2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 120 - General Assembly.
§ 120-150. Creation; appointment of members.

Article 19.

Commission on Agriculture and Forestry Awareness.

§ 120‑150.  Creation; appointment of members.

There is created an Agriculture and Forestry Awareness Study Commission. Members of the Commission shall be citizens of North Carolina who are interested in the vitality of the agriculture and forestry sectors of the State's economy. Members shall be as follows:

(1)        Three appointed by the Governor;

(2)        Three appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

(3)        Three appointed by the Speaker of the House;

(4)        The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee;

(5)        The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee;

(6)        The Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner's designee;

(7)        A member of the Board of Agriculture designated by the chairman of the Board of Agriculture;

(8)        The President of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, Inc., or the President's designee;

(9)        The Master of the North Carolina State Grange or the Master's designee;

(10)      The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources or the Secretary's designee; and

(11)      The President of the North Carolina Forestry Association, Inc., or the President's designee.

Members shall be appointed for two‑year terms beginning October 1 of each odd‑numbered year. The cochairmen of the Commission shall be the chairmen of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees respectively. (1985, c. 792, s. 20.1; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(81); 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 19(b); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 785, s. 1; 1993, c. 23, s. 1; 1995, c. 490, s. 5; 1997‑443, s. 11A.119(a); 2001‑474, s. 14.)