1. (a) Six (6) ISA board members shall be elected from each of the following districts:

   DISTRICT 1. The counties of Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Elkhart, Fulton, Howard, Jasper, Kosciusko, Lake, LaPorte, Marshall, Miami, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, St. Joseph, Starke, Tipton, Wabash, and White.

   DISTRICT 2. The counties of Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Delaware, Grant, Henry, Huntington, Jay, LaGrange, Madison, Noble, Randolph, Steuben, Wayne, Wells, and Whitley.

   DISTRICT 3. The counties of Clay, Daviess, Dubois, Fountain, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Martin, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Spencer, Sullivan, Tippecanoe, Vanderburgh, Vermillion, Vigo, Warren, and Warrick.

   DISTRICT 4. The counties of Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Lawrence, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Ohio, Orange, Perry, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Shelby, Switzerland, Union, and Washington.

2. (b) The dean of agriculture shall appoint one (1) representative of the largest general farm organization in Indiana, who must be a producer, to serve as a board member of the ISA.
3. (c) The dean of agriculture shall appoint one (1) representative of any agricultural membership organization in Indiana, who must be a producer, to serve as a board member of the ISA. The representative appointed in accordance with this subsection must represent a different organization than the representative appointed in accordance with subsection (b).
4. (d) The director shall appoint two (2) representatives of first purchaser organizations to serve as nonvoting ISA board members.

5. (e) Four (4) board members serve on the ISA, to be appointed as nonvoting board members as follows:

   1. (1) One (1) board member appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate.
   2. (2) One (1) board member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
   3. (3) One (1) board member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

   4. (4) One (1) board member appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.

      The board members appointed under this subsection are ex officio nonvoting board members of the ISA. The members of the senate must be of different political parties. The members of the house of representatives must be of different political parties. Each ex officio board member of the ISA who is a member of the general assembly is entitled to receive the same per diem, mileage, and travel allowances paid to legislative members of interim study committees established by the legislative council. Per diem, mileage, and travel allowances paid under this subsection shall be paid from appropriations made to the legislative council or the legislative services agency.

6. (f) The dean of agriculture or the dean's designee shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting ISA board member.
7. (g) The secretary of agriculture or the secretary's designee shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting ISA board member.

As added by P.L.8-2026, SEC.1.