There is hereby created an advisory committee to the Consortium Director to consist of seven members who shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Four members must be appointed by the Governor. The chairmen of the Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee, House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, and Department of Natural Resources Board shall each appoint one member upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of their respective committees and commissions. The four members appointed by the Governor must be residents of coastal counties, no more than one from each county, and two must be associated with the commercial fishing industry.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 643, Section 8; 1987 Act No. 71 Section 6; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1238; 2008 Act No. 273, Section 9, eff June 4, 2008.
Effect of Amendment
The 2008 amendment, deleted "with the advice and consent of the Senate" from the end of the second sentence.