§ 11-40-102 — Creation of committee; composition; administrative support; compensation; officers; conflict of interest

Wyoming § 11-40-102

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 11: Agriculture, Livestock and Other Animals
• Ch. 40: MARKETING OF WYOMING LEAN BEEF

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(a) There is created the Wyoming lean beef committee. The
initial membership of the committee shall consist of eleven (11)
members of whom five (5) shall be members of the faculty of the
University of Wyoming, one (1) shall be a person with
professional training and experience related to human health and
diet, designated by the president of the University of Wyoming,
five (5) shall be appointed by the governor of whom three (3)
shall be producers of beef cattle, one (1) shall be a person
with training and experience in finance, one (1) shall be a
person with training and experience in marketing and one (1)
shall be the director of the department of agriculture or his
designee serving ex officio. The members appointed by the
governor shall serve three (3) year terms. The members
designated by the president of the university shall serve at his
pleasure.
(b) Administrative support for the committee shall be
provided by and budgeted for by the University of Wyoming and
thereafter it shall be the responsibility of the department of
agriculture.
(c) State employees serving on the committee shall receive
their normal compensation from their agency. Other members of
the committee shall receive no compensation until the calendar
year commencing after the calendar year in which the state first
receives one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) in royalty for the use
of the Wyoming lean beef trademark at which time they shall
begin receiving mileage and per diem at the same rate as state
legislators.
(d) Every person or organization who pays royalty for more
than five hundred (500) head of cattle for the use of the
Wyoming lean beef trademark or trade name shall be entitled to
designate one (1) nonvoting member of the Wyoming lean beef
committee. This right shall be extended for the balance of the
year in which necessary royalty is first paid and for the year
following any year in which the necessary royalty is paid.
Committee members designated under this subsection shall receive
no compensation from the state for their services.
(e) The committee shall annually select from among its
members a chairman and other officers deemed necessary.
(f) If any member of the committee has applied for or
received a license to market Wyoming lean beef or has a
financial interest in any organization which has applied for or
received a license to market Wyoming lean beef he shall disclose
that interest at this first appropriate time during an open
meeting of the committee and shall not vote on the issuance of
that license, on the issuance of any license for a
geographically exclusive area for which he or his organization
is also seeking a geographically exclusive license, or any other
matter uniquely affecting his license.