It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that representatives of the agricultural industry appointed to the State Board of Food and Agriculture pursuant to this chapter are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular industry concerned, and that such representation and furtherance is intended to serve the public interest. Accordingly, the Legislature finds that, with respect to persons who are appointed to such board, the particular industry concerned is tantamount to, and constitutes, the public generally within the meaning of § 87103 of the Government Code.

(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1429.)