1.    The commissioner may participate, as a nonvoting member, in any regular or special meeting of a commodity group, including any executive session held by a commodity group.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 4.1-01-12

  • Commissioner: means the agriculture commissioner or the designee or authorized representative of the commissioner. See North Dakota Code 4.1-01-01
  • Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.

2.    Annually, the commissioner shall call a meeting of representatives from each commodity group to engage in collaborative efforts to promote and market agricultural commodities.

3.    For purposes of this section, “commodity group” means the:

a.    North Dakota barley council; b.    North Dakota beef commission;     c.    North Dakota beekeepers association; d.    North Dakota corn utilization council; e.    North Dakota dairy promotion commission; f.    North Dakota dry bean council; g.    North Dakota dry pea and lentil council; h.    North Dakota oilseed council; i.    North Dakota potato council; j.    North Dakota soybean council; k.    North Dakota turkey federation; and l.    North Dakota wheat commission.