[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: 7CFR1230.31]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1230_PORK PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION--Table of 
 
   Subpart A_Pork Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order
 
Sec.  1230.31  Nomination and appointment of producer members.

    (a) [Reserved]
    (b) Delegate Body nominations for appointment as producer members 
shall be submitted to the Secretary in the number requested by the 
Secretary by each State association either after an election conducted 
in accordance with Sec.  1230.32 and by nominating the producers who 
receive the highest number of votes in such State; or pursuant to a 
selection process that is approved by the Secretary, is given public-
notice at least one week in advance by publication in a newspaper or 
newspapers of general circulation in such State and in pork production 
and agriculture trade publications, and provides complete and equal 
access to every producer who has paid all assessments due under this 
subpart and who has not demanded any refund of an assessment paid 
pursuant to this subpart

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in the period since the selection of the previous Delegate Body;
    (c) The Secretary shall appoint the producer members of each 
Delegate Body from the nominations submitted in accordance with this 
section, except that if a State association does not submit nominations 
in the required manner or number, or if a State has no State 
association, the Secretary shall select producer members from that State 
after consultation with representatives of the pork industry in that 
State.

[51 FR 31903, Sept. 5, 1986, as amended at 60 FR 58501, Nov. 28, 1995]