[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1210.401]

[Page 107-108]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1210_WATERMELON RESEARCH AND PROMOTION PLAN--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Nominating Procedures
 
Sec.  1210.401  District conventions.

    (a) Except for the initial district convention in each district, 
which will be called and opened by a representative of the Secretary, 
the Board shall call and open all district conventions.
    (b) District conventions are to be held to nominate producers and 
handlers as candidates for membership on the National Watermelon 
Promotion Board. Each district, as defined in Sec.  1210.501, is 
entitled to two producer and two handler members on the Board.
    (c) There shall be two individuals nominated for each vacant 
position. In multi-State districts, no one State shall have nominees for 
more than three of the four district positions on the Board.

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    (d) All producers and handlers within each district may participate 
in that district's convention: Provided, That they meet the eligibility 
provisions set forth in Sec.  1210.402 of this subpart.
    (e) The convention chairperson shall be elected as provided in Sec.  
1210.403(b) of this subpart.
    (f) The Board member nomination process shall be conducted by the 
chairperson in conformance with the provisions of Sec.  1210.321 of the 
Plan and Sec.  1210.403 of this subpart. At the conclusion of the 
district convention for the initial term of office, the chairperson will 
provide the Secretary with:
    (1) The identification of that district's two nominees for each 
producer and handler position on the Board, and
    (2) A typed copy of the district convention's minutes.

This information must be provided by the chairperson to the Board staff 
in a manner that will ensure receipt, at the address specified in the 
call for the district convention, within 14 calendar days of the 
district convention's completion, but not later than July 8 for 
appointments to become effective on the following January 1. The Board 
staff must forward such information to the Secretary, in a manner that 
will ensure receipt, within 21 calendar days of completion of the 
district convention, but not later than July 15 for appointments to 
become effective on the following January 1. Further, the chairperson 
will immediately arrange for completion of qualification statements and 
other specified information by each nominee, and each nominee shall 
qualify by forwarding such information to the Board's office within 14 
calendar days of completion of the district convention, but not later 
than July 8 for appointments to become effective on the following 
January 1. The Board staff must forward the completed qualification 
statements and other specified information to the Secretary, in a manner 
that will ensure receipt within 21 calendar days of completion of the 
district convention, but not later than July 15 for appointments to 
become effective on the following January 1.

[54 FR 38205, Sept. 15, 1989, as amended at 58 FR 3355, Jan. 8, 1993; 59 
FR 18948, Apr. 21, 1994; 60 FR 10799, Feb. 28, 1995]