Sec. 203.3. Establishment and members of advisory board

(a) The commissioner shall appoint eight members of the board who shall be growers, and one member shall be a representative of the department or the public generally, and shall be neither grower nor handler.

(b) Grower members of the advisory board shall be selected and appointed by the commissioner from nominations as provided in section 203.4 of this Part.

(c) To fill any vacancy caused by the failure of any person selected and appointed as a board member to qualify, or in the event of the death, removal, resignation or disqualification of any member, a successor for his or her unexpired term shall be selected by the commissioner from previously unselected nominations made in the manner specified in section 203.4 of this Part. In the event additional nominations are needed, the commissioner shall obtain such nominations in the same manner as provided in section 203.4 for regular nominations.