[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR905.22]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 905_ORANGES, GRAPEFRUIT, TANGERINES, AND TANGELOS GROWN IN FLORIDA
--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 905.22  Nominations.

    (a) Grower member. (1) The committee shall give public notice of a 
meeting of producers in each district to be held not later than July 10 
of each year, for the purpose of making nominations for grower members 
and alternate grower members. The committee, with the approval of the 
Secretary, shall prescribe uniform rules to govern such meetings and the 
balloting there at. The chairman of each meeting shall publicly announce 
at such meeting the names of the persons nominated, and the chairman and 
secretary of each such meeting shall transmit to the Secretary their 
certification as to the number of votes so cast, the names of the 
persons nominated, and such other information as the Secretary may 
request. All nominations shall be submitted to the Secretary on or 
before the 20th day of July.
    (2) Each nominee shall be a producer in the district from which he 
is nominated. In voting for nominees, each producer shall be entitled to 
cast one vote for each nominee in each of the districts in which he is a 
producer. At least three of the nominees and their alternates so 
nominated shall be affiliated with a bona fide cooperative marketing 
organization.
    (b) Shipper members. (1) the Committee shall give public notice of a 
meeting for bona fide cooperative marketing organizations which are 
handlers, and a meeting for other handlers who are not so affiliated, to 
be held not later than July 10 of each year, for the purpose of making 
nominations for shipper members and their alternates. The committee, 
with the approval of the Secretary, shall prescribe uniform rules to 
govern each such meeting and balloting thereat. The chairman of each 
such meeting shall publicly announce at the meeting the names of the 
persons nominated and the chairman and secretary of each such meeting 
shall transmit to the Secretary their certification as to the number of 
votes cast, the weight by volume of those shipments voted, and such 
other information as the Secretary may request. All nominations shall be 
submitted to the Secretary on or before the 20th day of July.
    (2) Nomination of at least three members and their alternates shall 
be made by bona fide cooperative marketing organizations which are 
handlers. Nominations for not more than five members and their 
alternates shall be made by handlers who are not so affiliated. In 
voting for nominees, each handler or his authorized representative shall 
be entitled to cast one vote, which shall be weighted by the volume of 
fruit by such handler during the then current fiscal period.

[42 FR 59369, Nov. 17, 1977]