Section 2-5-2

Composition; qualifications of members; terms of office; chair and vice-chair.

The Farmers' Market Authority shall consist of the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries by virtue of his or her office and eight members, at least one from each congressional district, appointed by the Governor. Persons selected for membership on the Farmers' Market Authority shall be directly connected with agriculture by virtue of devoting a majority of their business activity to the production, processing, or distribution of agricultural products. The members shall be appointed by the Governor of Alabama and confirmed by the state Senate. In the initial appointment, two members shall serve a six-year term, three members a four-year term, and three members a two-year term, and thereafter each member shall serve a six-year term. The members of the authority shall elect a chair and vice-chair from among their own number.

(Acts 1965, No. 672, p. 1208, §2; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 174, p. 200; Act 98-243, p. 396, § 1.)