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SENATE BILL NO. 169
BY SENATORS ALLAIN, LONG, RISER, THOMPSON AND WALSWORTH
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 3:730.3(B)(1) and (D), relative to the membership of the2
Louisiana Strawberry Marketing Board; to decrease the membership of the board;3
to provide for quorum; to provide for technical corrections; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 3:730.3(B)(1) and (D) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows: 8
ยง730.3. Louisiana Strawberry Marketing Board9
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B. (1) The board shall consist of fourteen twelve members. Eleven Nine11
members shall be appointed by the commissioner and confirmed by the Senate as12
follows:13
(a) Seven members shall be practicing strawberry producers.14
(b) One member shall be a banker with knowledge of the strawberry industry.15
(c) One member shall be an agricultural chemical dealer, representative, or16
consultant with knowledge of the strawberry industry.17
(d)(c) One member shall be a consumer with knowledge of the strawberry18
industry.19
(e) One member shall be a person with a financial interest in the strawberry20
industry.21
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D. The presence of seven six members of the board shall constitute a quorum23
for the transaction of all business and the carrying out of duties of the board. Each24
member shall take and subscribe to the oath of office prescribed for state officers. No25
member of the board shall receive any salary, but each member shall receive the sum26
of twenty dollars per day for each day spent in actual attendance of meetings of the27
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board and such allowance for traveling expenses in attending the meeting as is1
allowed other state employees for traveling expenses.2
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: