75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
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LC 552
 
                         House Bill 2210
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor Theodore R.
  Kulongoski for State Department of Agriculture)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Deletes qualification for public members of State Board of
Agriculture.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to State Board of Agriculture membership; amending ORS
  561.372.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 561.372 is amended to read:
  561.372. (1) In order that there may be the closest
correspondence between State Department of Agriculture policies
and programs, the public interests and the resolution of
practical agricultural problems of the state, there is created
the State Board of Agriculture.
  (2) The Director of Agriculture, the Dean of the College of
Agricultural Sciences of Oregon State University and the
chairperson of the Soil and Water Conservation Commission shall
serve as ex officio members of the board. The director and the
dean shall be nonvoting members. The director shall act as
secretary of the board. The dean may appoint a person to
represent the dean on the board.
  (3) The Governor shall appoint nine members to the board. The
members appointed to the board must be residents of Oregon. Not
more than five of the members appointed to the board may belong
to the same political party. Party affiliation shall be
determined by the appropriate entry on official election
registration cards.
  (4) The term of each member appointed to the board is four
years. A member shall continue to serve until a successor is
appointed and qualifies. Before a member's term expires, the
Governor shall appoint a successor. If a vacancy occurs, the
Governor shall appoint a person to complete the remainder of the
unexpired term.
  (5) A person who serves two consecutive terms on the board is
not eligible for appointment to another term on the board until
at least one year after the expiration of the second consecutive
term.
  (6) The Governor shall appoint two board members   { - who are
not actively involved in the agricultural industry - }  to be
representatives of the public interests. The Governor shall
appoint seven board members who are actively engaged in the
production of agricultural commodities. The Governor shall seek
to ensure that the appointed board members who produce
agricultural commodities reflect the diverse nature of
agricultural commodity production within the state.
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