[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: 7CFR993.33]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 993_DRIED PRUNES PRODUCED IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec. 993.33  Voting procedure.

    Decisions of the Committee shall be by majority vote of the members 
present and voting and a quorum must be present: Provided, That 
decisions on marketing policy, grade or size regulations, pack 
specifications, salable and reserve percentages, and on any matters 
pertaining to the control or disposition of reserve prunes or to prune 
plum diversion pursuant to Sec. 993.62, including any delegation of 
authority for action on such matters and any recommendation of rules and 
procedures with respect to such matters, including any such decision 
arrived at by mail or telegram, shall require at least 14 affirmative 
votes. A quorum shall consist of at least 13 members of whom at least 8 
must be producer members and at least 4 must be handler members. Except 
in case of emergency, a mimimum of 5 days notice must be given with 
respect to any meeting of the Committee. In case of an emergency, to be 
determined within the discretion of the chairman of the Committee, as 
much notice of a meeting as is practicable in the circumstances shall be 
given. The Committee may vote by mail or telegram upon due notice to all 
members, but any proposition to be so voted upon first shall be 
explained accurately, fully, and identically by mail or telegram to all 
members. When any proposition is submitted to be voted on by such 
method, one dissenting vote shall prevent its adoption.

[46 FR 61637, Dec. 18, 1981]

    Effective Date Note: At 68 FR 40757, July 9, 2003, in Sec. 993.33, 
the words ``salable and reserve percentages, and on any matters 
pertaining to the control or disposition of reserve prunes or to prune 
plum diversion pursuant to Sec. 993.62,'' were suspended, effective 
Aug. 1, 2003, through July 31, 2008.