[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: 7CFR1240.40]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1240_HONEY RESEARCH, PROMOTION, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION--Table of 
 
   Subpart A_Honey Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Order
 
Sec.  1240.40  Budget and expenses.

    (a) Sixty days in advance of the beginning of each fiscal period, or 
as may be necessary thereafter, the Board shall prepare and recommend a 
budget on a fiscal period basis of its anticipated expenses and 
disbursements in the administration of this subpart, including expenses 
of the Committee and probable costs of research, promotion, consumer 
education, and industry information.
    (b) The Board is authorized to incur expenses for: research, 
promotion, consumer education, and industry information; such other 
expenses for the administration, maintenance, and functioning of the 
Board and the Committee as may be authorized by the Secretary; any 
operating reserve established pursuant to Sec.  1240.43; and those 
administrative costs incurred by the Department specified in paragraph 
(d) of this section. The funds to cover such expenses shall be paid from 
assessments collected pursuant to Sec.  1240.41, donations from any 
person not subject to assessments under this subpart, and other funds 
available to the Board including those collected pursuant to Sec.  
1240.67 and subject to the limitations contained in that section.
    (c) The Board shall reimburse the Department from assessments for 
administrative costs incurred by the Department with respect to this 
order after its promulgation. The Department shall also be reimbursed 
for administrative expenses incurred by it for the conduct of referenda.

[51 FR 26148, July 21, 1986; 51 FR 29210, Aug. 15, 1986, as amended at 
66 FR 21832, May 1, 2001]