2006 Kansas Code - 74-50,163

      74-50,163.   Agriculture products development advisory board; members; duties. (a) There is hereby created an agriculture products development advisory board. Members shall be appointed by the governor as follows, one member shall be a representative of the livestock industry, one member shall be a representative of a farmer's cooperative active in community economic development, one member shall be a representative of a commodity group, two members shall be representatives of entrepreneurs in a value added business, one member shall be a financial or investment banker or a seed capital fund manager and one member shall be from the marketing section of the agriculture products development division of the department of commerce.

      (b)   Of the members first appointed to the board, the governor shall designate four whose terms shall expire June 30, 1998, and three whose terms shall expire on June 30, 2000. After the expiration of such terms, each member shall be appointed for a term of four years until a successor is appointed and qualified.

      (c)   A vacancy on the board of a member shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the governor.

      (d)   The governor shall appoint a chairperson.

      (e)   The board shall meet as the chairperson or a majority of the board members determine.

      (f)   The board shall advise the secretary of commerce and the agriculture products development division on issues and concerns of agriculture product development and technical assistance for such development.

      History:   L. 1996, ch. 209, § 11; L. 2003, ch. 154, § 66; July 1.