[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: 7CFR955.21]

[Page 416]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 955_VIDALIA ONIONS GROWN IN GEORGIA--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  955.21  Term of office.

    (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, 
the term of office of committee members and their respective alternates 
shall be for two years and shall begin as of September 16 or for such 
other period as the committee may recommend and the Secretary approve. 
The terms shall be determined so that approximately one-half of the 
total committee membership shall terminate each year. Members and 
alternates shall serve in such capacity during the term of office or 
portion thereof for which they are selected and until their respective 
successors are selected.
    (b) The term of office of the initial members and alternates shall 
begin as soon as possible after effective date of this part. As 
determined by lot drawn at the initial nomination meeting, one-fourth of 
the initial grower members and alternates shall serve for a one-year 
term, one-fourth shall serve for a two-year term, one-fourth shall serve 
for a three-year term, and one-fourth shall serve for a four-year term. 
The term of office for the initial public member and alternate shall be 
for two years.
    (c) The consecutive terms of office of members shall be limited to 
three 2-year terms.