Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-G, sub-§22-A is enacted to read:

22-A. Integrated Expenses 7 MRSA

Agriculture Pest Only §2404

Management

Council

Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §2402, as amended by PL 1993, c. 251, Pt. B, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §§2404 and 2405 are enacted to read:

§2404.__Integrated Pest Management Council

1.__Establishment; meetings.__The Integrated Pest Management Council, referred to in this section as the "council," as established in Title 5, section 12004-G, subsection 22-A, is created within the department and is administered jointly by the department and the University of Maine Cooperative Extension Pest Management Office.__Members of the council must be jointly appointed by the commissioner and the Director of the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.__The council must meet at least 2 times a year.__Members are entitled to reimbursement for expenses only in accordance with Title 5, chapter 379.

2.__Membership.__The council consists of the following 11 members:

A.__Three members representing agricultural pest management;

B.__One member representing a citizen interest organization;

C.__One member representing the interest of forestry;

D.__One member representing organic growers and producers;

E.__One member representing structural pest management;

F.__One member representing rights-of-way vegetation management;

G.__One member representing turf or landscape management;

H.__One member representing a nonprofit environmental organization; and

I.__One member representing integrated pest management research.