Section 17-331. Advisory board

a. The commissioner shall appoint an advisory
  board consisting of five members as follows:
    1.  Two  members  shall  be  appointed from among the owners of rental
  horse businesses operating  within  the  city,  one  of  whom  shall  be
  representative  of  the  interests of owners of riding horses and one of
  whom shall be representative of the  interests  of  owners  of  carriage
  horses.
    2.  Two  members shall be appointed from the public at large. However,
  in no event shall more than one person so appointed to the  board  be  a
  member  of  the  board  of directors or an employee of any animal humane
  society or association.
    3. One member shall be a veterinarian.
    b. The terms of office of the members of  the  board  shall  be  three
  years  except  that  the  terms of office of the members first appointed
  shall be as follows:
    1. Two of such members first appointed shall serve for a  term  ending
  on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred eighty-two.
    2.  Two  of such members first appointed shall serve for a term ending
  on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred eighty-three.
    3. One of such members first appointed shall serve for a  term  ending
  on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred eighty-four.
    c. The members of the board shall serve without compensation.
    d.  The  board  shall  make  recommendations  to  the  commissioner on
  regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter and
  to promote the  health,  safety  and  well-being  of  horses  which  are
  required  to be licensed hereunder and of members of the public who hire
  such horses.