Agricultural products utilization commission - Composition - Appointment
N.D. Cent. Code § 4.1-01.1-01
in effect4.1-01.1-01. Agricultural products utilization commission - Composition -
Appointment.
The agricultural products utilization commission shall administer the agricultural products
utilization fund. The commission shall consist of nine members, five of whom must be appointed
by the agriculture commissioner for terms of two years each, arranged so that two terms expire
in odd-numbered years and three terms expire in even-numbered years. Four members
appointed by the agriculture commissioner must be actively engaged in farming in this state and
one member appointed by the agriculture commissioner must be actively engaged in business
in this state. The governor shall appoint one member for a term of two years which expires in
odd-numbered years. The member appointed by the governor must be actively engaged in
business in this state. Commission members may be reappointed. Terms of commissioners
commence on the first day of July. The commissioner of commerce, the president of North
Dakota state university, and the agriculture commissioner, or their designees, are members of
the commission. The commission shall elect one of its members as chairman.
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