2005 Idaho Code - 22-5124 — ADVISORY COMMITTEE

                                  TITLE  22
                         AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
                                  CHAPTER 51
                           SEED INDEMNITY FUND LAW
    22-5124.  ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (1) There is hereby created a seed indemnity
fund advisory committee appointed by the director consisting of nine (9)
members representing the diversity of the industry. Appointments shall be for
up to three (3) year terms, each term ending on the same day of the same month
as did the term preceding it. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was
appointed, shall hold office for the remainder of the predecessor's term.
    (2)  The committee shall be composed of seven (7) producers engaged in
producing seed crops and two (2) seed buyers or seed buyer representatives.
    (3)  The terms of the appointees will be staggered and the initial
appointments shall be three (3) producers and one (1) seed buyer for one (1)
year terms, two (2) producers for two (2) year terms, and two (2) producers
and one (1) seed buyer for three (3) year terms.
    (4)  The committee shall meet annually at such place and time as it
determines and may meet as often as necessary to discharge the duties imposed
upon it. Each committee member shall be compensated in accordance with section
59-509(o), Idaho Code, for travel and subsistence expense. The expenses of the
committee and its operation shall be paid from the seed indemnity fund.
    (5)  The committee shall have the power and duty to advise the director
concerning assessments, administration of the seed indemnity fund, and payment
of claims from the fund. Every two (2) years the committee will review the
maximum limits of the fund and give advice to the director.