[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: 7CFR917.18]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 917_FRESH PEARS AND PEACHES GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  917.18  Nomination of commodity committee members of the Control

Committee.

    Nominations for the 13 members of the Control Committee to represent 
the commodity committees shall be made in the following manner:
    (a) A nomination for one member shall be made by each commodity 
committee selected pursuant to Sec.  917.25. Nominations for the 
remaining members shall be made by the respective commodity committees 
as provided in this section. The number of remaining members which each 
respective commodity committee shall be entitled to nominate shall be 
based upon the proportion that the previous three fiscal periods' 
shipments of the respective

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fruit is of the total shipments of all fruit to which this part is 
applicable during such periods. In the event provisions of this part are 
terminated or suspended as to any fruit, nominations of members to the 
Control Committee shall be composed of representatives of any remaining 
fruit. The apportionment shall be determined as aforesaid. In the event 
provisions of this part are terminated or suspended as to any fruit, the 
members of the commodity committee of the remaining fruit shall have all 
the powers, duties, and functions given to the Control Committee under 
this part and sections of this part pertaining to the designation of the 
Control Committee shall be terminated or suspended.
    (b) A person nominated by any commodity committee for membership on 
the Control Committee shall be an individual person who is a member or 
alternate member of the commodity committee that nominates him/her. Each 
member of each commodity committee shall have only one vote in the 
selection of nominees for membership on the Control Committee.

[41 FR 17528, Apr. 27, 1976, as amended at 71 FR 41351, July 21, 2006]

    Effective Date Note: At 71 FR 41352, July 21, 2006, in Sec.  917.18, 
paragraph (a), the words ``The number of remaining members which each 
respective commodity committee shall be entitled to nominate shall be 
based upon the proportion that the previous three fiscal periods' 
shipments of the respective fruit is of the total shipments of all fruit 
to which this part is applicable during such periods. In the event 
provisions of this part are terminated or suspended as to any fruit, 
nominations of members to the Control Committee shall be composed of 
representatives of any remaining fruit. The apportionment shall be 
determined as aforesaid. In the event provisions of this part are 
terminated or suspended as to any fruit, the members of the commodity 
committee of the remaining fruit shall have all the powers, duties, and 
functions given to the Control Committee under this part and sections of 
this part pertaining to the designation of the Control Committee shall 
be terminated or suspended.'' were suspended, effective Jan. 1, 2007.