[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: 7CFR922.31]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 922_APRICOTS GROWN IN DESIGNATED COUNTIES IN WASHINGTON--Table 
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handling
 
Sec.  922.31  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 compensation and to define the duties 
of each;
    (c) To submit to the Secretary as soon as practicable after the 
beginning of each fiscal period a budget for such

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fiscal period, including a report in explanation of the items appearing 
therein and a recommendation as to the rate of assessment for such 
period;
    (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 competent accountant at 
least once each fiscal year and at such times as the Secretary may 
request;
    (g) To act as intermediary between the Secretary and any grower or 
handler;
    (h) To investigate and assemble data on the growing, handling, and 
marketing conditions with respect to apricots;
    (i) To submit to the Secretary such available information as he may 
request;
    (j) To notify producers and handlers of all meetings of the 
committee to consider recommendations for regulations;
    (k) To give the Secretary the same notice of meetings of the 
committee as is given to its members;
    (l) To investigate compliance with the provisions of this part;
    (m) With the approval of the Secretary, to redefine the districts 
into which the production area is divided, and to reapportion the 
representation of any district on the committee: Provided, That any such 
changes shall reflect, insofar as practicable, shifts in apricot 
production within the districts and the production area.