Duties of Control Committee.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 7

The Control Committee shall have the following duties: (a) To act as intermediary between the Secretary and any grower or shippers. (b) To keep minute books and records which will clearly reflect all of the acts and transactions of said Control Committee; and such minute books and records shall be subject at any time to examination by the Secretary or by such person as may be designated by the Secretary. (c) To investigate, from time to time, and assemble data on the growing, shipping, and marketing conditions respecting fruit, as defined in § 917.4; to engage in such research and service activities in connection with the handling of such fruit as may be approved, from time to time, by the Secretary; and to furnish to the Secretary such available information as may be requested. (d) To appoint such employees, agents, and representatives as it may deem necessary, and to determine the compensation and define the duties of each. (e) To develop and provide the commodity committees data on shared expenses to facilitate equitable apportionment of such expenses in the development of budgets. (f) To confer with representatives of shippers and growers of fruit produced in other states and areas with respect to the formulation or operation of marketing agreements providing for the regulation of shipments among the several states and areas in the United States in which such fruit is grown. (g) With the approval of the Secretary establish procedures for the selection and appointment of a

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 7:§ 917.34