As Amended
SEC. 69-21-107. Board of Agricultural Aviation [Repealed effective June 30, 2006].
There is hereby created a State Board of Agricultural Aviation composed of five (5) members as follows: two (2) licensed applicators to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate from a list of four (4) applicators submitted to the Governor by the Mississippi Agricultural Aviation Association, the Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, or his designee, a registered forester and a licensed engineer with agricultural emphasis to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of office of one (1) board member shall be one (1) year; the term of office of the second board member shall be two (2) years; the term of office of the third board member shall be three (3) years; the term of office of the fourth board member shall be four (4) years as specified by the Governor in his initial appointments to the board. After the initial appointment, succeeding board members shall serve a staggered four-year term of office. The Executive Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, or his designee, shall continue to serve each term by virtue of his office. Each board member shall serve until his successor is appointed.
Vacancies on the board shall be filled as herein stated by appointment of the Governor.
A quorum necessary to conduct business shall be a majority of the five (5) board members. Any member who shall not attend three (3) consecutive meetings of the board shall be subject to removal by the Governor. The chairman of the board shall notify the Governor in writing when any such member has failed to attend three (3) consecutive regular meetings.
Each member of the Agricultural Aviation Board shall receive a per diem as is authorized by law and actual expenses as provided by law incidental to attending meetings of the board, and other authorized business as provided by board authorization as spread on the board minutes.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 5011-04; Laws, 1966, ch. 239, Sec. 4; 1972, ch. 369, Sec. 9; 1980, ch. 482, Sec. 3; ch. 560, Sec. 26; reenacted and amended, 1983, ch. 304, Sec. 4; reenacted, 1991, ch. 391, Sec. 4; 1991, ch. 530, Sec. 11, eff from and after July 1, 1991. Reenacted without change, Laws, 1996, ch. 447, Sec. 4, eff from and after July 1, 1996; 1997 Laws, Chapter 468, Sec. 4, SB2288, Effective July 1, 1997. Reenacted by Laws 1999, Ch. 387, Sec. 4, HB759; Laws, 2002, ch. 301, § 4, HB 866; Reenacted without change, Laws, 2004, ch. 514, § 4, HB 409, eff from and after passage (approved May 4, 2004.).
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