[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: 7CFR928.22]

[Page 230-231]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 928_PAPAYAS GROWN IN HAWAII--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart_Order Regulating Handing
 
Sec.  928.22  Nomination.

    (a) Successor members. (1) The committee shall hold or cause to be 
held, not later than 45 days before the beginning of the term of office 
of committee members, separate meetings of growers in each district and 
a meeting of handlers for the purpose of designating nominees for 
successor members and alternate members of the committee, which shall be 
publicized and open to all growers and handlers. At each grower meeting, 
a chairman and a secretary shall be selected by growers eligible to 
participate therein. The chairman shall announce at the meeting the 
number of votes cast for each person nominated for member or alternate 
member and shall submit promptly to the committee a complete report 
concerning such meeting. The committee shall, in turn, promptly submit a 
copy of each such report to the Secretary. At each handler meeting, a 
chairman and a secretary may be selected by the handlers eligible to 
participate therein. If a chairman is elected he shall announce the 
number of votes cast for each person nominated for member or alternate 
member and shall submit promptly to the committee a report concerning 
such meeting. If a chairman is not elected some person shall be 
designated to file a report with the committee concerning such meeting. 
The committee shall, in turn, promptly submit a copy of each such report 
to the Secretary.
    (2) Only growers, including duly authorized officers or employees of 
growers, who are present at such nomination meetings may participate in 
the nomination and election of nominees for grower members and their 
alternates. Each grower shall be entitled to cast only one vote for each 
nominee to be elected in the district in which he produces papayas. No 
grower shall participate in the election of nominees in more than one 
district in any one fiscal year. If a person is both a grower and a 
handler of papayas, such person may vote either as a grower or as a 
handler but not as both.
    (3) Only handlers, including duly authorized officers or employees 
of handlers, who are present at such nomination meetings may participate 
in the nomination and election of nominees for handler members and their 
alternates. Each handler shall be entitled to cast only one vote, which 
vote shall be weighted by the volume of papayas handled by such handler 
during the then current fiscal year. If a person is both a grower and a 
handler of papayas, such person may vote either as a grower, or as a 
handler but not as both.
    (b) In the event that nominees for all available positions are not 
provided by

[[Page 231]]

the aforesaid procedure, then such unfilled positions shall be treated 
as vacancies and the provisions of Sec.  928.26 shall apply.

[53 FR 864, Jan. 14, 1988]