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Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-289 > Act-70-of-1961 > Section-289-646SEAL OF QUALITY ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 70 of 1961
289.646 Commodity committees; establishment; purpose; composition; committee for specific commodity; central committee representative of commodity committees and governmental agencies; number, term, reappointment, compensation, and expenses of committee members.
Sec. 16.
The commission, after adopting rules to implement this act, shall establish commodity committees to disseminate information relative to the purposes of this act and to report to the commission in reference to the functioning thereof. Commodity committees shall consist of representatives of producers, first handlers, wholesalers, retailers, and consumers capable of being recognized as representative of the specific commodity interests involved by that industry. The commission may establish committees for any specific commodity when requested to do so by any representative segment of that commodity industry. The commission shall create a central committee representative of all commodity committees and of such other governmental agencies as may have interests in furthering the purposes of this act, upon the request of 3 existing commodity committees. The members of all committees shall be that number determined and approved by the commission. The members of committees shall hold office for a period of 1 year. The commission may reappoint any member of any committee. The per diem compensation of committee members and the schedule for reimbursement of expenses shall be established annually by the legislature.
History: 1961, Act 70, Eff. Sept. 8, 1961 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 66, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1975
