PART II.  LOUISIANA ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PESTICIDES

§3211.  Louisiana Advisory Commission on Pesticides

A.  The Louisiana Advisory Commission on Pesticides is hereby created within the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.  The commission shall be domiciled in Baton Rouge.

B.  The commission shall consist of the following eleven members appointed by the commissioner in accordance with the following provisions:

(1)  One aerial applicator who is a commercial applicator appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Agricultural Aviation Association.

(2) One ground applicator who is a commercial applicator appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Vegetation Management Association.

(3)  One chemical representative appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Ag Industries Association.

(4)  One agricultural consultant appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants' Association.

(5)  One pesticide salesperson appointed from the state at large.

(6)  One person appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Mosquito Control Association.

(7)  One farmer who is a private applicator appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation.

(8)  One farmer who is a private applicator appointed from the state at large.

(9)  Two persons appointed from a list of six persons, two of whom shall be nominated by the Louisiana Wildlife Federation, two of whom shall be nominated by the Sierra Club, and two of whom shall be nominated by the Audubon Society.

(10)  One Louisiana member of the Society of Toxicology with an advanced degree in toxicology appointed from a list of three persons nominated by the Louisiana members of the Society of Toxicology.

C.  Each appointment by the commissioner shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation.

D.  Members shall be appointed for terms which shall end at the same time as the term of the commissioner making the appointment.  Members shall serve until their successors in office are appointed and sworn into office.

E.  Vacancies in the offices of the members shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointments for the unexpired portion of the term of the office vacated.

F.  A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.  All official actions of the commission shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the commission.

G.  The commissioner may appoint an alternate member for each member.  If the member is appointed from a list of nominees, the alternate member shall be appointed from the same list.  If the member cannot attend a meeting, the alternate member may serve as the member's representative if the member notifies the commission that he is unable to attend and that he wishes the alternate member to serve as his representative.  Alternate members who serve as the representative of a member shall have voting rights.

H.  The commission, by a vote of two-thirds of the members, may expel a member who has accumulated three consecutive unexcused absences from commission meetings.

I.  Members of the commission shall not receive any salary for their duties as members.  Members or representatives may receive a per diem for each day spent in actual attendance of meetings of the commission or of duly appointed committees or subcommittees of the commission.  The amount of the per diem shall be fixed by the commission in an amount not to exceed forty dollars.  Members or representatives may receive a mileage allowance for mileage traveled in attending meetings.  The mileage allowance shall be fixed by the commission in an amount not to exceed the mileage rate for state employees.

J.  The commission shall meet twice in each calendar year and may meet on the call of the chairman or upon the request of any three members.  The commission shall not meet more than twelve times in any calendar year.

Added by Acts 1982, No. 198, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; Acts 1988, No. 309, §1; Acts 1988, No. 218, §1; Acts 1993, No. 138, §1; Acts 2009, No. 24, §1, eff. June 12, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 495, §1, eff. June 24, 2010.