HB 1623-1_ Filed 02/07/2003, 13:37


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COMMITTEE REPORT


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13

                                                        NO:
0

MR. SPEAKER:
    Your Committee on       Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development     , to which was referred       House Bill 1623     , has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:

    Delete the title and insert the following:
    A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning agriculture.
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

SOURCE: IC 15-1.5-2-2; (03)AM162301.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 15-1.5-2-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 2. (a) The commission consists of seven (7) eight (8) members as follows:
        (1) Five (5) members appointed by the governor.
        (2) The presiding officer of the board.
        (3) The commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designee.
         (4) The presiding officer of the board of trustees of the center for agricultural science and heritage or the presiding officer's

designee who must be selected from the membership of the board of trustees of the center for agricultural science and heritage.
    (b) Not more than one (1) member appointed under subsection (a)(1) may reside in the same district. Each district is not required to have a member of the commission represent it.
    (c) Not more than three (3) members appointed under subsection (a)(1) may be affiliated with the same political party.
    (d) Two (2) members appointed under subsection (a)(1) must have a recognized interest in agriculture or agribusiness.

SOURCE: IC 15-1.5-10.5-4; (03)AM162301.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 15-1.5-10.5-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 4. (a) The barn is governed by a board of trustees. The trustees include the following twenty-five (25) seventeen (17) individuals:
        (1) The governor or the governor's designee.
        (2) The commissioner of agriculture or the commissioner's designee.
        (3) The state superintendent of public instruction or the state superintendent's designee.
        (4) The dean of agriculture of Purdue University or the dean's designee.
        (5) The president of the Purdue University Agriculture Alumni Association or the president's designee.
        (6) The state veterinarian or the state veterinarian's designee.
        (7) The presiding officer of the state fair commission or the presiding officer's designee selected from the membership of the state fair commission.
        (8) The presiding officer of the state fair board or the presiding officer's designee selected from the membership of the state fair board.
        (9) One (1) member appointed by the largest Indiana organization representing agricultural interests in Indiana, as determined by the number of members of the organization. The member serves at the pleasure of the member's organization.
        (10) One (1) member appointed by the second largest Indiana organization representing agricultural interests in Indiana, as determined by the number of members of the organization. The

member serves at the pleasure of the member's organization.


        (11) Fifteen (15) Seven (7) members appointed by the governor.
    (b) Of the members appointed under subsection (a)(11), not more than eight (8) four (4) may be affiliated with the same political party.
    (c) Each member appointed under subsection (a)(11) must have a recognized interest in the barn.
SOURCE: ; (03)AM162301.3. -->     SECTION 3. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003] (a) Notwithstanding IC 15-1.5-10.5-4 (a)(11), as amended by this act, an individual serving on the board of trustees of the center for agricultural science and heritage on July 1, 2003, may serve the remainder of the individual's term. However, the number of positions on the board that the governor may fill under IC 15-1.5-10.5-4 (a)(11) upon the expiration of the members' terms is set forth in the following table:
    YEAR    POSITIONS FILLED
    2003        2
    2004        2
    2005        3
    (b) This SECTION expires January 1, 2006.

    (Reference is to HB 1623 as introduced.)

and when so amended that said bill do pass.

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Representative Bischoff


AM162301/DI 92    2003