All members of the council shall be producers, citizens of the United States and bona fide residents of New Mexico. Each member shall at the time of his appointment and during his entire term receive a substantial portion of his income from the branch of the business he represents on the council. In making his appointments, the director shall appoint one member to represent fluid milk producers, five to represent beef producers, one to represent breeders of registered purebreds and two to represent commercial cattle feeders. Appointments of council members are to be made from lists of individuals recommended by farm organizations, producer associations and individual producers.
History: Laws 1979, ch. 197, § 4; 1991, ch. 128, § 2; 1997, ch. 18, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1997 amendment, effective June 20, 1997, in the first sentence, inserted "producers" following "shall be", deleted "and in some branch of the bovine cattle business" following "New Mexico", and made a minor stylistic change.
The 1991 amendment, effective April 3, 1991, substituted "individual producers" for "individuals representing or engaged in the same branch of the industry as the individual recommended" at the end of the section.