69-1-113 - Agricultural Marketing Advisory Task Force.
§ 69-1-113. Agricultural Marketing Advisory Task Force.
(1) The Agricultural Marketing Advisory Task Force is hereby created, to be composed of the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce; the Vice-President, Division of Agriculture Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University; Alcorn State University, Divisional Director of Agriculture and Applied Sciences; Chairman and Vice-chairman, House of Representatives and Senate, Agriculture Committee; Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee; Chairman, Senate Finance Committee; Chairman and Vice-chairman, Senate and House of Representatives, Appropriations Committee; and the Director, the Department of Economic Development. The Legislative Committee Chairmen may designate other members of the respective committees to serve as his representative. The members of the task force shall meet and organize on or before May 6, 1988, at 12:00 Noon in the old Supreme Court Chamber of the New Capitol. The Chairman, Senate Agriculture Committee, shall serve as Chairman of the task force until July 1, 1989, at such time the Chairman, House of Representatives Agriculture Committee, shall become Chairman of the task force and serve for one (1) fiscal year. The Chairmen shall serve alternate terms thereafter.
(2) The task force shall work with and oversee the efforts of the Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council to develop an overall market plan, define the relationship of the public agencies' role in marketing, make recommendations concerning organization and funding in production, management and marketing areas and make recommendations for specific functions and responsibilities of state agencies related to the agricultural marketing program.
(3) The Mississippi Marketing of Agricultural Products and Industry Council shall meet and organize immediately upon adjournment of the organizational meeting of the task force.
Sources: Laws, 1988, ch. 591, § 7, eff from and after passage (approved May 24, 1988).