Sec. 21. (a) One (1) council member shall be elected from each of the following districts:

DISTRICT 1. The counties of Lake, Newton, Jasper, Benton, Porter, LaPorte, Starke, White, and Pulaski.

DISTRICT 2. The counties of St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall, Kosciusko, Fulton, Carroll, Cass, Miami, and Wabash.

DISTRICT 3. The counties of LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, DeKalb, Whitley, Allen, Huntington, Wells, and Adams.

DISTRICT 4. The counties of Montgomery, Fountain, Warren, Tippecanoe, Vermillion, Parke, Putnam, Vigo, Clay, and Owen.

DISTRICT 5. The counties of Clinton, Boone, Tipton, Howard, Grant, Hamilton, Madison, Hendricks, Marion, Hancock, Morgan, Johnson, Shelby, Rush, Bartholomew, and Decatur.

DISTRICT 6. The counties of Blackford, Jay, Delaware, Henry, Randolph, Wayne, Fayette, and Union.

DISTRICT 7. The counties of Sullivan, Greene, Knox, Daviess, Martin, Gibson, Pike, Dubois, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Spencer.

DISTRICT 8. The counties of Monroe, Brown, Lawrence, Jackson, Orange, Washington, Perry, Crawford, Harrison, and Floyd.

DISTRICT 9. The counties of Franklin, Jennings, Jefferson, Ripley, Dearborn, Ohio, Clark, Switzerland, and Scott.

(b) Six (6) council members shall be elected to represent all counties in Indiana.

(c) The dean of agriculture shall appoint one (1) representative of the largest general farm organization in Indiana to serve as a member of the council.

(d) The dean of agriculture shall appoint one (1) representative of the second largest general farm organization in Indiana to serve as a member of the council.

(e) The director shall appoint two (2) representatives of first purchaser organizations to serve as nonvoting members of the council.

(f) Four (4) members serve on the council, to be appointed as nonvoting members as follows:

(1) One (1) member appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate.

(2) One (1) member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.

(3) One (1) member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(4) One (1) member appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.

The members appointed under this subsection are ex officio members of the council. The members of the senate must be of different political parties. The members of the house of representatives must be of different political parties. Notwithstanding any other law, the members appointed under this section are entitled to receive the per diem of members of the general assembly for time spent in attendance at the meetings of the council. Per diem of these members shall be paid by the council upon approval of the director.

(g) The dean of agriculture or the dean's designee shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the council.

(h) The secretary of agriculture or the secretary's designee shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the council.

[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-4-10-16.]

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.6.