[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: 7CFR981.33]

[Page 518-519]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 981_ALMONDS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 981.33  Selection and term of office.

    (a) Members and their respective alternates for positions open on 
the Board shall be selected by the Secretary from persons nominated 
pursuant to Sec. 981.32, or, at the discretion of the Secretary, from 
other qualified persons, for a term of office beginning March 1. Members 
and alternates shall continue to serve until their respective successors 
are selected and qualified.
    (b) The term of office of members of the Board shall be for a period 
of three years beginning on March 1 of the years selected except where 
otherwise provided. However, for the initial eight members of the Board 
selected pursuant to this section and to paragraphs (a) and (b) of Sec. 
981.31, two members shall serve for a term of one year; three members 
shall serve for a term of two years; and three members shall serve for a 
term of three years. For the initial terms of office, at the time of 
nomination under Sec. 981.32, the Board shall make this designation by 
lot. The term of office for the two members selected under paragraph (c) 
of Sec. 981.31 shall always be for a period of one year.
    (c) Board members may serve for a total of six consecutive years. 
Members who have served for six consecutive years must leave the Board 
for at least one year before becoming eligible to serve again. A person 
who has served less than six consecutive years on the

[[Page 519]]

Board may not be nominated to a new three year term if his or her total 
consecutive years on the Board at the end of that new term would exceed 
six years. This limitation on tenure shall not include service on the 
Board prior to implementation of this amendment and shall not apply to 
alternate members.

[61 FR 32920, June 26, 1996]