Soil and water conservation commission members.

There is created a "soil and water conservation commission" to be composed of seven appointed members and five ex-officio members. The seven appointed members shall be selected by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. Six of the appointed members shall be supervisors and shall be selected and appointed from a panel of three candidates from each region, compiled by the districts of each region and presented by the president of the New Mexico association of conservation districts. One appointed member shall be selected at large and shall be a person interested and active in the conservation or development of natural resources in New Mexico. The five ex-officio members shall serve without vote and shall include: A. the governor or his designee; B. the associate director of the cooperative extension service of New Mexico state university or his designee; C. the associate director of the agricultural experiment station of New Mexico state university or his designee; D. the state conservationist of the natural resources conservation service of the United States department of agriculture or his designee; and E. the president of the New Mexico association of conservation districts or his designee.