[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: 7CFR979.23]

[Page 493]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 979_MELONS GROWN IN SOUTH TEXAS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 979.23  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 two years and shall begin as of March 1 and end the last 
day of February or for such other two year period as the committee may 
recommend and the Secretary approve. The terms shall be so determined 
that approximately one-half of the total committee membership shall 
terminate each year. Members and alternates shall serve in such capacity 
for the portion of the term of office for which they are selected and 
have qualified, and until their respective successors are selected and 
have qualified;
    (b) The term of office of the initial members and alternates shall 
begin on the effective date of this subpart. Approximately one-half the 
initial committee members and alternates shall serve for a 1 year term.