[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR915.22]

[Page 101]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 915--AVOCADOS GROWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart--Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 915.22  Nomination.

    (a) Initial members. Nominations for each of the five initial grower 
members and four initial handler members of the committee, together with 
nominations for the initial alternate members for each position, may be 
submitted to the Secretary by individual growers and handlers. Such 
nominations may be made by means of group meetings of the growers and 
handlers concerned in each district. Such nominations, if made, shall be 
filed with the Secretary no later than ten calendar days prior to the 
effective date hereof. In the event nominations for initial members and 
alternate members of the committee; or the filed pursuant to, and within 
the time specified in, this section, the Secretary may select such 
initial members and alternate members without regard to nominations, but 
selections shall be on the basis of the representation provided for in 
Sec. 915.20.
    (b) Successor members. (1) The committee shall hold or cause to be 
held a meeting or meetings of growers and handlers in each district to 
designate nominees for successor members and alternate members of the 
committee; or the committee may conduct nominations by mail in District 
2 in a manner recommended by the committee and approved by the 
Secretary. Such nominations shall be submitted to the Secretary by the 
committee not later than February 15 of each year. The committee shall 
prescribe procedural rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this 
section, for the conduct of nomination.
    (2) Only growers may participate in the nomination and election of 
nominees for grower members and their alternates. Each grower shall be 
entitled to cast only one vote for each nominee to be elected in the 
district in which he produced avocados. No grower shall participate in 
the election of nominees in more than one district in any one fiscal 
year.
    (3) Only handlers may participate in the nomination and election of 
nominees for handler members and their alternates. Each handler shall be 
entitled to cast only one vote for each nominee to be elected in the 
district in which such handler handles avocados. Each vote shall be 
weighted by the volume of avocados shipped by such handler during the 
immediately preceding twelve-month period, January through December.

[19 FR 3439, June 11, 1954, as amended at 22 FR 3513, May 21, 1957. 
Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961, and amended at 40 FR 52605, 
Nov. 11, 1975; 40 FR 59719, Dec. 30, 1975; 52 FR 7118, Mar. 9, 1987]