[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR915.29]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 915_AVOCADOS GROWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  915.29  Duties.

    The committee shall have, among others, the following duties:
    (a) To select a chairman and such other officers as may be 
necessary, and to define the duties of such officers;
    (b) To appoint such employees, agents, and representatives as it may 
deem necessary, and to determine the compensation and to define the 
duties of each;
    (c) To submit to the Secretary as soon as practicable after the 
beginning of each fiscal year a budget for such fiscal year, including a 
report in explanation of the items appearing therein

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and a recommendation as to the rate of assessment for such fiscal year;
    (d) To keep minutes, books, and records which will reflect all of 
the acts and transactions of the committee and which shall be subject to 
examination by the Secretary;
    (e) To prepare periodic statements of the financial operations of 
the committee and to make copies of each such statement available to 
growers and handlers for examination at the office of the committee;
    (f) To cause its books to be audited by a certified public 
accountant at least once each fiscal year, and at such other times as 
the Secretary may request;
    (g) To act as intermediary between the Secretary and any grower or 
handler;
    (h) To investigate growing and maturity conditions of avocados, and 
to assemble data in connection therewith;
    (i) To engage in such research relating to the determination of 
maturity and grade standards for avocados as may be approved by the 
Secretary;
    (j) To submit to the Secretary such available information as he may 
request;
    (k) To notify, as provided in this part, producers and handlers of 
all meetings of the committee to consider recommendations for 
regulation;
    (l) To give the Secretary the same notice of meetings of the 
committee as is given to its members;
    (m) To consult with such representatives of growers or groups of 
growers as may be deemed necessary and to pay the travel expenses 
incurred by such representatives in attending committee meetings at the 
request of the committee: Provided, That the committee shall not pay the 
travel expenses of more than three such representatives in connection 
with any one meeting of the committee; and
    (n) To investigate compliance with the provisions of this part.