22-4205 APPOINTMENT OF NOMINATING COMMITTEE -- PRESENTATION OF NOMINEES TO ANNUAL MEETING -- TIME AND PLACE OF ANNUAL MEETING.
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE
CHAPTER 42
ALFALFA AND CLOVER SEED INDUSTRIES
22-4205. Appointment of nominating committee -- Presentation of nominees to annual meeting -- Time and place of annual meeting. (1) The director of the department of agriculture shall appoint a grower nominating committee of three (3) growers, whose responsibility shall be to select a slate of nominees for vacancies occurring on the commission either by expiration of term or for other reasons a vacancy may occur. Two (2) grower members shall be nominated by the nominating committee for each vacancy occurring on the commission membership. The nominations of the nominating committee shall be presented to the annual meeting of alfalfa seed and clover seed growers for concurrence in the list of nominees, or for such substitutions to the list as the annual meeting may make by majority vote. Each member nominated for the commission shall be a resident citizen of the state of Idaho for a period of four (4) years prior to his election or selection, shall have active experience in growing alfalfa seed or clover seed and shall be now actually engaged in growing alfalfa seed or clover seed in Idaho and shall derive a substantial portion of his income from growing alfalfa seed or clover seed or be the directing or managing head of a corporation, firm, partnership, or other business unit which derives a substantial portion of its income from growing alfalfa seed or clover seed. To continue holding office, each member must remain qualified. The governor may remove any member who becomes disqualified during his term of office or who is unable to carry out his duties. The term of office of each member of the commission shall terminate on the last day of June of the year in which the term for which the member was elected ends, but each member of the commission shall serve until his respective successor is elected and has qualified. From such list of nominees, the governor shall designate and appoint one (1) as a member of the commission. Said annual meeting shall be held at a time and place designated by the alfalfa and clover seed growers association with notification mailed to all alfalfa seed and clover seed growers in Idaho.
(2) A general meeting of the Idaho Eastern Oregon Seed Association shall nominate two (2) dealers, one (1) of whom shall be appointed as provided for in this act by June 30 of each year, and one (1) of whom shall be designated as alternate.