PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 180

Article -Agriculture

2-203.

(a) The Commission has [20] 27 24 members. One member is ex officio and is the
principal administrative official for agricultural affairs at the University of Maryland
System as designated by the Chancellor of the University. The Governor appoints the
remaining [19] 26 23 members as follows:

(1)     Two from a list of at least four nominees representing the dairy industry;

(2)     Two from a list of at least four nominees representing the poultry
industry;

(3)     One from a list of at least two nominees representing the livestock
industry;

(4)     One from a list of at least two nominees representing the tobacco
industry;

(5)     One from a list of at least two nominees representing the nursery
industry;

(6)     One from a list of at least two nominees representing the horticulture
industry;

(7)     One from a list of at least two nominees representing the field crops
industry;

(8)     One from a list of at least two nominees representing the vegetable
industry;

(9)     One from a list of at least two nominees representing the veterinary
profession;

(10)   One from a list of at least two nominees of the Maryland State Grange;

(11)   One from a list of at least two nominees of the Maryland Farm Bureau;

(12)   Two without nomination appointed at large from services related to
agriculture;

(13)   One from a list of at least two nominees representing the turf industry;

(14)   One from a list of at least two nominees representing the
horse-breeding industry;

(15)   One from a list of at least two nominees representing the food
processing industry; [ and]

(16)   One without nomination appointed at large from the general public to
be the consumer member[.];

(17)    ONE FROM A LIST OF AT LEAST TWO NOMINEES REPRESENTING THE
ORGANIC FARMING INDUSTRY;

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