(a) Creation.--There is hereby established in the department the Agricultural Advisory Board.

(b) Members.--The following persons shall comprise the board:

(1) Representatives of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, the Pennsylvania State Grange, PennAg Industries Association and the Pennsylvania Farmers Union. Each of these organizations shall annually name one person to represent it under this paragraph.

(2) A dairy producer, a livestock producer, a poultry producer, a grain producer, a fruit producer, a vegetable producer, a representative of the ornamental horticultural industry, a producer engaged in sustainable agriculture, a representative from the agricultural chemical manufacturers industry and a representative from the agribusiness industry. The Governor shall appoint these representatives to sit for a three-year term. Representatives appointed under this paragraph must receive a majority of their gross income from the activity which they represent. Two of the representatives appointed under this paragraph shall hold an active concentrated animal feeding operation permit as required by the act of June 22, 1937 (P.L.1987, No.394), known as The Clean Streams Law.

(3) Representatives of the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation District Directors and The Pennsylvania State University. Each of these organizations shall annually name one person to represent it under this paragraph.

(4) Representatives of the Federal Farm Service Agency and the Federal Natural Resources Conservation Service. Each of these organizations shall annually name one person to represent it under this paragraph ex officio.

(5) Representatives of the Department of Agriculture and the department. Each department shall name a deputy secretary to represent it under this paragraph ex officio. If a named deputy secretary is unable to serve on the board, the deputy secretary must be replaced by another deputy secretary or by the secretary of that same department.

(6) The chairman and the minority chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Senate or their designees and the chairman and the minority chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives or their designees to represent the General Assembly.

(c) Chairman.--The board shall annually elect a board chairman from among those members designated or appointed under subsection (b)(1) and (2). No member shall serve as chairman for more than two consecutive years.

(d) Staff.--The department shall furnish the board with administrative support.

(Oct. 24, 2018, P.L.1179, No.162, eff. 60 days)

2018 Amendment. Act 162 amended subsec. (b)(2). Section 3 of Act 162 provided that members of the Nutrient Management Advisory Board and members of the Agricultural Advisory Board, as of the effective date of this section, shall continue to serve as members of their respective boards until their present terms of office expire.

Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 4(3) of Act 220 of 2002 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to continuation of prior law.

Cross References. Section 702 is referred to in section 701 of this title.