There is hereby created the Oklahoma Peanut Growers Association composed of all peanut growers paying the assessment provided in Section 1108 of this title. There is hereby re-created, to continue until July 1, 2006, in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Oklahoma Peanut Commission composed of six (6) members selected from districts hereinafter described.

District I shall consist of the following counties:

Carter, Creek, Cleveland, Garvin, Johnston, Lincoln, Logan, Love, McClain, Marshall, Murray, Muskogee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Payne, Pawnee, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Tulsa, Wagoner, Noble, Kay and Osage.

District II shall consist of the following counties:

Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Le Flore, McCurtain, McIntosh, Okfuskee, Pittsburg, Pushmataha, Latimer, Sequoyah, Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Ottawa, Craig, Mayes, Rogers, Nowata and Washington.

District III shall consist of all other counties within the state.

A meeting shall be held annually by the Oklahoma Peanut Growers Association within each district at which all members in the district may attend and be present for the purpose of ascertaining the needs of the members within said district and determine whether or not the policies and activities of the Commission are meeting those needs.

District meetings shall be advertised in the "Oklahoma Peanut", the official newspaper of the Oklahoma Peanut Commission, stating date, time and place of each meeting to be held. Election of six nominees from each district shall be conducted by the Oklahoma Peanut Growers Association and appointments to the Commission shall be made by the Governor from the list of six nominees in each district. The manner in which these six nominees are elected shall be at the discretion of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Peanut Growers Association. The members of the Commission first appointed after April 18, 1969, shall hold their offices as follows: Commissioners for District I shall serve for one (1) year, Commissioners for District II shall serve for two (2) years and Commissioners for District III shall serve for three (3) years; thereafter, the Commissioners shall be appointed for three-year terms. Re-creation of the Commission will not alter the existing staggered terms.

Laws 1965, HB 962, c. 349, § 3, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965; Amended by Laws 1969, HB 1328, c. 209, § 1, emerg. eff. April 18, 1969; Amended by Laws 1978, SB 542, c. 134, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 1978; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1637, c. 55, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 1988, SB 450, c. 225, § 2; Amended by Laws 1994, c. 10, § 1; Amended by Laws 2000, SB 869, c. 93, § 1 (superseded document available).