[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: 7CFR956.21]

[Page 430]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 956_SWEET ONIONS GROWN IN THE WALLA WALLA VALLEY OF SOUTHEAST 
WASHINGTON AND NORTHEAST OREGON--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 956.21  Term of office.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, 
the term of office of committee members and their respective alternates 
shall be for three fiscal periods beginning on June 1 or such other date 
as recommended by the committee and approved by the Secretary. The terms 
shall be determined so that one-third of the grower membership and one-
third of the handler membership shall terminate each year. Members and 
alternates shall serve during the term of office for which they are 
selected and have been qualified, or during that portion thereof 
beginning on the date on which they qualify during such term of office 
and continuing until the end thereof, or until their successors are 
selected and have qualified.
    (b) The term of office of the initial members and alternates shall 
begin as soon as possible after the effective date of this subpart. One-
third of the initial industry members and alternates shall serve for a 
one-year term, one-third shall serve for a two-year term, and one-third 
shall serve for a three-year term. The initial, as well as all 
successive terms of office of the public member and alternate member 
shall be for three years.
    (c) The consecutive terms of office for all members shall be limited 
to two three-year terms. There shall be no such limitation for alternate 
members.