[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: 7CFR920.31]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 920_KIWIFRUIT GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 920.31  Duties.

    The committee shall have, among others, the following duties:
    (a) To select a chairperson and such other officers as may be 
necessary, and to define the duties of such officers;
    (b) To appoint such employees, agents and representatives as it may 
deem necessary, and to determine compensation and to define the duties 
of each;
    (c) To submit to the Secretary as soon as practicable after the 
beginning of each fiscal period a budget for such fiscal period, 
including a report in explanation of the items appearing therein and a 
recommendation as to the rate of assessment for such period;
    (d) To keep minutes, books and records which will reflect all of the 
acts and transactions of the committee and which shall be subject to 
examination by the Secretary;
    (e) To prepare periodic statements of the financial operations of 
the committee and to make copies of each such statement available to 
growers and handlers for examination at the office of the committee;
    (f) To cause its books to be audited by a public accountant at least 
once each fiscal year and at such times as the Secretary may request;
    (g) To act as intermediary between the Secretary and any grower or 
handler;
    (h) To investigate and assemble data on the growing, handling and 
marketing conditions with respect to kiwifruit;
    (i) To submit to the Secretary the same notice of meetings of the 
committee as is given to its members;

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    (j) To submit to the Secretary such available information as may be 
requested;
    (k) To investigate compliance with the provisions of this part;
    (l) With the approval of the Secretary, to redefine the districts 
into which the production area is divided and to reapportion the 
representation of any district on the committee: Provided, That any such 
changes shall reflect, insofar as practicable, shifts in kiwifruit 
production within the districts and the production area.