§1893-C. ATV Trail Advisory Council established

1.__Appointment and composition.__The ATV Trail Advisory Council, referred to in this section as "the advisory council" and established by Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 3-C, consists of 11 members.__The director or the director's designee serves as an ex officio member and may vote only to break a tie.__ The other 10 members are appointed by the commissioner as follows:

A.__Three members who represent local ATV clubs from different regions of the State that are ATV Recreational Management Fund grantees. One of these members must belong to both an ATV club and a snowmobile club;

B.__One member who represents municipal ATV Recreational Management Fund grantees;

C.__One member who represents a statewide organization with an interest in operating ATVs;

D.__One member who represents ATV and snowmobile business interests;

E.__One member who represents large landowner interests with land holdings of more than 250,000 acres;

F.__One member who represents a statewide environmental group;

G.__One member who represents a statewide farming organization; and

H.__One member who represents woodlot owners' interests.

2.__Terms.__Members of the advisory council serve for 3 years, except that initially the members appointed under subsection 1, paragraphs A, B, C and D shall draw lots for 2-year or 3-year terms.__Members continue serving until a successor is duly appointed and qualified.__A member may not serve more than 2 consecutive 3-year terms.__When a vacancy__occurs, the commissioner shall fill the vacancy by appointing a member from the same category as the member who vacated the advisory council and that member continues to serve for the remainder of the term.__ An employee of the department may not serve as a member of the advisory council prior to the expiration of one year from the employee's last day of employment with the department.__A Legislator may not serve as a member of the advisory council.