§ 11-12-123 — Seed laboratory advisory group created; composition; appointment; officers; vacancy; meetings; quorum

Wyoming § 11-12-123

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 11: Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals
• Ch. 12: SEEDS

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(a) There is created a seed laboratory advisory group
which shall be comprised of the following:
(i) Voting members shall be:
(A) One (1) member of the board, appointed by
the chairman of the board;
(B) One (1) member representing organizations
whose primary goal is improved seed production, appointed by the
board;
(C) Two (2) members representing the Wyoming
seed industry, appointed by the board;
(D) Two (2) members who are certified or
contract seed growers, appointed by the board;
(E) One (1) member who is a person interested in
seed quality, appointed by the board.
(ii) Nonvoting members shall be:
(A) The director of the Wyoming department of
agriculture or his designee;
(B) The University of Wyoming experiment station
director;
(C) The head of the University of Wyoming
college of agriculture plant science department or his designee;
(D) The Wyoming seed certification service
manager, who shall serve as the seed laboratory advisory group
secretary;
(E) The state seed analyst.
(b) All voting members shall serve terms of three (3)
years. A member may serve for more than one (1) term.
(c) The chairman and the vice-chairman shall serve terms
of two (2) years with the vice-chairman succeeding the chairman.
The chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected by a majority of
the voting members at the annual meeting. In the event that the
chairman is not able to complete his term, the vice-chairman
shall complete that term in addition to serving the succeeding
term. In the event the vice-chairman is unable to complete his
term, an election of a new chairman and vice-chairman shall take
place at the next annual meeting.
(d) In the event of a vacancy on the seed laboratory
advisory group, the board shall appoint a new member to complete
the term of the vacating member.
(e) One (1) regular meeting shall be held annually in
conjunction with a Wyoming crop improvement industry meeting, as
called by the chairman or as called by a majority of the voting
members.
(f) A majority of the voting members shall constitute a
quorum.