§ 15-16-2-25 — Fertilizer advisory board; establishment; membership

Indiana § 15-16-2-25

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 16: HORTICULTURE CONTROL
• Ch. 2: Commercial Fertilizers

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(a) The Indiana fertilizer advisory board is
established to:
(1) study the regulation of fertilizer material; and
(2) advise the state chemist on the administration of this chapter.
(b) The board consists of the following members:
(1) Two (2) representatives of the retail fertilizer industry.
(2) One (1) representative of fertilizer manufacturing,
distributing, or manufacturing and distributing.
(3) Two (2) representatives of producers of agricultural crops.
(4) One (1) representative of the lawn care industry.
(5) One (1) representative of the Purdue School of Agriculture.
(6) One (1) representative of a public conservation organization.
(7) One (1) representative of the livestock industry.
(8) The president of the Indiana Plant Food and Agricultural
Chemicals Association, who serves as a nonvoting member.
(9) One (1) representative of the department of environmental
management, who serves as a nonvoting member.
(10) The fertilizer administrator for the office of the state chemist,
who serves as a nonvoting member.
(11) The engineer specialist for the office of the state chemist,
who serves as a nonvoting member.
(12) One (1) representative of the Indiana state department of
agriculture, who shall serve as a nonvoting member.
(c) The state chemist shall appoint the voting members of the board,
who serve for terms of four (4) years.
(d) Voting members of the board may be appointed for successive
terms at the discretion of the state chemist.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly
15-3-3-17(a); subsection (b) formerly 15-3-3-17(b); subsection (c)
formerly 15-3-3-17(c); subsection (d) formerly
15-3-3-17(d).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.120-2008, SEC.58; P.L.81-2009, SEC.16.