2023 Idaho Code › Title 38 - FORESTRY, FOREST PRODUCTS AND STUMPAGE DISTRICTS › Chapter 12 - LOG SCALING › Section 38-1203 - IDAHO BOARD OF SCALING PRACTICES — MEMBERS — TERMS.

38-1203. IDAHO BOARD OF SCALING PRACTICES — MEMBERS — TERMS. (1) A board to be known as the "Idaho board of scaling practices" is hereby created in the department of lands. It shall consist of the director of the department of lands and six (6) members appointed by the governor from among nominees representing the following segments of the timber industry of Idaho: manufacturing, logging and transportation, nonindustrial private forest landowners and industrial forest landowners. Provided that:
(a) Two (2) board members shall be appointed from nominees provided to the governor by companies processing scaled logs within the state of Idaho to represent the interests of the manufacturing segment of the timber industry, one (1) member from companies consuming less than one hundred million (100,000,000) board feet of logs annually and one (1) member from companies consuming more than one hundred million (100,000,000) board feet of logs annually.
(b) Two (2) board members shall be appointed from nominees provided to the governor by the associated logging contractors of Idaho, inc., to represent the interests of the logging and transportation segment of the timber industry, one (1) member from north of the Salmon river and one (1) member from south of the Salmon river.
(c) One (1) board member shall be appointed from nominees provided to the governor by the Idaho forest owners association to represent the interests of nonindustrial private forest landowners throughout the state. The person representing nonindustrial private forest landowners shall own not more than fifty thousand (50,000) acres of private forest land and shall not own or control a forest products manufacturing facility within the state. In choosing this person, the governor shall give preference to persons with a demonstrated history of selling timber or logs to a variety of purchasers and who have scaling or forest management experience.
(d) One (1) board member shall be appointed from nominees provided to the governor by timber growing landowners holding more than fifty thousand (50,000) acres of forest land within the state of Idaho, to represent the interests of industrial forest landowners.
(e) No person or legal entity representing the interests of manufacturing or industrial forest landowners shall have more than one (1) board seat at the same time.
(2) The members of the board shall have the qualifications required by section 38-1204, Idaho Code. The members of the board shall be appointed for a three (3) year term. Each member of the board shall take, subscribe and file the oath required by sections 59-401 through 59-408, Idaho Code, before entering upon the duties of his office. On the expiration of the term of any member, his successor shall be appointed in like manner by the governor for a term of three (3) years and unexpired terms shall be filled for the unexpired balance of the term. Upon expiration of the term of office, a member shall continue to serve until a successor shall have been appointed.
History:
[38-1203, added 1969, ch. 91, sec. 3, p. 305; am. 1972, ch. 114, sec. 1, p. 229; am. 1974, ch. 17, sec. 20, p. 308; am. 1986, ch. 330, sec. 1, p. 813; am. 1999, ch. 120, sec. 1, p. 357; am. 2008, ch. 200, sec. 1, p. 645; am. 2012, ch. 204, sec. 1, p. 544.]