[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1280.210]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1280--Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Order--Table of Contents
 
       Subpart A--Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Order
 
Sec. 1280.210  Powers and duties of the Board.

    The Board shall have the following powers and duties:
    (a) To administer this subpart in accordance with its terms and 
provisions;
    (b) To develop and recommend to the Secretary for approval such 
bylaws as may be necessary to administer the Order, including activities 
authorized to be carried out under the Order;
    (c) To meet not less than annually, organize, and select from among 
the members of the Board a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary/
Treasurer, other officers, and committees and subcommittees, as the 
Board determines to be appropriate;
    (d) To prepare and submit for the approval of the Secretary, fiscal 
year budgets in accordance with Sec. 1280.212.
    (e) To employ persons, other than the members, as the Board 
considers necessary to assist the Board in carrying out its duties, and 
to determine the compensation and specify the duties of the persons;
    (f) To develop and submit plans and projects to the Secretary for 
the Secretary's approval, and to enter into contracts or agreements, 
which must be approved by the Secretary before becoming effective, for 
the development and carrying out of programs or projects of research, 
information (including producer information), or promotion, and the 
payment of costs thereof with funds collected pursuant to this subpart. 
Each contract or agreement shall provide that any person who enters into 
a contract or agreement with the Board shall develop and submit to the 
Board a proposed activity; keep accurate records of all of its 
transactions relating to the contract or agreement; account for funds 
received and expended in connection with the contract or agreement; make 
periodic reports to the Board of activities conducted under the contract 
or agreement; and make such other reports available as the Board or the 
Secretary considers relevant. Any contract or agreement shall provide 
that:
    (1) The contractor or agreeing party shall develop and submit to the 
Board a program, plan, or project together with a budget or budgets that 
shall show the estimated cost to be incurred for such program, plan, or 
project;
    (2) The contractor or agreeing party shall keep accurate records of 
all its transactions and make periodic reports to the Board of 
activities conducted, submit accounting for funds received and expended, 
and make such other reports as the Secretary or the Board may require;
    (3) The Secretary may audit the records of the contracting or 
agreeing party periodically; and,
    (4) Any subcontractor who enters into a contract with a Board 
contractor and who receives or otherwise uses funds allocated by the 
Board shall be subject to the same provisions as the contractor.

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    (g) To receive, investigate, and report to the Secretary complaints 
of violations of the Order;
    (h) To recommend to the Secretary such amendments to the Order as 
the Board considers appropriate;
    (i) To maintain such records and books and prepare and submit such 
reports and records from time to time to the Secretary as the Secretary 
may prescribe; to make appropriate accounting with respect to the 
receipt and disbursement of all funds entrusted to it; and to keep 
records that accurately reflect the actions and transactions of the 
Board;
    (j) To cause its books to be audited by a competent auditor at the 
end of each fiscal year and at such other times as the Secretary may 
request, and to submit a report of the audit directly to the Secretary;
    (k) To give the Secretary the same notice of meetings of the Board 
as is given to members in order that the Secretary's representative(s) 
may attend such meetings, and to keep and report minutes of each meeting 
of the Board to the Secretary;
    (l) To furnish to the Secretary any information or records that the 
Secretary may request;
    (m) To work to achieve an effective, continuous, and coordinated 
program of promotion, research, and information (including producer 
information), designed to strengthen the lamb industry's position in the 
marketplace; maintain and expand existing markets and uses for lamb and 
lamb products; and to carry out programs, plans, and projects designed 
to provide maximum benefits to the lamb industry;
    (n) To provide not less than annually a report to producers, feeders 
and first handlers, accounting for the funds expended by the Board, and 
describing programs implemented under the Act; and to make such report 
available to the public upon request;
    (o) To invest funds in accordance with Sec. 1280.213.