Members of the Nursery Advisory Board shall not receive a salary but may receive a per diem in accordance with the Department of Human Resources rules for attendance at meetings and other advisory board activities authorized by the advisory board and approved by the secretary.

It is hereby declared, as a matter of legislative determination, that voting members appointed to the Nursery Advisory Board pursuant to this chapter are intended to represent and further the interest of a particular agricultural industry concerned, and that the representation and furtherance of that representation is intended to serve the public interest. Accordingly, the Legislature finds that, with respect to persons who are appointed to the advisory board, the particular agricultural industry concerned is tantamount to, and constitutes, the public generally within the meaning of Section 87103 of the Government Code.