[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR270.9]

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                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
  CHAPTER II--NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 
           ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 270_SPECIES-SPECIFIC SEAFOOD MARKETING COUNCILS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 270.9  Terms, vacancies, and removal of Council members.

    (a) A Council term is for 3 years, except for initial appointments 
to a newly established Council where:
    (1) Half of the Council member terms will be 2 years; and
    (2) Half of the Council member terms will be 3 years.
    (b) A vacancy on a Council will be filled, within 60 days after the 
vacancy occurs, in the same manner in which the original appointment was 
made. A member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the 
expiration of the

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term for which the member's predecessor was appointed will be appointed 
only for the remainder of such term.
    (c) Any person appointed under the Act who consistently fails or 
refuses to perform his or her duties properly and/or participates in 
acts of dishonesty or willful misconduct with respect to 
responsibilities under the Act will be removed from the Council by NMFS 
if two-thirds of the members of the Council recommend action. All 
requests from a Council to NMFS for removal of a Council member must be 
in writing and accompanied by a statement of the reasons upon which the 
recommendation is based.