576.091 Fertilizer Technical Council.
576.091 Fertilizer Technical Council.
(1) CREATION. The Fertilizer Technical Council is created within the department. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall appoint all members and alternate members of the council.
(2) COMPOSITION. The council is composed of 13 members including:
(a) Three representatives of the department; a citizen not involved in the manufacture, distribution, or sale of fertilizer; the Dean for Research and the Dean for Extension of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida; and one representative each from the beef cattle, field crops, citrus, vegetable, fertilizer, pesticide, and agricultural limestone industries in Florida.
(b) The commissioner may appoint an alternate member for each member.
(3) POWERS AND DUTIES; MEETINGS; PROCEDURES; RECORDS; REIMBURSEMENTS. The meetings, powers and duties, procedures, recordkeeping, and reimbursement of expenses of members and alternate members of the council shall be in accordance with the provisions of s. 570.0705 relating to advisory committees established within the department.
History. s. 1, ch. 65-348; s. 1, ch. 69-8; ss. 14, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 154, ch. 71-355; s. 147, ch. 73-333; s. 6, ch. 76-35; s. 15, ch. 77-108; s. 4, ch. 78-323; ss. 1, 3, 4, ch. 81-123; s. 1, ch. 82-46; s. 2, ch. 83-265; ss. 4, 6, 7, ch. 87-15; s. 5, ch. 91-429; ss. 10, 19, ch. 92-143; s. 42, ch. 93-169; s. 23, ch. 94-335; ss. 7, 11, ch. 97-6.