(a)One (1) council member shall be
elected from each of the following districts:
DISTRICT 1. The counties of Lake, Newton, Jasper, Benton,
Porter, LaPorte, Starke, White, and Pulaski.
DISTRICT 2. The counties of St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall,
Kosciusko, Fulton, Carroll, Cass, Miami, and Wabash.
DISTRICT 3. The counties of LaGrange, Steuben, Noble,
DeKalb, Whitley, Allen, Huntington, Wells, and Adams.
DISTRICT 4. The counties of Montgomery, Fountain, Warren,
Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Parke, Putnam, Vigo, Clay, and Owen.
DISTRICT 5. The counties of Clinton, Boone, Tipton, Howard,
Grant, Hamilton, Madison, Hendricks, Marion, Hancock, Morgan,
Johnson, Shelby, Rush, Bartholomew, and Decatur.
DISTRICT 6. The counties of Blackford, Jay, Delaware, Henry,
Randolph, Wayne, Fayette, and Union.
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(a) One (1) council member shall be
elected from each of the following districts:
DISTRICT 1. The counties of Lake, Newton, Jasper, Benton,
Porter, LaPorte, Starke, White, and Pulaski.
DISTRICT 2. The counties of St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall,
Kosciusko, Fulton, Carroll, Cass, Miami, and Wabash.
DISTRICT 3. The counties of LaGrange, Steuben, Noble,
DeKalb, Whitley, Allen, Huntington, Wells, and Adams.
DISTRICT 4. The counties of Montgomery, Fountain, Warren,
Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Parke, Putnam, Vigo, Clay, and Owen.
DISTRICT 5. The counties of Clinton, Boone, Tipton, Howard,
Grant, Hamilton, Madison, Hendricks, Marion, Hancock, Morgan,
Johnson, Shelby, Rush, Bartholomew, and Decatur.
DISTRICT 6. The counties of Blackford, Jay, Delaware, Henry,
Randolph, Wayne, Fayette, and Union.
DISTRICT 7. The counties of Sullivan, Greene, Knox, Daviess,
Martin, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and
Spencer.
DISTRICT 8. The counties of Monroe, Brown, Lawrence,
Jackson, Orange, Washington, Perry, Crawford, Harrison, and
Floyd.
DISTRICT 9. The counties of Franklin, Jennings, Jefferson,
Ripley, Dearborn, Ohio, Clark, Switzerland, and Scott.
(b) Six (6) council members shall be elected to represent all
counties in Indiana.
(c) The dean of agriculture shall appoint one (1) representative of
the largest general farm organization in Indiana to serve as a member
of the council.
(d) The dean of agriculture shall appoint one (1) representative of
the second largest general farm organization in Indiana to serve as a
member of the council.
(e) The director shall appoint two (2) representatives of first
purchaser organizations to serve as nonvoting members of the council.
(f) Four (4) members serve on the council, to be appointed as
nonvoting members as follows:
(1) One (1) member appointed by the president pro tempore of the
senate.
(2) One (1) member appointed by the minority leader of the
senate.
(3) One (1) member appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives.
(4) One (1) member appointed by the minority leader of the house
of representatives.
The members appointed under this subsection are ex officio members
of the council. The members of the senate must be of different political
parties. The members of the house of representatives must be of
different political parties. Each member of the council who is a
member of the general assembly is entitled to receive the same per
diem, mileage, and travel allowances paid to legislative members of
interim study committees established by the legislative council. Per
diem, mileage, and travel allowances paid under this subsection shall
be paid from appropriations made to the legislative council or the
legislative services agency.
(g) The dean of agriculture or the dean's designee shall serve as an
ex officio, nonvoting member of the council.
(h) The secretary of agriculture or the secretary's designee shall
serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the council.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-4-10-16.]