§ 2-1-205 - Meetings.
2-1-205. Meetings.
(a) The Vice President for Agriculture of the University of Arkansas System shall call the first meeting of the Arkansas Young and Beginning Farmer Advisory Board.
(b) (1) At the first meeting, the board shall select from its membership a chair, a vice chair, and a secretary who shall serve until the first meeting of the board in the following year.
(2) The board shall elect officers annually to serve one-year terms at the board's first meeting of each calendar year.
(c) (1) The board shall divide itself into four (4) committees for finance, education, environment, and product promotion.
(2) Each internal committee shall have a chair elected by the board.
(d) A quorum shall consist of not less than a majority of the membership of the board, and the affirmative vote of that number is necessary for the disposition of the board's business.
(e) (1) Members of the board shall receive no pay for services with respect to attendance at each regular or special meeting of the board.
(2) (A) However, if funds are appropriated for the purpose, members are entitled to reimbursement under 25-16-902 for each day the board is in session.
(B) Reimbursement is in an amount equal to the maximum daily allowance for meals and lodging paid as provided by law to a state employee for in-state travel plus mileage at the rate per mile provided by law for the reimbursement of mileage expense for state employees for travel from their homes to the place of the meeting and their return.