[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 8]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 7CFR925.29]

[Page 202]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 925_GRAPES GROWN IN A DESIGNATED AREA OF SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA--
 
Sec.  925.29  Duties.

    The committees 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 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 public 
accountant at least once each fiscal period 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 grapes;
    (i) To submit to the Secretary the same notice of meetings of the 
committee as is given to its members;
    (j) To submit to the Secretary such available information as may be 
requested; and
    (k) To investigate compliance with the provisions of this part.