There is hereby created in the department of self-governing agencies an Idaho cherry commission to be thus known and designated. The commission shall be composed of three (3) practical cherry growers and two (2) practical cherry dealers.
The three (3) grower members shall be citizens and residents of this state over the age of twenty-five (25) years, each of whom is and has been actively engaged in the growing and producing of cherries within the state of Idaho and a major portion of his income from cherries has been derived from growing cherries.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 22-3702

  • Commission: means the Idaho cherry commission. See Idaho Code 22-3703
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dealer: means any person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative or other business unit or device who first handles, packs, ships, buys or sells cherries or who acts as sales or purchasing agent, broker or factor of cherries. See Idaho Code 22-3703
  • Grower: means any landowner personally engaged in growing cherries, a tenant personally engaged in growing cherries or both the owner and tenant jointly, and includes a person, partnership, association, corporation, cooperative organization, trust, sharecropper, or any and all other business units, devices and arrangements that grow cherries. See Idaho Code 22-3703
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
The two (2) dealer members shall be persons who, either individually or as executive officers of a corporation, firm, partnership, association or cooperative organization are and have been actively engaged as dealers of cherries within the state of Idaho, are citizens and residents of this state, are over the age of twenty-five (25) years and a major portion of their income from cherries has been derived from handling, packing, shipping, buying or selling cherries or acting as sales or purchasing agent, broker, or factor of cherries.
The qualifications of members of the commission as herein set forth must continue during their term of office. The commission shall elect its chairman. Each member of the commission shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509(d), Idaho Code.