<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 5.4. - Membership requirements.</div>
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               Each advisory board member, except those serving in an ex officio capacity, shall
               be registered to vote in Jackson County.
               
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                  5.4.1.
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                  At least five of the members shall be actively engaged in farming, horticulture and/or
                  forestry. The two remaining members shall have special interest, experience or education
                  in agriculture and/or rural land preservation. Of the members actively engaged in
                  farming, horticulture and/or forestry there shall be at least one such member from
                  each agricultural region identified in section 5.5. This determination shall be made
                  without reference to ex officio members.
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                  5.4.2.
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                  The board of commissioners shall appoint members based on recommendations and expressions
                  of interest from the Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors, the
                  Natural Resource Conservation Service, the County Office of North Carolina Cooperative
                  Extension, the U.S. Farm Service Agency County Committee, nonprofit agricultural organizations,
                  conservation organizations, agribusiness, horticultural businesses, forestry businesses,
                  and the public at large.
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                  5.4.3.
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                  Additional members shall be appointed to the board in an ex officio capacity from
                  the Soil and Water Conservation District Board, North Carolina Cooperative Extension,
                  the U.S. Farm Service Agency, or other agencies, as deemed necessary by the board
                  of commissioners. Members serving in an ex officio capacity shall neither vote nor
                  count toward quorum requirements.
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