(1) The Oregon Wheat Commission shall appoint an administrator, who may be an employee of the commission. If the administrator is an employee of the commission, the administrator shall be an unclassified employee for purposes of ORS Chapter 240. An administrator serves at the pleasure of the commission.

(2) The administrator is a nonvoting member of the commission.

(3) The administrator shall proceed immediately to prepare the plans and general program necessary and adequate to carry out the policies that are adopted by the commission.

(4) The administrator shall be compensated in the amount fixed by the commission. [Amended by 1959 c.596 § 40; 2009 c.193 § 13]