The commission may:

A. conduct or cause to be conducted studies to increase the commercial value of, expand current markets and find new markets for and establish or provide for the establishment of marketing development projects for the commodity and products thereof;

B. disseminate or cause to be disseminated, reliable information relative to market conditions, current prices and sources of supply and demand showing the value of the commodity and its products for any purpose for which they may be found useful and profitable;

C. sue and be sued as a commission, without individual liability for acts of the commission within the scope of the powers conferred upon it by the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act;

D. enter into contracts which it deems appropriate to the carrying out of the purposes of the commission as authorized by the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act;

E. make grants for studies or for the purchase of facilities necessary to carry out the purposes of the commission as authorized by the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act;

F. appoint subordinate officers and employees of the commission and prescribe their duties and fix their compensation;

G. cooperate or act jointly with any local, state or national organization or governmental agency, whether created by law or voluntary, engaged in work or activities similar to that of the commission and enter into contracts with such organizations or agencies for carrying on joint programs deemed by the commission to be beneficial to the commodity industry of this state, and expend funds in connection therewith, provided that such program is compatible with the powers conferred by the Agricultural Commodity Commission Act;

H. adopt, rescind, modify or amend all proper regulations, orders and resolutions for the exercise of its powers and duties; and

I. advertise the commodity and develop new markets through such advertising or enter into contracts for same.

History: Laws 1983, ch. 231, § 14; 1987, ch. 94, § 2.