Duties of referendum agent.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

The referendum agent shall also: (a) For purposes of mailing, prepare a record of producers which will disclose the name of each such person, his address, the name of the handler who received the producer's milk during the representative period, and the name of the cooperative association, if any, which claims the right to vote for the producer. Such record may be compiled from readily available sources, including the following: (1) Records of the Department; (2) Producer records supplied by handlers; (3) Health authority records; (4) Certifications signed by dairy farmers who claim to be producers; (5) Any other reliable sources of information which may be available to the referendum agent. (b) Apply, as a guide, the following criteria in preparing a record of producers: (1) When the order requires approval by an appropriate health authority before a person meets the definition of producer, only those persons having such approval and who otherwise meet the definition may be regarded as producers. When the definition of producer requires the shipment of milk to a handler or a plant as well as health authority approval, only those persons having such approval and whose milk was received by a handler or at a plant may be regarded as producers. (2) When the order requires shipment to a handler or to a plant, without regard to health authority approval, a person may not be regarded as a producer, except as provided in paragraph (b)(6) of this section, unless his name appears on t

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 900.305