Sec. 17. (a) The Indiana corn marketing council is established. The council is a public body corporate and politic, and though it is separate from the state, the exercise by the council of its powers constitutes an essential governmental function. The council may sue and be sued and plead and be impleaded.
(b) The council consists of seventeen (17) voting and eight (8) ex officio, nonvoting members. The elected members from districts listed under section 21(a) of this chapter must:
(1) be registered as voters in Indiana;
(2) be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
(3) be producers; and
(4) have an assessment on corn under section 32 of this chapter made during the previous two (2) years.
(c) Each elected member of the council must reside in the district identified in section 21(a) of this chapter from which the member is elected.
(d) Each member of the council is entitled to reimbursement for traveling expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's duties, as provided in the state travel policies and procedures established by the Indiana department of administration and approved by the budget agency. However, council members are not entitled to a salary or per diem.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-4-10-12.]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.98-2012, SEC.5.
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