3-106. Advisory committees
A. The director or, by delegation, the associate director of a division may appoint
ad hoc advisory committees to consider, assist and make recommendations to the associate
director or division council on any issue under the division's jurisdiction. The
director or, by delegation, the deputy director may appoint ad hoc advisory committees to
consider, assist and make recommendations to the deputy director on any issue relating to
the state agricultural laboratory, the office of agricultural safety or the office of
inspections.
B. Any agriculture related organization may request the formation of and
representation on an advisory committee, and an associate director may request the
formation of and nominate advisory committee members to the director, but the actual
appointments to the advisory committee are at the discretion and pleasure of the
director. Members of advisory committees shall serve without compensation but are
eligible for reimbursement for travel and other expenses as provided by law. Advisory
committees are public bodies for purposes of title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1.
C. The director shall assign the subjects, conditions, terms of appointments and
deadlines for advisory committees to complete their work and may provide for the
termination or indefinite continuation of any advisory committee. The associate
director, or deputy director, as appropriate, shall make a written response to the
advisory committee within fifteen days to each formal recommendation made by the advisory
committee.
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