246.120 State Board of Agriculture.
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(1)The board shall consist of eighteen
(18)members as follows:
(a)The commissioner or the commissioner's designee, who shall be a voting
member and serve as chairman;
(b)The dean of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and
Environment or the dean's designee, who shall be a voting member and
serve as vice chairman;
(c)Thirteen
(13)citizens of the Commonwealth appointed by the
Commissioner who shall serve as voting members, specifically:
1. Four
(4)members who are farmers with experience in crop
production, each of whom shall be selected from a list of at least
three
(3)individuals nominated by the Kentucky Corn Growers
Association, the Kentucky Small Grain Growers Association, the
Kentucky Soybean Association, or other similar trade organizations
or commodity groups;
2. Four
(4)members who are farmers with experience in animal
agriculture, each of whom shall be selected from a list of at least
three
(3)individuals nominated by the Kentucky Cattlemen's
Association, the Kentucky Dairy Development Council, the Kentucky
Pork Producers Association, the Kentucky Poultry Federation, the
Kentucky Sheep and Goat Development Office, or other similar
trade organizations or commodity groups;
3. Three
(3)members who shall be appointed from the state at large
who are farmers with due consideration to geographical distribution
throughout the state and industry representation;
4. One
(1)member who shall be appointed from a list of at least three
(3)individuals nominated by the AgriBusiness Association of
Kentucky or other similar trade organizations representing
agribusiness; and
5. One
(1)member who shall be appointed from a list of at least three
(3)individuals nominated by the Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation;
(d)The state president of the Kentucky FFA Association who shall serve as a
nonvoting member for the duration of his or her term;
(e)The state president of the Kentucky Young Farmers Association who
shall serve as a nonvoting member for the duration of his or her term; and
(f)The state president of the Kentucky 4-H who shall serve as a nonvoting
member for the duration of his or her term.
(2)The members who serve on the board and were appointed by the
Commissioner shall serve four
(4)year terms and shall serve until their
successors are duly appointed and qualified. No more than eight
(8)of the
thirteen
(13)shall belong to the same political party.
(3)Upon the expiration of the term of a member of the board, the Commissioner
shall appoint a successor. A board member whose term has expired shall
serve until a replacement has been appointed and qualified. No person shall
serve on the board for more than twelve
(12)years.
(4)The board shall be a body corporate under the corporate name "State Board of
Agriculture" and shall have the usual corporate powers.