Board of agriculture.

WORKING DRAFT
2006
STATE OF
WYOMING
06LSO-0035

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0016

Board of agriculture
.

Sponsored by:
Joint Agriculture,
Public

Lands
and Water Resources Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
the
board of agriculture; modifying the
board
composition;
extending the
board
membership term;
increasing the
compensation
as provided
;

providing an appropriation;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 11
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2
‑
102 and 11
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2
‑
104 are amended to read:

11
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2
‑
102.

Composition; qualifications; appointment and removal of members; quorum.

(a)

The board shall consist of
nine (9)

t
hirt
een (1
3
)
members, including the governor and the dean of the
University
of
Wyoming
college of agriculture or his designated representative as ex officio nonvoting members.
Seven (7)

E
l
e
ve
n (1
1
)
voting
members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and may be removed by the governor as provided in W.S. 9
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1
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202.

(b)

One (1) member shall be appointed from each of the seven (7) appointment districts pursuant to W.S. 9
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1
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218
.
Appointments in each appointment district

shall be rotated among

the several

counties comprising the district.

(b)
(c)

Appointed members shall be appointed for a term of
four (4)
six (6)

years.

(
d
)

The seven (7) members appointed from the
various

appointment
districts
:

(i)

S
hall be selected to represent a cross
‑
section of the agricultural industry
;

and

(ii)

S
hall be engaged chiefly in agricultural work
;
,
and

(iii)

N
ot more than
four (4)

six (6)
shall be members of the same political party.

(
e
)

One (1) member shall be appointed from each of the four (4) board of agriculture youth leadership quadrants as follows:

(i)

The northeast quadrant shall consist of
Campbell
, Crook, Johnson, Niobrara,
Sheridan
and Weston counties;

(ii)

The northwest quadrant shall consist of Big Horn,
Hot Springs
, Park, Teton and Washakie counties;

(iii)

The southeast quadrant shall consist of
Albany
, Converse,
Goshen
,
Laramie
, Natrona and
Platte
counties
; and

(iv)

The southwest quadrant shall consist of Carbon,
Fremont
, Lincoln, Sublette, Sweetwater and Uinta counties.

(
f
)

The four (4) members appointed from the board of agriculture youth leadership quadrants
:

(i)

Shall be s
elected to represent a cross
‑
section of the agricultural industry;

(
i
i)

Shall be e
ngaged
chiefly
in agricultur
al work
; and

(i
i
i)

Shall be b
etween eighteen (18) and thirty (30) years of age at the time
of
submitting the application for board membership
.

(c)
(
g
)

A majority of the appointed members of the board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.

(d)
(
h
)

Effective July 1, 1979, appointments and terms shall be in accordance with W.S. 28
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12
‑
101 through 28
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12
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103.

11
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2
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104.

Salary and expenses; oath; election of president and vice
‑
president.

The board members, except the governor and the dean of the University of Wyoming college of agriculture, shall be paid
ten dollars ($10.00) per day when acting in their official capacity and shall be reimbursed for traveling expenses as provided by W.S. 9
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3
‑
102 for state employees

the salary, mileage and per diem for attending and traveling to and from board meetings in the same manner and amount as members of the Wyoming legislature
. The appointed board members, within a reasonable time after their appointment, shall qualify by taking the constitutional oath of office and filing it with the secretary of state. The appointed members shall elect from their members a president and vice
-
president.

Section 2.

There is appropriated from the general fund to the department of agriculture fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for the purpose of implementing this act.

Section 3.

W.S. 11
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2
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102(f) shall not apply to members of the board of agriculture appointed prior to the effective date of this act, but shall apply to members of the board of agriculture appointed after the effective date of this act.

Section
4
.

This act is effective July 1, 2006.

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