The producers of a commodity board must be practical producers of the affected commodity and must be citizens and residents of this State, each of whom is and actually has been engaged in producing the affected commodity within the State for a period of one year and during that period has derived a substantial portion of his income from it. The qualification of members of the board as provided in this section shall continue during their terms of office.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 3-235.19; 1968 (55) 2743; 2004 Act No. 193, Section 1, eff March 26, 2004.

Effect of Amendment

The 2004 amendment revised the qualifications by deleting "over the age of twenty-five years," following "citizens and residents of the State" and substituting "one year" for "five years" and made grammatical changes throughout.