A. With the exception of the ex officio members, the Governor shall appoint a Commission to be known as the Oklahoma Wheat Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission who shall advise and direct the Director of the Wheat Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission.

B. The Commission shall be composed of five (5) members who:

1. Are at least twenty-five (25) years of age and residents of Oklahoma;

2. Have been actually engaged in growing wheat in this state for a period of at least five (5) years; and

3. Derive a substantial portion of their income from growing wheat.

C. The five members of the Commission shall be residents of and have farming operations in those areas of the state designated as Districts I through V, one from each District:

1. District I, consisting of Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant and Major counties;

2. District II, consisting of Beaver, Cimarron, Ellis, Harper, Texas, Woods and Woodward counties;

3. District III, consisting of Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Kingfisher, Roger Mills and Washita counties;

4. District IV, consisting of Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and Tillman counties; and

5. District V, consisting of all counties east of the western boundary lines of Kay, Noble, Logan, Oklahoma, Cleveland, Grady, Stephens and Jefferson counties.

D. 1. The Governor shall appoint one member of the Commission for each of the Districts established in subsection C of this section from lists of three nominees for each of the five Districts as selected by the wheat producers of each District in meetings called by the Oklahoma Wheat Utilization, Research and Market Development Commission.

2. All producers who have paid a fee and left it with the Commission during the current year, as provided in the Oklahoma Wheat Resources Act, shall be eligible to vote in the meetings for their respective Districts; provided, that all wheat producers shall be eligible to vote in the selection of nominees for the initial appointments to the Commission. It shall be the responsibility of the producer to prove his or her eligibility to vote.

E. Ex officio, nonvoting members of the Commission shall be the President of the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture and the Director of the State Extension Service.

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