11-10-115. State fair board; membership; terms; compensation.

(a) There is created the state fair board consisting of the following members:

(i) One (1) voting member appointed by the governor from each of the four (4) quadrants specified in W.S. 11-2-102(e)(i) through (iv). Each of these members shall be engaged primarily in agricultural work and shall be selected to represent a cross section of the agriculture industry. Appointments shall rotate consecutively among all the counties of the quadrants;

(ii) One (1) voting member jointly appointed by a majority vote of both the Converse county board of commissioners and the governing body of the city of Douglas;

(iii) One (1) voting member appointed by the dean of the University of Wyoming college of agriculture from the Wyoming cooperative extension service;

(iv) One (1) voting member selected by the Wyoming vocational agricultural teachers association from its membership;

(v) One (1) voting member appointed by the governor from the department of state parks and cultural resources;

(vi) One (1) voting member appointed by the governor from the Wyoming business council;

(vii) One (1) voting member appointed by the governor from the Wyoming tourism board or a representative of the Wyoming tourism board;

(viii) One (1) voting member appointed by the governor from the energy industry;

(ix) One (1) at-large voting member who is engaged primarily in agricultural work, appointed by the governor;

(x) The director shall serve as a voting member;

(xi) The governor or his designee and the dean of the University of Wyoming college of agriculture, or the dean's designee, shall serve as nonvoting ex officio members.

(b) The members of the state fair board appointed under paragraph (a)(i) of this section shall serve for a term of six (6) years. The members of the state fair board appointed under paragraphs (a)(ii) through (ix) of this section shall serve for a term of four (4) years. Any state fair board member appointed by the governor is subject to removal as provided in W.S. 9-1-202.

(c) Except as provided in this section, the state fair board members shall be paid a salary of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day for attending and traveling to and from official state fair board meetings and shall receive mileage and per diem in the same manner as state employees as provided by W.S. 9-3-102. Members who are government employees or public officials appointed to the state fair board to represent an agency, department, board or institution of the state, including the University of Wyoming, shall receive no salary but shall be considered on official business when performing duties as members of the state fair board and shall receive mileage and per diem in the manner provided by the agency, department, board or institution the member represents.