[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: 7CFR948.63]

[Page 394-395]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 948_IRISH POTATOES GROWN IN COLORADO--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 948.63  Duties.

    (a) Each committee shall:
    (1) Meet and organize as soon as practical after the beginning of 
each term of office, select a chairman and such other officers' as may 
be necessary, select subcommittees and adopt such rules and procedures 
for the conduct of its business as it may deem advisable;
    (2) Act as intermediary between the Secretary and any producer or 
handler;
    (3) Appoint such employees, agents and representatives as it may 
deem necessary and determine the salaries and define the duties of each;
    (4) Keep minutes, books, and records which clearly reflect all its 
acts and transactions. Such minutes, books and

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records shall be subject to examination at any time by the Secretary;
    (5) Furnish promptly notices of meetings, copies of the minutes of 
each committee meeting, and such other reports or information as may be 
requested by the Secretary, including annual reports of each area 
committee's operations for the preceding marketing season or fiscal 
period;
    (6) Make available to producers, and to other area committees and 
the Colorado Potato Committee the committee's voting record on 
recommended regulations and other matters of policy;
    (7) Meet jointly with other area committees when requested to do so 
by the Colorado Potato Committee;
    (8) Consult, cooperate, and exchange information with other area 
committees, with other marketing agreement committees and other agencies 
or individuals in connection with proper committee activities and 
objectives;
    (9) Take any proper action necessary to carry out the provisions of 
this subpart; and
    (10) Cause the books of the committee to be audited by a competent 
accountant at least once each fiscal period.
    (b) The Colorado Potato Committee shall also:
    (1) Supervise the regulation of shipments pursuant to the provisions 
of the general cull regulation in the absence of more restrictive 
regulations, and shall cooperate with any area committee in 
administering any regulation issued pursuant to this subpart;
    (2) Make recommendations to the Secretary with respect to suspending 
or modifying the provisions of the general cull regulation;
    (3) Make available to area committees its voting record on 
recommendations for modification of the cull regulation and other 
matters of policy;
    (4) Submit to each area committee such available information as may 
be requested; and
    (5) Call joint meetings of area committees on matters requiring 
consideration of statewide marketing policies when requested to do so by 
an area committee.

                        Expenses and Assessments