2015 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XIV - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
Chapter 184 - INSPECTION AND SALE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
Section 184:109 - Milk Producers Emergency Relief Fund Board Established; Membership.

    184:109 Milk Producers Emergency Relief Fund Board Established; Membership. –
    I. There is established the milk producers emergency relief fund board, to be composed of the following members:
       (a) The commissioner.
       (b) Four members appointed by the governor, who shall have no official business or professional connection or relation with any segment of the dairy industry.
       (c) One member of the house of representatives who shall be a member of the house environment and agriculture committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
       (d) One member of the senate, appointed by the senate president.
    II. The board shall meet in the first month of each year for an organizational meeting. The board shall select a chairperson and other officers it deems necessary from among its members at each annual organizational meeting. The board shall also adopt procedural rules at its organizational meeting.
    III. The board members shall serve without compensation, except that while attending to the duties of the board, the legislative members shall be reimbursed for mileage at the legislative rate and the non-legislative members shall be reimbursed for mileage at the state employee rate.
    IV. Any member of the board having an individual interest, or an interest in another business, which may conflict with an issue under consideration by the board, shall not participate in any deliberations or vote of the board on the issue before the board.
    V. The initial terms of the board members appointed under subparagraph I(b) shall expire on January 1, 2010. New board members appointed under subparagraph I(b) shall have 4-year terms. Legislative members shall serve terms coterminous with their legislative terms. Upon term expiration, each appointed member shall hold office until a successor is appointed. Board members may be reappointed to subsequent terms, including those members whose terms expire on January 1, 2010. Should a board member appointed under subparagraph I(b) not fill out his or her term for any reason, a successor shall be appointed by the governor for the remainder of that term.

Source. 2007, 381:1. 2008, 74:4, 5, eff. July 1, 2008.