Section 260.570 - Egg marketing board - Functions - Membership - Appointment - Terms - Qualifications - Meetings - Compensation(1) There shall be an egg marketing board in the Department of Agriculture. The board shall act in an advisory capacity to the Commissioner in all matters pertaining to the administration of the egg marketing law.(2) The board shall be composed of the Commissioner, chairman ex officio, and six (6) members appointed by the Governor from lists of names submitted by egg producing and marketing organizations within the Commonwealth approved by the Commissioner for the purpose of submitting such lists. Appointments shall be for three (3) years, except that in the case of the members first appointed, two (2) members shall be appointed for one (1) year, two (2) members for two (2) years, and two (2) members for three (3) years. All members shall be residents of the Commonwealth and not more than three (3) shall be of the same political party.(3) The board shall meet at least once each calendar year and at such other times as the Commissioner, acting chairman, or a quorum of the board may deem necessary. The chairman shall serve without additional compensation, but the members shall receive reimbursement for their necessary traveling expenses and the sum of fifty dollars ($50) per day for each day they attend board meetings, payable out of funds derived from administration of the egg marketing law.Effective:7/15/2008
Amended 2008, Ky. Acts ch. 66, sec. 3, effective7/15/2008. -- Amended 2005, Ky. Acts ch. 40, sec. 3, effective 6/20/2005. -- Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 154, sec. 31, effective 6/17/1978. -- Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 121, sec. 4, effective 1/1/1957.