§ 2-36-302 - Northeast Arkansas District Fair Advisory Board. - Arkansas Statutes

2-36-302. Northeast Arkansas District Fair Advisory Board.

(a) (1) There is created the Northeast Arkansas District Fair Advisory Board to be composed of thirty-one (31) members:

(A) Five (5) members from Mississippi County;

(B) Four (4) members from Craighead County;

(C) Two (2) members from Greene County;

(D) One (1) member from Clay County;

(E) Three (3) members from Crittenden County;

(F) Two (2) members from St. Francis County;

(G) One (1) member from Cross County;

(H) Two (2) members from Poinsett County;

(I) Two (2) members from Jackson County;

(J) Two (2) members from Independence County;

(K) One (1) member from Lawrence County;

(L) One (1) member from Randolph County;

(M) One (1) member from Lee County;

(N) One (1) member from Woodruff County; and

(O) Three (3) members from White County.

(2) (A) The county fair board of each county shall select the person from that county to be a member of the Northeast Arkansas District Fair Advisory Board.

(B) If any county does not have a county fair board, the county judge of that county shall appoint that county's representative to the board.

(3) Members of the board shall serve four-year terms, and any vacancies arising in the board membership shall be filled in the same manner as were the original appointments.

(b) (1) In all matters, the fair shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission and otherwise conducted in the same manner as other district fairs.

(2) (A) The location of the Northeast Arkansas District Fair shall be determined by the Northeast Arkansas District Fair Advisory Board under the provisions of this section.

(B) (i) Determination of the location and the date of the fair shall be by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of a quorum of the board.

(ii) A quorum shall be sixteen (16) members.

(c) The board shall annually select a chair from among its membership.

(d) After each federal decennial census, the membership on the board shall be reapportioned among the counties listed in subsection (a) of this section in such manner as to reflect the proportionate population of each county relating to the district as a whole.