It shall be a
misdemeanor:
(1) For any person to violate any provision of this chapter
or any provision of any marketing agreement or order duly issued
by the director pursuant to this chapter.
(2) For any person to wilfully render or furnish a false or
fraudulent report, statement, or record required by the director
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or any provision of
any marketing agreement or order duly issued by the director
pursuant to this chapter or to wilfully fail or refuse to furnish
or render any such report, statement, or record so required.
(3) For any person engaged in the wholesale or retail trade
to fail or refuse to furnish to the director or his or her
designee or his or her duly authorized agents, upon request,
information concerning the name and address of the person from
whom he or she has received an agricultural commodity regulated
by a marketing agreement or order in effect and issued pursuant
to the terms of this chapter and the grade, standard, quality, or
quantity of and the price paid for such commodity so received.
Every person convicted of any such misdemeanor shall be
punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than
five hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not less than ten days
nor more than six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each violation during any day shall constitute a separate
offense: PROVIDED, That if the court finds that a petition
pursuant to RCW 15.65.570 was filed and prosecuted by the
defendant in good faith and not for delay, no penalty shall be
imposed under subsection (1) of this section for such violations
as occurred between the date upon which the defendant's petition
was filed with the director and the date upon which notice of the
director's decision thereon was given to the defendant in
accordance with RCW 15.65.570 and regulations prescribed pursuant
thereto.
[2010 c 8 § 6088; 1961 c 256 § 52.]