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(b) The director of the department of commerce, or the director's 1 designee, shall appoint members to the aviation and aerospace 2 advisory committee including, at a minimum: 3 (i) Two county commissioners, one from east of the crest of the 4 Cascade mountains and one from west of the crest of the Cascade 5 mountains; 6 (ii) An owner of an aviation company and an owner of an aerospace 7 company or their representatives; 8 (iii) The director of the aviation division of the department of 9 transportation, or the director's designee; 10 (iv) Two individuals who are top executive officials of a 11 commercial service airport, typically with the title of chief 12 executive officer, airport director, or executive director, one from 13 an airport located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains and one 14 from an airport located west of the crest of the Cascade mountains; 15 (v) Advisory members from the federal aviation administration; 16 (vi) The aerospace lead from the department of commerce or a 17 representative of the department; 18 (vii) A representative of a statewide environmental organization; 19 (viii) A representative of the military department; 20 (ix) A representative of the state board for community and 21 technical colleges; 22 (x) Representatives from airport associations; 23 (xi) Representatives from an aviation and aerospace educational 24 program; and 25 (xii) Representatives from both aviation and aerospace 26 associations. 27 (c) The director of the department and the secretary of the 28 department of transportation, or their designees, shall serve as the 29 administrative cochairs of the aviation and aerospace advisory 30 committee. 31 (d) The department must provide staff support for all aviation 32 and aerospace advisory committee meetings. 33 (e) The aviation and aerospace advisory committee must meet at 34 the call of the administrative cochairs for any purpose that directly 35 relates to the duties set forth in (a) of this subsection, or as 36 otherwise requested by the director, secretary, or their designees as 37 the administrative cochairs. 38 (f) In consultation with the aviation and aerospace advisory 39 committee, the department must develop a strategic plan for the 40 p. 780 ESSB 5187.SL