[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: 7CFR917.34]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 917_FRESH PEARS AND PEACHES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 917.34  Duties of Control Committee.

    The Control Committee shall have the following duties:
    (a) To act as intermediary between the Secretary and any grower or 
shippers.
    (b) To keep minute books and records which will clearly reflect all 
of the acts and transactions of said Control Committee; and such minute 
books and records shall be subject at any time to examination by the 
Secretary or by such person as may be designated by the Secretary.
    (c) To investigate, from time to time, and assemble data on the 
growing, shipping, and marketing conditions respecting fruit, as defined 
in Sec. 917.4; to engage in such research and service activities in 
connection with the handling of such fruit as may be approved, from time 
to time, by the Secretary; and to furnish to the Secretary such 
available information as may be requested.
    (d) To appoint such employees, agents, and representatives as it may 
deem necessary, and to determine the compensation and define the duties 
of each.
    (e) To develop and provide the commodity committees data on shared 
expenses to facilitate equitable apportionment of such expenses in the 
development of budgets.
    (f) To confer with representatives of shippers and growers of fruit 
produced in other states and areas with respect to the formulation or 
operation of marketing agreements providing for the regulation of 
shipments among the several states and areas in the United States in 
which such fruit is grown.
    (g) With the approval of the Secretary establish procedures for the 
selection and appointment of a public member and alternate to each of 
the commodity committees.
    (h) To establish and define the duties of additional committees or 
subcommittees to assist in the performance of any of the duties and 
functions of the Control Committee.
    (i) To defend all legal proceedings against any committee members 
(individually or as members) or any officers or employees of such 
committees arising out of any act or omission made in good faith 
pursuant to the provisions of this part.
    (j) To cause the books of the Control Committee to be audited by a 
competent accountant at least once each fiscal period and at such other 
time or times as the Control Committee may deem necessary or as the 
Secretary may request. Such audit shall indicate whether the funds have 
been received and expended in accordance with the provisions of this 
part.
    (k) To appoint nomination committees if it deems proper for any or 
each nomination meeting held pursuant to Sec. Sec. 917.21 and 917.22. 
Such nomination committees would canvas prospective members and 
alternate members to the commodity committees to determine their 
eligibility and willingness to serve and present a slate of nominees to 
the meeting or meetings. The presentation of nominees by the nominating 
committee at these meetings shall not exclude the right of any grower to 
nominate any eligible person at such meeting.

[41 FR 17528, Apr. 27, 1976, as amended at 56 FR 46369, Sept. 12, 1991]

    Effective Date Note: At 59 FR 10056, Mar. 3, 1994, in Sec. 917.34, 
in paragraph (k), the words ``Sec. 917.21 and'' were suspended, 
effective April 4, 1994.