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            |   78.       Board of State Taxes. (1)           The State Government may, by notification, establish       with effect from such date as may be specified in the notification, a       Board to be known as the Uttar Pradesh State Tax Board to perform the       functions conferred on it, by or under this Act or the rules made there       under, consisting of the following members:- |  
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                        | (a) | The               Principal Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh in Commercial Tax               Department | Chairperson                     ex-Officio |  
                        | (b) | Commissioner               Commercial Tax, Uttar Pradesh | Member               ex-Officio |  
                        | (c) | Additional               Commissioner [Vidhi] Commercial Tax, Uttar Pradesh | Member               ex-Officio |  
                        | (d) | Additional               Director [Training], Commercial Tax, Uttar Pradesh | Member               ex-Officio |  
                        | (e) | Joint               Commissioner (sodh) Commercial Taxes Headquarters  Lucknow   | Member Secretary   |  
                        | (f) | Additional               Legal Remembrancer nominated by the Principal Secretary and Legal               Remembrancer to the State Government   | Member |  
                        | (g) | An               officer of the Finance Department not below the rank of special               secretary to be nominated by the Principal Secretary to the               Government of Uttar Pradesh in  the Finance Department    | Member |  
                        | (h) | A               person who has been a Professor of Economics of a University,               nominated by the State Government | Member |  
                        | (i) | A               person who has been the Member of the Tribunal or the Additional               Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, nominated by the State Government | Member |  
                        | (j) | Two               persons from amongst office bearers of the  recognized Trade               Association nominated by the State Government   | Members |  |  
            | (2)           The Board shall be the apex advisory body       regarding system of tax collections, changes in the rate of tax, rules and       procedures, promulgation of schemes, notifications, orders and such other       matters as the State Government may from time to time assign to it. (3)           The members referred to in clause (h) to (j) of       sub-section-(1) shall be entitled to get such facility or benefit and       remuneration as may be determined from time to time by the State       Government. |  |