1. (1) The State Department of Agriculture shall:

   1. (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;
   2. (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;
   3. (c) Carry out the assigned organizational procedures under ORS 576.051 to 576.455, including the appointment and removal of members of the commission;
   4. (d) Review budgets submitted to the Director of Agriculture by a commodity commission under ORS 576.416; and
   5. (e) Adopt rules to carry out the provisions of ORS 576.051 to 576.455.

2. (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:

   1. (a) Factual;
   2. (b) Not disparaging to other commodities; and
   3. (c) Consistent with the purposes of ORS 576.051 to 576.455.

[Formerly 576.044; 2007 c.55 §1]