§4102. Membership of Board
(a) Composition, appointment, etc.
The Board shall be composed of eleven members appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the "Secretary") as follows:
(1) seven members who, individually or as a group, are engaged in the commercial production of each of the program crops and in one or more of the other various major agricultural commodities produced in the United States. The Secretary shall assure that the major geographical production areas of the major agricultural commodities are represented;
(2) three members who, by virtue of their education, training, or experience, have extensive knowledge of the costs associated with the production of the major agricultural commodities; these members may be drawn from the fields of agricultural economics, banking, finance, accounting, or related areas; and
(3) one member who is an employee of the Department of Agriculture (hereafter referred to in this chapter as the "Department"), who shall serve at the pleasure of the Secretary, and who shall advise and inform the Board as to the methodology used by the Department in making its cost of production calculations.
(b) Duration of terms
The terms of the initial Board members shall expire (as designated by the Secretary at the time of appointment) as follows: two at the end of the first year, two at the end of the second year, three at the end of the third year, and three at the end of the fourth year. Thereafter, the terms of all members, with the exception of the member provided for in subsection (a)(3) of this section, shall be four years, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board shall be appointed only for the unexpired term of such person's predecessor.
(c) Number of terms
A person may serve as a member of the Board for one or more terms.
(d) Chairman and Vice Chairman
The Secretary shall designate one member of the Board to serve as Chairman and one member to serve as Vice Chairman, respectively, each of which shall serve as such until his or her respective term expires. The Board member provided for in subsection (a)(3) of this section may not serve as Chairman or Vice Chairman.
(Pub. L. 97 98, title X, §1006, Dec. 22, 1981,
Amendments
1990-Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101 624 substituted "seven members who, individually or as a group, are engaged in the commercial production of each of the program crops and in one or more of the other various major agricultural commodities produced in the United States" for "seven members who are engaged in the commercial production of one or more of the various major agricultural commodities produced in the United States".
1985-Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99 198 amended subsec. (c) generally, substituting provision authorizing a person to serve as a member of the Board for one or more terms for provision limiting a person to two terms of service with the Board, with the exception of the member provided for in subsec. (a)(3) of this section.
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 101 624 effective beginning with 1991 crop of an agricultural commodity, with provision for prior crops, see section 1171 of Pub. L. 101 624, set out as a note under section 1421 of this title.