(a) Any producer member shall be a producer or an employee representing a producer who has a financial interest in producing, or causing to be produced, apples for market. Qualifications of producer members shall be maintained during their entire term of office.
(b) Any handler member, or employee representing that person, shall have a financial interest in marketing or packing apples for market. Qualifications of handler members shall be maintained during their entire term of office.
(c) The public member and alternate member on the commission, if appointed, shall have all of the powers, rights, and privileges of any other member or alternate member, respectively, on the commission. The public member and alternate member, if appointed, shall not have any financial interest in the apple industry.
(d) Not more than one member and one alternate member shall be persons employed by, or connected in a proprietary capacity with, the same corporation, firm, partnership, association, or business organization. Any alternate member serving on the commission who is employed by, or connected in a proprietary capacity with, a person serving as a member on the commission from the same company, firm, partnership, or business organization shall serve as an alternate to the member.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 374, Sec. 8. (AB 623) Effective January 1, 2022.)