[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: 7CFR931.22]

[Page 287]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 931_FRESH BARTLETT PEARS GROWN IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON--Table 
of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 931.22  Nomination.

    (a) Initial members. Nominations for each of the initial members of 
the committee, together with nominations for the initial alternate 
members for each position, may be submitted to the Secretary by 
individual growers and handlers. Such nominations may be made by means 
of separate group meetings of the growers and handlers concerned in each 
district, which shall be publicized and open to all growers and 
handlers. Such nominations, if made, shall be filed with the Secretary 
no later than the effective date of this part. In the event nominations 
for initial members and alternate members of the committee are not filed 
pursuant to, and within the time specified in this section, the 
Secretary may select such initial members and alternate members without 
regard to nominations, but selections shall be on the basis of the 
representation provided for in Sec. 931.20.
    (b) Successor members. (1) The committee shall hold or cause to be 
held, not later than June 1 of each year, separate meetings of growers 
and handlers in each district for the purpose of designating nominees 
for successor members and alternate members of the committee, which 
shall be publicized and open to all growers and handlers. At each such 
meeting, a chairman and a secretary shall be designated by the growers 
and handlers eligible to participate therein. The chairman shall 
announce at the meeting the results of nominations for member or 
alternate member and shall submit promptly to the committee a complete 
report concerning such meeting. The committee shall, in turn, promptly 
submit a copy of each such report to the Secretary.
    (2) Only growers, including duly authorized officers or employees of 
growers, who are present at such nomination meetings may participate in 
the nomination and election of nominees for grower members and their 
alternates. Each grower shall be entitled to cast only one vote for each 
nominee to be elected in the district in which he produces pears. No 
grower shall participate in the election of nominees in more than one 
district in any one fiscal year. If a person is both a grower and a 
handler of pears, such person may vote either as a grower or as a 
handler but not as both.
    (3) Only handlers, including duly authorized officers or employees 
of handlers, who are present at such nomination meetings may participate 
in the nomination and election of nominees for handler members and their 
alternates. Each handler shall be entitled to cast only one vote for 
each nominee to be elected in the district in which he handles pears. No 
handler shall participate in the election of nominees in more than one 
district in any one fiscal year. If a person is both a grower and a 
handler of pears, such person may vote either as a grower or as a 
handler but not as both.