22-5202. CARBON SEQUESTRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE CREATED — MEMBERSHIP — COMPENSATION — ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE. (1) The carbon sequestration advisory committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the following nineteen (19) members, to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor:

(a) The chairman of the Idaho state soil and water conservation commission or his designee;

(b) The director of the department of agriculture or his designee;

(c) The director of the department of environmental quality or his designee;

(d) The director of the department of lands or his designee;

(e) One (1) member representing the University of Idaho college of agriculture;

(f) One (1) member representing an entity which generates electrical energy;

(g) Two (2) members who are producers of field crops, at least one (1) of whom actively employs a minimum tillage management system in his farming operation;

(h) Two (2) members who are producers of livestock, at least one (1) of whom is actively involved in implementing a rangeland improvement plan;

(i) One (1) member with expertise in carbon sequestration marketing or trading;

(j) One (1) member representing soil conservation districts, as defined in section 22-2717, Idaho Code;

(k) One (1) member representing the biofuels industry;

(l) One (1) member representing the transportation industry;

(m) One (1) member representing an environmental protection or conservation organization;

(n) One (1) member representing nonindustrial private forest landowners;

(o) One (1) member representing American Indian tribal interests;

(p) One (1) member whose expertise is geology; and

(q) One (1) member whose expertise is economics.

(2) Members of the committee shall be compensated as provided in section 59-509(b), Idaho Code.

(3) The Idaho state soil and water conservation commission shall assist the committee with administrative support as reasonably requested by the committee.

History:

[(22-5202) 22-5102, added 2002, ch. 256, sec. 1, p. 737; am. & redesig. 2003, ch. 16, sec. 4, p. 53; am. 2006, ch. 217, sec. 1, p. 652; am. 2010, ch. 279, sec. 20, p. 745.]