[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1206.36]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1206_MANGO PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND INFORMATION--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart A_Mango Promotion, Research, and Information Order Definitions
 
Sec. 1206.36  Powers and duties.

    The Board shall have the following powers and duties:
    (a) To administer the Order in accordance with its terms and 
conditions and to collect assessments;
    (b) To develop and recommend to the Department for approval such 
bylaws as may be necessary for the functioning of the Board, and such 
rules as may be necessary to administer the Order, including activities 
authorized to be carried out under the Order;
    (c) To meet, organize, and select from among the members of the 
Board a chairperson, other officers, committees, and subcommittees, as 
the Board determines appropriate;
    (d) To employ persons, other than the members, as the Board 
considers necessary to assist the Board in carrying out its duties and 
to determine the compensation and specify the duties of such persons;
    (e) To develop programs, plans, and projects, and enter into 
contracts or agreements, which must be approved by the Department before 
becoming effective, for the development and carrying out of programs or 
projects of research, information, or promotion, and the payment of 
costs thereof with funds collected pursuant to this subpart. Each 
contract or agreement shall provide that: any person who enters into a 
contract or agreement with the Board shall develop and submit to the 
Board a proposed activity; keep accurate records of all of its 
transactions relating to the contract or agreement; account for funds 
received and expended in connection with the contract or agreement; make 
periodic reports to the Board of activities conducted under the contract 
or agreement; and, make such other reports available as the Board or the 
Department considers relevant. Furthermore, any contract or agreement 
shall provide that:
    (1) The contractor or agreeing party shall develop and submit to the 
Board a program, plan, or project together with a budget or budgets that 
shall show the estimated cost to be incurred for such program, plan, or 
project;
    (2) The contractor or agreeing party shall keep accurate records of 
all its transactions and make periodic reports to the Board of 
activities conducted, submit accounting for funds received and expended, 
and make such other reports as the Department or the Board may require;
    (3) The Department may audit the records of the contracting or 
agreeing party periodically; and
    (4) Any subcontractor who enters into a contract with a Board 
contractor and who receives or otherwise uses funds allocated by the 
Board shall be subject to the same provisions as the contractor.
    (f) To prepare and submit for approval of the Department calendar 
year budgets in accordance with Sec. 1206.40;
    (g) To maintain such records and books and prepare and submit such 
reports and records from time to time to the Department as the 
Department may prescribe; to make appropriate accounting with respect to 
the receipt and disbursement of all funds entrusted to it; and to keep 
records that accurately reflect the actions and transactions of the 
Board;
    (h) To cause its books to be audited by a competent auditor at the 
end of each calendar year and at such other times as the Department may 
request, and to submit a report of the audit directly to the Department;
    (i) To give the Department the same notice of Board and committee 
meetings as is given to members in order that the Department's 
representative(s) may attend such meetings.
    (j) To act as intermediary between the Department and any first 
handler or importer;
    (k) To furnish to the Department any information or records that the 
Department may request;
    (l) To receive, investigate, and report to the Department complaints 
of violations of the Order;
    (m) To recommend to the Department such amendments to the Order as 
the Board considers appropriate; and
    (n) To work to achieve an effective, continuous, and coordinated 
program of promotion, research, consumer information, evaluation, and 
industry information designed to strengthen the mango industry's 
position in the U.S. domestic market; maintain and expand existing 
markets and uses for mangos; and to carry out programs, plans, and

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projects designed to provide maximum benefits to the mango industry.