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BOOK 22 mE 3 <br />C. Membership Requirements <br />Each Advisory Board member, except those serving in an ex officio capacity, shall <br />be a Lee County resident or landowner. <br />2. A majority of the members shall be actively engaged in farming, horticulture and/or <br />forestry. Of the members actively engaged in fanning, horticulture and/or forestry <br />there shall be at least one such member from each agricultural district in Lee County. <br />This determination shall be made without reference to ex officio members. <br />3. The members actively engaged in fainting, horticulture and/or forestry as well as <br />other members, shall be selected for appointment by the Board of Commissioners <br />from the names of individuals submitted to the Board of Commissioners by the Soil <br />and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, North Carolina Cooperative <br />Extension - Lee County, the U.S. Farm Service Agency County Committee, <br />nonprofit agricultural organizations, conservation organizations, agribusiness, <br />horticultural businesses, forestry businesses, and the public at large. <br />4. Additional members may be appointed to the Board in an ex gffzcio capacity from <br />the Soil and Water Conservation District, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, the <br />U.S. Farm Service Agency, or other agencies, as deemed necessary by the Board of <br />Commissioners. Members serving in an ex officio capacity shall neither vote nor <br />count toward quorum requirements. <br />D. Tenure <br />The initial board is to consist of 2 appointees for terms of one year; 2 appointees for terms of <br />two years; and 3 appointees for terms of three years. Thereafter, all appointments are to be <br />for terms of three years, with reappointment permitted. <br />E. Vacancies <br />Any vacancy on the Advisory Board is to be filled by the Board of Commissioners for the <br />remainder of the unexpired term. <br />F. Removal <br />Any member of the Advisory Board may be removed by the Board of Commissioners upon <br />a two-thirds vote of the Commissioners. No cause for removal shall be required. <br />G. Fundine <br />The per diem compensation, if any, of the members of the Advisory Board may be fixed by <br />the Board of Commissioners and funds may be appropriated to the Advisory Board to <br />perform its duties. <br />