(1) The State Weed Board is created in the State Department of Agriculture. The board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Director of Agriculture as follows:
- (a) At least two members shall be residents of that portion of the state east of the summit of the Cascade Mountains.
- (b) At least two members shall be residents of that portion of the state west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains.
- (c) Two members shall be selected from among those individuals recommended by the Association of Oregon Counties.
- (d) The director or a designee of the director shall serve as a member.
- (2) The term of each member is four years, but a member serves at the pleasure of the director. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the director shall appoint a successor. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the director shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term.
- (3) As used in subsection (1) of this section, “summit of the Cascade Mountains” means a line beginning at the intersection of the northern boundary of the State of Oregon and the western boundary of Hood River County; thence southerly along the western boundaries of Hood River, Wasco, Jefferson, Deschutes and Klamath Counties to the southern boundary of the State of Oregon.
[Formerly 561.650; 2021 c.97 §68]