2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 3:526 — First board of directors of terminal market facility

§526.  First board of directors of terminal market facility

The first board of directors of a terminal market facility shall consist of nine members appointed as follows:

(1)  The governor shall appoint two directors from a list of four wholesalers nominated by a majority vote at a general meeting of the wholesalers licensed under the United States Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and operating within the territory of operation as defined in the certificate of authority; two directors from a list of four farmers nominated by a majority vote at a general meeting of farmers residing and normally marketing their products within the territory, and called for that purpose by the petitioner or petitioners upon due notice of the meeting published in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation in the territory; one director from a list of three businessmen, not wholesalers or retailers, nominated by the chamber of commerce in the city or town in which the market is to be located, through formal action by its governing body; and one director from a list of three retailers nominated by an association of retailers in the city or town in which the market is to be located, through the formal action of the association's governing body or by a majority vote at a meeting of retailers called for that purpose by the petitioner or petitioners upon due notice given in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation in the city or town.

(2)  The chief executive officer of the city or town shall serve as ex-officio director or shall appoint a representative who shall be an official of the city or town and shall be entitled to a vote at all meetings.

(3)  The commissioner of agriculture and the chairman of the State Market Commission or their representatives from the department of agriculture or the State Market Commission respectively and appointed by them individually, shall be ex-officio members of the board of directors, and shall be entitled to a vote at all meetings of the board.