[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: 7CFR983.32]

[Page 542]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER IX--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (Marketing Agreements and 
      Orders; Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 983_PISTACHIOS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  983.32  Establishment and membership.

    There is hereby established an administrative committee for 
pistachios to administer the terms and provisions of this part. This 
committee, consisting of eleven (11) member positions, each of whom 
shall have an alternate, shall be allocated as follows:
    (a) Handlers. Two of the members shall represent handlers, as 
follows:
    (1) One handler member nominated by one vote for each handler; and
    (2) One handler member nominated by voting based on each handler 
casting one vote for each ton (or portion thereof) of the assessed 
weight of pistachios processed by such handler during the two production 
years preceding the production year in which the nominations are made.
    (b) Producers. Eight members shall represent producers. Producers 
within the respective districts shall nominate four producers from 
District 1, three producers from District 2 and one producer from 
District 3. The Secretary, upon recommendation of the committee, may 
reapportion producer membership among the districts to ensure proper 
representation.
    (c) Public member. One member shall be a public member who is 
neither a producer nor a handler and shall have all the powers, rights 
and privileges of any other member of the committee. The public member 
and alternate public member shall be nominated by the committee and 
selected by the Secretary.