(1) (a) A board is hereby established that shall be known by the name and title of the board of governors of the Colorado state university system, referred to in this section as the "board". It shall consist of a total of fifteen members as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection (1).

(b) Six of the members shall be advisory, without the right to vote. The six advisory members shall be elected or appointed by their respective governing bodies from their membership. The advisory officers shall serve terms of one academic year. The advisory members shall consist of:

(I) One elected officer of the student body who is a full-time junior or senior student at Colorado state university;

(II) One elected officer of the faculty council of Colorado state university having the rank of associate professor or higher;

(III) One elected officer of the student body who is a full-time junior or senior student at the Colorado state university - Pueblo;

(IV) One elected officer of the faculty council of the Colorado state university - Pueblo having the rank of associate professor or higher;

(V) One student in good standing from the CSU global campus student body, to be recommended by the student affairs committee and approved by the governing council at CSU global campus; and

(VI) One CSU global campus faculty member with a minimum of three years of service on the CSU global campus faculty, to be recommended by the faculty affairs committee and approved by the governing council at CSU global campus.

(c) Commencing with appointments made in 1974 and continuing through appointments made in 2006, the remaining nine members of the board, at least one of whom shall be a graduate of the Colorado state university or Colorado state university - Pueblo and at least two of whom shall have some connection with agriculture, shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, for basic terms of four years, although interim appointments may be made for lesser periods so that at least two of the nine terms will expire in each calendar year.

(d) Commencing with appointments made in 2007 and subsequent years, the remaining nine members of the board shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, for terms of four years, in the following manner:

(I) One of the nine voting members shall either reside in Larimer county or be a graduate of Colorado state university.

(II) One of the nine voting members shall either reside in southern Colorado or be a graduate of Colorado state university - Pueblo.

(III) At least two of the nine voting members shall have substantial experience in the production of agriculture.

(IV) The appointment of the voting members not appointed under subparagraphs (I) and (II) of this paragraph (d) shall be made with consideration given to broad geographical representation whenever possible.

(e) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2008, p. 1999, § 1, effective August 5, 2008.)

(f) For purposes of paragraph (d) of this subsection (1), "southern Colorado" means Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Mineral, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, and Saguache counties.

(g) Members appointed on or after January 1, 2007, shall serve terms of up to four years, expiring on December 31 of the third calendar year following the calendar year in which the member is appointed.

(h) A person, elected or appointed under this section, shall not serve on the board for more than two terms; except that a member of the board, whether elected or appointed, shall continue to serve until a successor is elected or appointed and confirmed by the senate.

(i) Of the nine members appointed by the governor, no more than five members shall be from the same political party.

(j) For the purposes of this section, "full-time student" means the same as it does in the respective institutions.

(2) (a) Whenever any law of this state refers to the state board of agriculture, it shall be taken to refer to the board of governors of the Colorado state university system. The legal effect of any statute heretofore designating the board of governors of the Colorado state university system by any other name, or property rights heretofore acquired and obligations heretofore incurred under any other name, shall not be impaired.

(b) The revisor of statutes is authorized to make such changes in other provisions of the statutes as may be necessary to conform such provisions to the change of name of the board specified in subsection (1) of this section.