(a) The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board is created. The board shall be composed of nine (9) producer members appointed by the Governor as follows:
(1)
(A) The Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, Riceland Foods, Inc., Arkansas Soybean Association, and Agriculture Council of Arkansas shall submit the names of five (5) practical soybean producers to the Governor.
(B) The Governor shall appoint three (3) members from the list submitted by the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, and two (2) members from the list submitted by each of the other organizations named above to serve on the board.
(C) All of the nine (9) producer members of the board shall be practical producers of soybeans in the State of Arkansas and shall be nominated by their respective organizations;
(2) Each year, not less than thirty (30) days before the expiration of the terms of the current board members whose terms expire, the organizations named in subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section shall submit to the Governor names of two (2) nominees for each position to be filled on the board from the respective organizations, and the Governor shall appoint the new members from each list of nominees; and
(3) Each member selected shall serve for a term of two (2) years and until his or her successor is duly selected as provided in this section.
(b) The members of the board shall meet and organize immediately after their appointment and shall elect a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary-treasurer from the membership of the board, whose duties shall be those customarily exercised by those officers or specifically designated by the board. The principal office of the board shall be located at the office of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation, in Little Rock.
(c) The board may establish rules for its own government and for the administration of the affairs of the board.
(d) The board is designated as the qualified state soybean board to represent the State of Arkansas under the Soybean Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act of 1990.
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