[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: 7CFR1215.30]

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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. 1215.30  Duties.

    The Board shall have the following duties:

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    (a) To meet not less than annually, and to organize and select from 
among its members a chairperson and such other officers as may be 
necessary;
    (b) To evaluate or develop, and submit to the Secretary for 
approval, promotion, research, consumer information, and industry 
information programs, plans or projects;
    (c) To prepare for each fiscal year, and submit to the Secretary for 
approval at least 60 days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, a 
budget of its anticipated expenses and disbursements in the 
administration of this subpart, as provided in Sec. 1215.50;
    (d) To maintain such books and records, which shall be available to 
the Secretary for inspection and audit, and to prepare and submit such 
reports from time to time to the Secretary, as the Secretary may 
prescribe, and to make appropriate accounting with respect to the 
receipt and disbursement of all funds entrusted to it;
    (e) To prepare and make public, at least annually, a report of its 
activities carried out, and an accounting for funds received and 
expended;
    (f) To cause its financial statements to be prepared in conformity 
with generally accepted accounting principles and to be audited by an 
independent certified public accountant in accordance with generally 
accepted auditing standards at least once each fiscal year and at such 
other times as the Secretary may request, and submit a copy of each such 
audit to the Secretary;
    (g) To give the Secretary the same notice of meetings of the Board 
as is given to members in order that the Secretary, or a representative 
of the Secretary, may attend such meetings;
    (h) To submit to the Secretary such information as may be requested 
pursuant to this subpart;
    (i) To keep minutes, books and records that clearly reflect all the 
acts and transactions of the Board. Minutes of each Board meeting shall 
be promptly reported to the Secretary;
    (j) To act as intermediary between the Secretary and any processor;
    (k) To investigate violations of the Act, order, and regulations 
issued under the order, conduct audits, and report the results of such 
investigations and audits to the Secretary for appropriate action to 
enforce the provisions of the Act, order, and regulations; and
    (l) To work to achieve an effective, continuous, and coordinated 
program of promotion, research, consumer information, and industry 
information designed to strengthen the popcorn industry's position in 
the marketplace, maintain and expand existing markets and uses for 
popcorn, develop new markets and uses for popcorn, and to carry out 
programs, plans, and projects designed to provide maximum benefits to 
the popcorn industry.

   Promotion, Research, Consumer Information, and Industry Information