[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: 7CFR929.31]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 929_CRANBERRIES GROWN IN STATES OF MASSACHUSETTS, RHODE ISLAND, 
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 929.31  Duties.

    The committee shall have, among others, the following duties:
    (a) To select a chairman 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 the 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

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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 competent 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 cranberries;
    (i) To submit to the Secretary the same notice of meetings of the 
committee as is given to its members;
    (j) To submit to the Secretary such available information as he may 
request; and
    (k) To investigate compliance with the provisions of this part.