(a) Any producer member and his or her alternate member shall be a producer or an authorized representative of a producer. Producer members and their alternate members shall maintain their qualifications pursuant to Section 77528 during their term of office.

(b) Not more than one producer member and one alternate member shall be persons employed by, or connected in a proprietary capacity with, the same corporation, firm, partnership, association, or business organization. Any alternate serving on the commission who is employed by, or connected in a proprietary capacity with, a person serving as a member of the commission from the same corporation, firm, partnership, association, or business organization, shall serve as an alternate to the member.

(c) The public member and his or her alternate member on the commission shall have all the powers, rights, and privileges of any other member or alternate member, respectively, on the commission. The public member and his or her alternate member shall not have any financial interest in the forest products industry.

(d) The industry member and his or her alternate member on the commission shall have all the powers, rights, and privileges of any other member or alternate member, respectively, on the commission. The industry member or his or her alternate member may have a financial interest in the forest products industry. However, the industry member or his or her alternate member shall not be a producer as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 77528, or a person who sells or acquires timber but who is exempt from the meaning of “producer” pursuant to subdivision (c) of that section.

(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1127, Sec. 4. Effective October 11, 1993.)