[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: 7CFR1215.22]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XI--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (MARKETING AGREEMENTS AND 
      ORDERS; MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1215_POPCORN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION--Table of 
 
  Subpart A_Popcorn Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order
 
Sec. 1215.22  Nominations and appointment.

    (a) All nominations for appointments to the Board established under 
Sec. 1215.21 shall be made as follows:
    (1) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this subpart, 
nominations for appointment to the initial Board shall be obtained from 
processors by the Secretary. In any subsequent year in which an 
appointment to the Board is to be made, nominations for positions for 
which the term will expire at the end of that year shall be obtained 
from processors at least six months prior to the expiration of terms.
    (2) Except for initial Board members, whose nomination process will 
be initiated by the Secretary, the Board shall issue a call for 
nominations in each year for which an appointment to the Board is to be 
made. The call shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
    (i) A list of the vacancies for which nominees may be submitted and 
qualifications for nomination; and
    (ii) The date by which the names of nominees shall be submitted to 
the Secretary for consideration to be in compliance with paragraph (a) 
of this section.
    (3)(i) Nominations for each position shall be made by processors. 
Notice shall be publicized to all processors.

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    (ii) All processors may participate in submitting nominations.
    (4) Two nominees must be submitted for each vacancy. If processors 
fail to nominate a sufficient number of nominees, additional nominees 
shall be obtained in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.
    (b) The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Board from 
nominations made in accordance with paragraph (a).
    (1) The Secretary may reject any nominee submitted. If there is an 
insufficient number of nominees from whom to appoint members to the 
Board as a result of the Secretary's rejecting such nominees, additional 
nominees shall be submitted to the Secretary in a manner prescribed by 
the Secretary.
    (2) Whenever processors cannot agree on nominees for a position on 
the Board under the preceding provisions of this section, or whenever 
they fail to nominate individuals for appointment to the Board, the 
Secretary may appoint members in such a manner as the Secretary 
determines appropriate.
    (3) If a processor nominates more than one officer or employee, only 
one may be appointed to the Board by the Secretary.