote cooperation among the Oregon Hemp Commission, the commodity commissions, the Oregon Beef Council and the Oregon Wheat Commission, and assist in the interchange of information and experiences among those entities;

Carry out the assigned organizational procedures under ORS 571.400 to 571.501, including the appointment and removal of members of the Oregon Hemp Commission;

Review budgets submitted to the Director of Agriculture by the commission; and

Adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 571.400 to 571.501.

The department shall review, and may approve or disapprove, plans and projects recommended by the Oregon Hemp Commission for promotion, advertising and research and for the dissemination of consumer and hemp industry information. In reviewing a plan or project under this subsection, the department shall consider whether the plan or project is:

Factual;

Not disparaging to other agricultural commodities; and

Consistent with the purposes of ORS 571.400 to 571.501.