[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: 7CFR945.20]

[Page 340]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 945_IRISH POTATOES GROWN IN CERTAIN DESIGNATED COUNTIES IN IDAHO, 
AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 945.20  Establishment and membership.

    (a) The Idaho-Eastern Oregon Potato Committee is hereby established 
consisting of eight members, of whom four shall currently be producers 
of potatoes for the fresh market who produced such potatoes during at 
least three of the last five years; at least one member shall be a 
producer predominately of potatoes for seed during a similar period; and 
three shall be handlers. For each member of the committee, there shall 
be an alternate who shall have the same qualifications as the member. 
The number of producer and/or handler members and alternates on the 
committee may be increased and the composition of the committee between 
producers and handlers may be changed as provided in Sec. 945.23.
    (b) Each person selected as a committee member or alternate to 
represent producers shall be an individual who is a producer in the 
district for which selected or an officer or employee of a producer in 
such district, and shall be a resident thereof. A producer who handles 
potatoes other than of his own production shall qualify as a producer 
under this section, and Sec. Sec. 945.24, 945.25, 945.27, and 945.29, 
only if the potatoes of his own production constituted 51 percent or 
more of the total quantity of potatoes handled by him during the portion 
of the then current season preceding his nomination.
    (c) Each person selected as a committee member or alternate to 
represent handlers shall be an individual who is a handler or an officer 
or employee of a handler, and shall be a resident of the production 
area.
    (d) At least every six years, the committee shall review committee 
size, composition, and representation and recommend to the Secretary 
whether changes should be made, as provided in Sec. 945.23.

[23 FR 5709, July 30, 1958. Redesignated at 26 FR 12751, Dec. 30, 1961. 
Amended at 60 FR 29726, June 5, 1995]