(a) The Tennessee pork promotion board shall be composed of seven (7) members, to be appointed by the commissioner to serve terms of three (3) years, as hereinafter provided. All seven (7) members of the board shall be producers of pork animals in the state of Tennessee.
(b) Within ten (10) days of the effective date of an assessment levied pursuant to this chapter, the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, the Tennessee Livestock Association or its successor organization and any officially recognized purebred pork producer association shall submit the names of pork producers to the commissioner, who shall appoint three (3) members from the nominations submitted by the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation, three (3) members from the nominations submitted by the Tennessee Livestock Association or its successor organization and one (1) member from the nominations submitted by officially recognized purebred pork producer associations.
(c) The original board shall be appointed with members appointed in the discretion of the commissioner, one (1) member for one (1) year, three (3) members for two (2) years and three (3) members for three (3) years. Each year thereafter, not less than thirty (30) days before the expiration of board members' terms, each organization or individual shall submit the names of nominees to the commissioner, and succeeding boards shall be appointed by the commissioner in the same manner, giving proportional representation to each organization as provided in this section.
(d) Vacancies that occur shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments were made.
(e) No board member shall serve more than a total of two (2) consecutive three-year terms unless that member does not serve as a board member for at least one (1) full year after serving two (2) consecutive three-year terms.
(f) The commissioner shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the board.
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