1. A. The State Board of Agriculture, which shall be the Board of Agriculture, created by Section 31, Article 6, Oklahoma Constitution, shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The members shall be farmers who have :

   1. 1. At least five (5) years practical experience during the ten (10) years immediately preceding their appointment; and
   2. 2. Lived on and operated a farm after reaching the age of twenty-one (21) years.

2. B. For the purpose of appointments to the Board, five agricultural commodities districts are created and shall consist of the following counties:

   DISTRICT COUNTIES

   NO.

   1.........Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Canadian, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kingfisher, Major, Texas, Woods and Woodward.

   2.........Craig, Creek, Delaware, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, Mayes, Noble, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Rogers and Washington.

   3.........Beckham, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Love, Roger Mills, Stephens, Tillman and Washita.

   4.........Atoka, Bryan, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, McClain, Marshall, Murray, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie and Seminole.

   5.........Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Sequoyah, Tulsa and Wagoner.

3. C. One member of the Board shall be appointed from each district. Members of the Board shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years. In case of vacancy caused by the removal, death, resignation, or disability of any member, the Governor shall appoint a new member from the same district for which a vacancy was vacated to serve for the unexpired term.

Laws 1955, p. 2, art. 2, §1; Amended by Laws 1965, HB 907, c. 480, § 1, emerg. eff. July 14, 1965; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 1402, c. 243, § 3, emerg. eff. May 24, 2000 (superseded document available).