[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: 7CFR983.34]

[Page 564]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 983_PISTACHIOS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 983.34  Procedure.

    (a) Quorum. A quorum of the committee shall be any seven voting 
committee members. The vote of a majority of members present at a 
meeting at which there is a quorum shall constitute the act of the 
committee: Provided, That actions of the committee with respect to the 
following issues shall require at least seven concurring votes of the 
voting members regarding any recommendation to the Secretary for 
adoption or change in:
    (1) Minimum quality levels;
    (2) Aflatoxin levels;
    (3) Inspection programs;
    (4) The establishment of the committee.
    (b) Voting. Members of the committee may participate in a meeting by 
attendance in person or through the use of a conference telephone or 
similar communication equipment, as long as all members participating in 
such a meeting can communicate with one another. An action required or 
permitted to be taken by the committee may be taken without a meeting, 
if all members of the committee shall consent in writing to that action.
    (c) Compensation. The members of the committee and their alternates 
shall serve without compensation, but members and alternates acting as 
members shall be allowed their necessary expenses: Provided, That the 
committee may request the attendance of one or more alternates not 
acting as members at any meeting of the committee, and such alternates 
may be allowed their necessary expenses; and, Provided further, That the 
public member and the alternate for the public member may be paid 
reasonable compensation in addition to necessary expenses.